The prevalence of hypertension in the rural area was higher than the 2007 report from a
rural and semi-urban community of Butajira DHSS which was (12.3%) for men and (8.2%) for
women [17]. These findings seem to suggest that the protective effects against hypertension in
the studied rural areas are diminishing in our time. One possible explanation for the increasing
magnitude of hypertension trends in rural settings may be the changes in lifestyles with the
adoption of urban ways of life. Moreover, there was variation of age distribution among the
two study populations [19]. Furthermore, the increasing prevalence in our report showed that
the burden of the disease was increasing from time to time and alarmingly increasing among
the rural people who were losing their protective lifestyle and dietary habits.