高血压是最常见的慢性病之一在全世界约有10亿多高血压患者,我国的高血压患者已达2亿多。高血压的患病率一直在持续地增加着:在50多年前的第一次高血压普查时,我国的患病率仅为5.1%;而到本世纪初已达18.8%;近年在京、沪等地进行的调查表明已高达30.0%左右。高血压是危害最重的慢性病之一许多严重危害健康与影响寿命 Hypertension is one of the most common chronic diseases in about 1 billion hypertensive patients around the world, our country has reached more than 200 million hypertensive patients. The prevalence of hypertension has been continuously increasing: at the first census of hypertension more than 50 years ago, the prevalence in China was only 5.1%; it reached 18.8% by the turn of the century; in recent years, Surveys conducted by other places show that they have reached as high as 30.0%. Hypertension is one of the most endangered chronic diseases that endanger many health and life spans