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Paper Title : The prevalence of hypertension among undergraduate students in Basra city

ISSN : 2395-1303
Year of Publication : 2020
10.29126/23951303/IJET-V6I2P16

Authors:-Abdulkareem Ali Qassim ,Kadhim Almadwah,Afkar F. kareem,Muhammad Kairalla Madi ,Ali Sabah A.Alzahraa

         


Abstract
High blood pressure (hypertension) is a common health problem and a global public health challenge. Hypertension is a silent, invisible killer that can have few symptoms or warning signs. Globally, about one billion people have hypertension with two-thirds of cases occurring in developing countries. Hypertension is a major cause of premature death. The burden of hypertension is increasing and it is projected that by 2025 about 1.5 million people annually in the South-East Asia (SEA) Region will be diagnosed with hypertension (8). Hypertension has been appointed as the greatest risk factor for early morbidity and mortality caused by Cardiovascular Diseases (CD). Framingham’s studies show that increased blood pressure (BP) is associated to higher incidence of CD, which are an important problem for public health andis the main cause of death in most countries’ adult population (1). According to reports from the World Health Organization, chronic non-communicable diseases are the leading causes of death worldwide. [2] Data from the VII Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment ofHigh Blood Pressure indicate that hypertension affects approximately 50 million people in the Unites States of America, and about 1 billion worldwide. (4) Cardiovascular diseases, particularly hypertension, account for high mortality in the form of coronary heart disease (CHD) in western countries and stroke in countries like India, Taiwan and Japan. (5) Prevalence of pre-hypertension among adults in the United States was approximately 31% and higher among men (39%) than women (23%). Prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension were significantly greater in South and West India as compared to Northern and Eastern India. (6) Data from the World Health Organization (WHO, 1997) indicate that they were the cause of about 30% of all deaths in the world, which corresponds to almost 15 million deaths each year, the majority (9 million) in developing countries. These data rank CD as a pandemic, whose treatment requires the adoption of effective primary and secondary preventive measures.

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