Hypertension control among Medicare enrollees in 2017, by rurality

Published by John Elflein, Jul 19, 2019

This statistic depicts the percentage of Medicare enrollees that had controlled hypertension within the past year in 2017, by rurality. At that time 66 percent of urban and 66.2 percent of rural Medicare enrollees had adequately controlled blood pressure within the past year.

Percentage of hypertensive Medicare enrollees that had adequately controlled blood pressure within the past year as of 2017, by rurality*

	Percentage of Medicare enrollees
Urban	66%
Rural	66.2%

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Release date

November 2018

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United States

Survey time period

2017

Age group

18-85 years

Supplementary notes

* Blood pressure was considered in control at less than 140/90 for enrollees 18 to 59 years of age and for enrollees 60 to 85 years of age with a diagnosis of diabetes, or less than 150/90 for members 60 to 85 years of age without a diagnosis of diabetes.

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