Prevalent rate above blood pressure in adult aged 25 and over was around 40% in 2008.
Proportion of the world population with high blood pressure or uncontrolled, modesty between 1980 and 2008. However, because of population growth and ageing, the number of people with uncontrolled high blood pressure from 600 million in 1980 to nearly 1 billion in 2008.
Worldwide an estimated 1 billion people have hypertension; about 1 in 3 Americans affected
Direct relationship between hypertension and cardiovascular disease (CVD)