Korea hypertension fact sheet 2022: analysis of nationwide population-based data with a special focus on hypertension in the elderly

Clinical Hypertension

Research

Gabin Lee¹  Eunji Kim¹  Hyeok-Hee Lee¹  Hyeon Chang Kim²  Hokyou Lee²  Jenny Moon³  Yeeun Seo³  Moses Song⁴ 

[1]Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

[2]Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

[3]Institute for Innovation in Digital Healthcare, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Republic of Korea

[4]Department of Public Health, Yonsei University Graduate School, Seoul, Republic of Korea

[5]Institute for Innovation in Digital Healthcare, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Republic of Korea

关键词: Hypertension;    Prevalence;    Awareness;    Therapeutics;    Elderly;    Korea;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40885-023-00243-8

 received in 2023-01-15, accepted in 2023-05-25,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe Korean Society of Hypertension has published the Korea Hypertension Fact Sheet 2022 to provide an overview of the magnitude and management status of hypertension and their recent trends.MethodsThe Fact Sheets were based on the analyses of Korean adults aged 20 years or older of the 1998–2020 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the 2002–2020 National Health Insurance Big Data.ResultsAs of 2020, 29.4% of the adult population aged 20 or older in Korea, about 12.6 million people, have high blood pressure, of which 5.0 million (40%) are 65 years of age or older and 1.2 million (10%) are 80 years of age or older. Among those with hypertension, the awareness rate is 69%, the treatment rate is 65%, and the control rate is 47%. The number of people diagnosed with hypertension increased from 3.0 million in 2002 to 10.5 million in 2020. During the same period, the number of people using antihypertensive medication increased from 2.5 million to 9.9 million, and the number of people adherent to treatment increased from 0.6 million to 7.4 million. Among those treated for hypertension in 2020, 74% used angiotensin blockers, 61% used calcium channel blockers, 24% used diuretics, and 15% used beta blockers. Combination therapy with at least two classes of antihypertensive medication consisted of 60% of all antihypertensive prescriptions. The number of people with hypertension aged 65 or older is increasing very rapidly compared to those aged 20–64. Awareness and treatment rates of hypertension improved rapidly, especially in those aged 65 or older, but the rate of improvement slowed since 2012.ConclusionsIn Korea, the level of hypertension management is improving, but the absolute number of people with hypertension, especially elderly hypertension, is increasing due to the rapid aging of the population. It is necessary to develop more efficient and target-specific policies to control blood pressure and prevent cardiovascular disease.

【 授权许可】

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