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Hypertension

(Data are for U.S. for year in parentheses)

Morbidity

bullet graphicPercent of non-institutionalized adults ages 20 and over: 28.7 (1999-2000)

Source Health, United States, 2003, table 66

Health care use

Ambulatory care

bullet graphicNumber of visits to office-based physicians: 17.2 million (2002)

Source:  National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2002 Summary

bullet graphicNumber of hospital outpatient department visits: 1.2 million (2002)

Source:  National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2002 Outpatient Summary

Home health care

bullet graphicNumber of current patients with hypertension as primary diagnosis: 41,900 (2000)

bullet graphicPercent of current patients with hypertension as primary diagnosis: 3.1

Source: National Home and Hospice Care Survey

Nursing home care

bullet graphicNumber of residents with hypertension: 481,800 (1999)

bullet graphicPercent of residents with hypertension: 26.4 (1999)

bullet graphicAverage length of stay for discharges with hypertension as primary diagnosis: 494 days

Source:  National Nursing Home Survey: 1999 Summary

Mortality

bullet graphicNumber of deaths: 20,261 (2002)

bullet graphicDeaths per 100,000 population: 7.0 (2002)

Source:  Deaths:  Final Data for 2002

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