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Physical Health: High Blood Pressure

2021

Source: CDC - PLACES: Local Data for Better Health

Denominator: Total Population

The CDC provides the percentage of the total adult population ages 18 and older with high blood pressure. To calculate the total number of adults with high blood pressure (numerator value), we multiplied the percentage value by the total adult population. Note: data for 2018 and 2020 is unavailable. Note: source does not provide data for all geographic locations, such as in cases where data collection is low.

+3.4%

Latest change

+0.3%

Total change

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