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High blood pressure: The numbers
Last reviewed: September 2011
High blood pressure is a systolic (heart pumping) pressure of 140 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) or greater or a diastolic (between heartbeats) pressure of 90 mm Hg or greater on at least two occasions.
| High blood pressure | |
|---|---|
| 31.3 | percent of U.S. adults who have high blood pressure. |
| 70 | percent of those with high blood pressure and who took medication had their high blood pressure controlled. |
| 22.4 | percent don't know they have it. |
