Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of high blood pressure among Chinese rural population in Haimen, Jiangsu.
Nowadays, high blood pressure (HBP) is one of the most common chronic diseases in China. This survey aims to assess HBP prevalence, and related disease awareness, treatment and control among rural population in Haimen, Jiangsu province, China. A total of 7538 rural residents, aged over 18 years, from four randomly selected villages in Haimen, were selected to participate in the blood pressure examination in September 2010, the male-to-female ratio of participants was 1:1.57. In all, 2034 patients were diagnosed with HBP. The total crude prevalence of HBP was 26.98%, the overall standardized prevalence of HBP was 24.38%. Both male and female prevalence rates demonstrate ascending trend with age. Awareness, treatment and control rates among all patients were 68.34%, 61.46% and 27.43% respectively, whereas the corresponding rates in young group (18-44 years) were lower (50.94%, 35.85%, 24.53%). Improving treatment coverage and efficacy should be the focus of HBP prevention in rural areas in China.
School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, China.
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School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, China.
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School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, China.|Suzhou Center For Disease Prevention And Control, Suzhou, China.
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Department of Management Studies, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
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Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.|Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.|Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Nantong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nantong, China.
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School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, China.
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School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, China.
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School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, China.|Jiangsu Union Technical Institute Nantong Health Branch, Nantong, China.
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School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, China.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001364:Awareness; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012423:Rural Health; D019035:Rural Health Services; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents