The bad news is that, with an aging population, hypertension – high blood pressure – rates are continuing to rise across Canada. Nearly 21 per cent of Ontarians are living with the condition and the percentage increases with age. Thus, in the 60-79 year age group, 52 per cent are hypertensive.
The good news, however, is that the percentage of people whose high blood pressure is diagnosed and controlled with treatment has increased five-fold since the early 1990s. At that time only 12 per cent of those with hypertension were being treated and controlled. By 2006, that number had jumped to 66 per cent.
These findings come from a new study by the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the ...
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