Ashman Jill J, Rui Pinyao, Schappert Susan M
NCHS Data Brief. 2016 Nov(263):1-8.
Data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey •The percentage of all adult visits to office-based physicians made by adults with hypertension increased with age, from 9% for those aged 18-44 to 58% for those aged 75 and over. •Hypertensive medications were provided, prescribed, or continued at 62% of visits made by adults with hypertension. •Eighty-two percent of visits by adults with hypertension were made by those with multiple chronic conditions, and the number of chronic conditions increased with age. •Diseases of the circulatory system increased as age increased, from 23% for those aged 18-44 to 29% for those aged 75 and over. Hypertension is a chronic condition that affects 31% of adults in the United States (1). The prevalence of hypertension increases with age, from 7% among those aged 18-39 to 65% among those aged 60 and over (2). This report describes age differences for chronic conditions mentioned, hypertensive medications prescribed, doctor visits in the past year, and selected primary diagnoses for office-based physician visits made by adults with hypertension. Adults with hypertension were defined as those aged 18 and over who have been diagnosed with hypertension, regardless of the diagnosis for the current visit. In 2013, there were 258.5 million visits made by such patients, representing 34% of all office-based physician visits by adults (3).
来自国家门诊医疗调查的数据
• 患有高血压的成年人前往门诊医生处就诊的比例随年龄增长而增加,从18 - 44岁人群中的9%增至75岁及以上人群中的58%。
• 患有高血压的成年人就诊时,62%的情况下会提供、开具或续用降压药物。
• 患有高血压的成年人就诊中,82%是由患有多种慢性病的人进行的,且慢性病数量随年龄增长而增加。
• 循环系统疾病随年龄增长而增加,从18 - 44岁人群中的23%增至75岁及以上人群中的29%。高血压是一种慢性病,影响美国31%的成年人(1)。高血压患病率随年龄增长而增加,从18 - 39岁人群中的7%增至60岁及以上人群中的65%(2)。本报告描述了上述慢性病的年龄差异、开具的降压药物、过去一年的就诊情况以及患有高血压的成年人前往门诊医生处就诊的选定主要诊断。患有高血压的成年人定义为年龄在18岁及以上且已被诊断患有高血压的人,无论本次就诊的诊断结果如何。2013年,此类患者就诊2.585亿次,占成年人门诊医生就诊总数的34%(3)。