Hypertension in Puerto Rico (US)
In Puerto Rico (US), 42.6% of adults aged 30 to 79 had hypertension in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Puerto Rico (US), 2019
42.6%
Change from 2018
+0.1percentage points
Position in 2019
50th of 192
Hypertension in Puerto Rico (US) over time
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Puerto Rico (US)
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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 | Puerto Rico (US) |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 42.6% |
| 2018 | 42.5% |
| 2017 | 42.5% |
| 2016 | 42.4% |
| 2015 | 42.3% |
| 2014 | 42.3% |
| 2013 | 42.2% |
| 2012 | 42.1% |
| 2011 | 42.0% |
| 2010 | 41.8% |
| 2009 | 41.6% |
| 2008 | 41.3% |
| 2007 | 41.0% |
| 2006 | 40.7% |
| 2005 | 40.4% |
| 2004 | 40.1% |
| 2003 | 39.7% |
| 2002 | 39.4% |
| 2001 | 39.1% |
| 2000 | 38.8% |
| 1999 | 38.6% |
| 1998 | 38.3% |
| 1997 | 38.1% |
| 1996 | 37.9% |
| 1995 | 37.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 42.5% in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 41.6%, the figure has changed by +1.0 percentage points.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2019, Puerto Rico (US) has the 50th highest value.
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