The prevalence of hypertension in 4,993 rural Zulus.
In a study of 4,993 rural Zulus the over-all prevalence of primary hypertension was 8.37% (females 8.78%, males 7.4%). The mean arterial pressure in relation to age and sex was not as high as in urban Zulus. A diastolic blood pressure of greater than or equal to 95 mm Hg was present in 4.99% of the subjects and 1.46% had a diastolic blood pressure of greater than or equal to 110 mm Hg. This study suggests that hypertension is not a major health problem in rural Zulus and that large case-finding and intervention programmes should be confined to the urban Black population of South Africa.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population; D013019:South Africa; D014505:Urban Population