The burden of blood-pressure-related cardiovascular mortality in Mexico

Cortés Hernández, Dora Elia y Lundelin, Krista J. y Picazzo Palencia, Esteban y Cruz, Juan J. de la y Sánchez, José J. y Banegas, José R. (2014) The burden of blood-pressure-related cardiovascular mortality in Mexico. International Journal of Hypertension, 2014. pp. 1-9. ISSN 2090-0384

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This study shows that in Mexico, a country at an advanced stage in the epidemiologic transition, with the national burden of disease dominated by noncommunicable diseases, elevated blood pressure is a major clinical and public health problem. 31.7% of the Mexican individuals aged 50 and over had systolic hypertension, and 47.3% were at systolic prehypertensive levels. Also, approximately half of all cardiovascular deaths that occurred annually in the population of Mexico aged ≥50 years are attributable to above optimal levels of systolic blood pressure. We think these estimates may help order health priorities in Mexico (and other middle-income countries) at a time when the costs of medical care take a considerable share of the gross national product in most countries.

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