Kung Hsiang-Ching, Xu Jiaquan
NCHS Data Brief. 2015 Mar(193):1-8.
Hypertension is a chronic condition that can lead to heart disease, stroke, and other diseases that can result in premature death. Reducing the number of persons in the population with hypertension is one of the objectives of Healthy People 2020. Using national multiple cause-of-death data files from the National Vital Statistics System, this report presents trends in hypertension-related mortality for 2000–2013 by selected demographic characteristics and the underlying causes of hypertension-related death. Hypertension-related mortality is defined by any mention of hypertension on the death certificate. Because about 2% of all decedents with hypertension reported on the death certificate were under age 45, only decedents aged 45 and over were included in this analysis.
高血压是一种慢性病，可导致心脏病、中风以及其他可能导致过早死亡的疾病。减少人群中高血压患者数量是《健康人民2020》的目标之一。本报告利用国家生命统计系统的全国多死因数据文件，按选定的人口特征和高血压相关死亡的潜在原因，呈现了2000 - 2013年高血压相关死亡率的趋势。高血压相关死亡率由死亡证明上任何提及高血压的情况定义。由于死亡证明上报告的所有高血压死者中约2%年龄在45岁以下，本分析仅纳入了45岁及以上的死者。
