Prognosis of Hypertension

Prognosis of Hypertension: The prognosis relies on the level of adherence to the treatment plan as well as the individual response to treatment. ...see also Overview of Hypertension

Deaths and Mortality Rates

Deaths from Hypertension: 16,968 annual deaths from primary hypertension and hypertensive renal disease in 1999 USA (NVSR Sep 2001)

Estimated mortality rate for Hypertension from prevalence and deaths statistics:

• Deaths: 16,967 (USA annual deaths calculated from this data: 16,968 annual deaths from primary hypertension and hypertensive renal disease in 1999 USA (NVSR Sep 2001))
• Incidence: 50,000,000 (USA prevalence calculated from this data: 50 million Americans (NHLBI); 217 per 1000 (NHIS95)
• 0.034% (ratio of deaths to prevalence).
• See also Deaths and Hypertension and Overview of Hypertension.

Complications:

Complications of Hypertension may include:

• Kidney disease
• Kidney failure - hypertension is the second most common cause of kidney failure (after diabetes)
• End-stage renal disease
• Heart disease
• Hardened arteries (see Artery symptoms)
• more complications...»

Complications of Hypertension from the Diseases Database include:

• Retinal pathology
• Hypertension, systemic - preeclampsia
• Renal failure, chronic
• Cardiac failure, left sided
• Cerebrovascular accident - preeclampsia
• more complications...»

See also complications of Hypertension.

Prognosis statistics for Hypertension

The following are statistics from various sources about the prognosis of Hypertension:

• 2/3 of those being treated in England remain hypertensive (Coronary Heart Disease Statistics, British Heart Foundation, 2003)
• more statistics...»

Death Statistics for Hypertension

The following are statistics from various sources about deaths related to Hypertension:

• Causes 5 million premature deaths each year worldwide (WHO World Health Report, 2002)
• Causes 13% of global fatalities (WHO World Health Report, 2002)
• 19,250 people died from hypertension each year in the US 2001 (Deaths: Final Data for 2001, NCHS, CDC)
• 8.7 people per 100,000 population died from hypertension each year in the US 2001 (Deaths: Final Data for 2001, NCHS, CDC)
• more death statistics...»

Hypertension: Research More

• Hypertension: Introduction
• Deaths: Hypertension
• Symptoms: Hypertension
• Complications: Hypertension
• Causes: Hypertension
• Treatments: Hypertension

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Hypertension usually refers to the likely outcome of Hypertension. The prognosis of Hypertension may include the duration of Hypertension, chances of complications of Hypertension, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Hypertension, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Hypertension. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.

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