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Health Statistics > High blood pressure (most recent) by state

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Rank   States  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#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% 
Weighted average: 25.5%  


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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