Korea hypertension fact sheet 2022: analysis of nationwide population-based data with a special focus on hypertension in the elderly.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Korean Society of Hypertension has published the Korea Hypertension Fact Sheet 2022 to provide an overview of the magnitude and management status of hypertension and their recent trends.

Methods

The Fact Sheets were based on the analyses of Korean adults aged 20 years or older of the 1998-2020 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the 2002-2020 National Health Insurance Big Data.

Results

As of 2020, 29.4% of the adult population aged 20 or older in Korea, about 12.6 million people, have high blood pressure, of which 5.0 million (40%) are 65 years of age or older and 1.2 million (10%) are 80 years of age or older. Among those with hypertension, the awareness rate is 69%, the treatment rate is 65%, and the control rate is 47%. The num

SUBMITTER: Kim HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10426053 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature