高血压是病人去看医生最常见的原因。年龄超过65岁的老龄人口中,有一半以上患有高血压,通常是单纯收缩期高血压。人们对控制血压越来越多的重视使得1972年以来中风导致的死亡人数下降了将近60%,缺血性心脏病导致的死亡人数也下降了53%。然而在美国,只有70%的高血压 Hypertension is the most common reason a patient visits a doctor. More than half of the older people over the age of 65 suffer from high blood pressure, usually isolated systolic hypertension. The growing emphasis on blood pressure control has led to a nearly 60% reduction in the number of deaths from stroke since 1972 and a 53% decrease in the number of deaths due to ischemic heart disease. However, in the United States, only 70% of high blood pressure