High blood pressure (most recent) by state

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

Rank

States

Amount

# 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%

= 12

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

US Virgin Islands:

24.8%

= 27

South Dakota:

24.8%

# 29

Texas:

24.6%

# 30

Virginia:

24.4%

# 31

Wisconsin:

24.3%

# 32

Connecticut:

24.2%

# 33

Illinois:

24.1%

= 34

Oregon:

24%

= 34

North Dakota:

24%

= 36

Washington:

23.8%

= 36

Wyoming:

23.8%

# 38

Nevada:

23.6%

# 39

Nebraska:

23.5%

# 40

California:

23.4%

# 41

Kansas:

23.3%

# 42

Hawaii:

23.2%

= 43

Vermont:

23.1%

= 43

Idaho:

23.1%

= 43

Massachusetts:

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. via StateMaster

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

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