12-9


12-9.		Reduce the proportion of adults with high blood pressure.

Target: 16 percent.

Baseline: 28 percent of adults aged 20 years and older had high blood pressure in 1988–94 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS.

Adults Aged 20 Years and Older, 1988–94 (unless noted)	High Blood Pressure
Adults Aged 20 Years and Older, 1988–94 (unless noted)	Percent
TOTAL	28
Race and ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	DSU
Asian or Pacific Islander	DSU
Asian	DNC
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	DNC
Black or African American	40
White	27

Hispanic or Latino	DSU
Mexican American	29
Not Hispanic or Latino	28
Black or African American	40
White	27
Gender
Female	26
Male	30
Family income level
Poor	32
Near poor	30
Middle/high income	27
Disability status
Persons with disabilities	32 (1991–94)
Persons without disabilities	27 (1991–94)
Select populations
Persons with diabetes	DNA
Persons without diabetes	DNA

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.