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SOURCE
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003.
DEFINITION
Adults who have been told they have high blood pressure.
Health Statistics > High blood pressure (most recent) by state
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
States
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Amount
(top to bottom)
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| #1 | West Virginia: | 33.6% | |
| #2 | Mississippi: | 33.4% | |
| #3 | Alabama: | 33.1% | |
| #4 | Arkansas: | 30.5% | |
| #5 | Tennessee: | 30.3% | |
| #6 | Kentucky: | 29.8% | |
| #7 | Florida: | 29.3% | |
| #8 | Louisiana: | 29% | |
| #9 | Rhode Island: | 28.9% | |
| #10 | South Carolina: | 28.8% | |
| #11 | North Carolina: | 28.6% | |
| #12 | Georgia: | 28% | |
| #13 | Oklahoma: | 28% | |
| #14 | Delaware: | 27.7% | |
| #15 | Missouri: | 27.5% | |
| #16 | Puerto Rico: | 27.3% | |
| #17 | Indiana: | 27% | |
| #18 | Michigan: | 26.8% | |
| #19 | Pennsylvania: | 26.5% | |
| #20 | Ohio: | 26.3% | |
| #21 | Maine: | 26% | |
| #22 | New Jersey: | 25.6% | |
| #23 | New York: | 25.3% | |
| #24 | District of Columbia: | 25.2% | |
| #25 | Iowa: | 25.1% | |
| #26 | Maryland: | 25% | |
| #27 | South Dakota: | 24.8% | |
| #28 | US Virgin Islands: | 24.8% | |
| #29 | Texas: | 24.6% | |
| #30 | Virginia: | 24.4% | |
| #31 | Wisconsin: | 24.3% | |
| #32 | Connecticut: | 24.2% | |
| #33 | Illinois: | 24.1% | |
| #34 | North Dakota: | 24% | |
| #35 | Oregon: | 24% | |
| #36 | Washington: | 23.8% | |
| #37 | Wyoming: | 23.8% | |
| #38 | Nevada: | 23.6% | |
| #39 | Nebraska: | 23.5% | |
| #40 | California: | 23.4% | |
| #41 | Kansas: | 23.3% | |
| #42 | Hawaii: | 23.2% | |
| #43 | Massachusetts: | 23.1% | |
| #44 | Vermont: | 23.1% | |
| #45 | Idaho: | 23.1% | |
| #46 | Arizona: | 22.7% | |
| #47 | New Hampshire: | 22.5% | |
| #48 | Minnesota: | 22.2% | |
| #49 | Guam: | 22.1% | |
| #50 | Montana: | 21.3% | |
| #51 | New Mexico: | 21.1% | |
| #52 | Alaska: | 20.8% | |
| #53 | Colorado: | 19.8% | |
| #54 | Utah: | 18.8% | |
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Weighted average: |
25.5% |
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DEFINITION: Adults who have been told they have high blood pressure.
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003.
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