Table 1: Prevalence of HBP according to diverse national surveys.

 

ENEC

1993

ENSA

2000

ENSANUT

2006

ENSANUT

2012

ENSANUT

MC 2016

ENSANUT-100 K

2018

ENSANUT

2020

ENSANUT

2022

Women

140/90

28.1%

140/90

26.3%

140/90

31.1%/47.3%*

140/90

30.8%

140/90

26.1%

140/90

33.8%

130/80

46.8%

140/90

28.6%

130/80

44%

140/90

27.7%

130/80

42.4%

Men

140/90

37.5%

140/90

34.2%

140/90

32.4%/40.3%*

140/90

33.3%

140/90

24.9%

140/90

31.4%

130/80

52.2%

140/90

31.9%

130/80

53%

140/90

31.3%

130/80

53.8%

Total

140/90

32.8%

140/90

30.5%

140/90

30.8%/43.2%*

140/90

32%

140/90

25.5%

140/90

32.7%

130/80

49.2%

140/90

30.2%

130/80

49.4%

140/90

29.4%

130/80

47.8%

ENEC = National Survey on Chronic Diseases.

ENSA = National Health Survey. E

NSANUT = National Health, and Nutrition Surveys.

MC = halfway. 100

K = towns of less than 100,000 inhabitants.

Cutoffs for diagnosing HBP: 140/90 (JNC 7) or 130/80 (ACC/AHA).

* Data from ENSANUT 2006: the first number corresponds to the official report, and the numbers with a single asterisk indicate those published in an article written by the same investigators.6,17