Hypertension in Jamaica
In Jamaica, 46.3% of adults aged 30 to 79 had hypertension in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Jamaica, 2019
46.3%
Change from 2018
+0.2percentage points
Position in 2019
18th of 192
Hypertension in Jamaica over time
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% of adults aged 30 to 79. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Jamaica |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 46.3% |
| 2018 | 46.1% |
| 2017 | 45.9% |
| 2016 | 45.7% |
| 2015 | 45.5% |
| 2014 | 45.3% |
| 2013 | 45.1% |
| 2012 | 44.9% |
| 2011 | 44.6% |
| 2010 | 44.3% |
| 2009 | 43.9% |
| 2008 | 43.5% |
| 2007 | 43.0% |
| 2006 | 42.6% |
| 2005 | 42.1% |
| 2004 | 41.6% |
| 2003 | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 40.3% |
| 2000 | 39.9% |
| 1999 | 39.5% |
| 1998 | 39.2% |
| 1997 | 39.0% |
| 1996 | 38.7% |
| 1995 | 38.5% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 46.1% in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 43.9%, the figure has changed by +2.4 percentage points.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2019, Jamaica has the 18th highest value.
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