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Table 2 Crude and age-standardized prevalence of hypertension, 1998–2021

From: Korea Hypertension Fact Sheet 2023: analysis of nationwide population-based data with a particular focus on hypertension in special populations

Year

Crude prevalence of hypertension, %

Age-standardized prevalence of hypertension, %a

Adults aged 20 years or older

Adults aged 30 years or older

Adults aged 20 years or older

Adults aged 30 years or older

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

1998

25.1

28.5

22.1

29.7

32.0

27.6

26.0

29.6

22.3

30.7

33.4

27.4

2001

26.0

30.7

22.7

29.8

34.4

26.6

23.6

28.4

20.2

28.5

33.1

25.3

2005

22.9

25.5

20.4

28.1

30.9

25.4

22.7

26.1

18.9

28.0

31.5

23.8

2007

20.4

21.5

19.3

25.0

26.4

23.7

19.7

21.7

17.3

24.4

26.7

21.5

2008

22.7

23.5

21.9

27.6

28.5

26.6

21.4

23.2

19.1

26.5

28.5

24.0

2009

23.4

25.9

20.9

28.2

31.2

25.3

21.4

25.2

17.4

26.5

30.8

21.9

2010

24.1

25.3

23.0

28.9

30.1

27.7

21.7

24.1

18.8

26.8

29.3

23.8

2011

26.5

29.8

23.3

30.8

33.9

27.8

23.9

28.6

18.8

28.4

32.8

23.6

2012

26.7

28.4

25.1

31.5

33.3

29.8

23.8

26.9

20.3

28.9

32.1

25.2

2013

25.7

28.9

22.8

30.4

34.2

26.9

22.4

26.9

17.7

27.2

32.4

22.1

2014

24.3

26.4

22.2

28.9

31.8

26.2

20.5

24.1

16.6

25.4

29.7

20.9

2015

27.0

29.5

24.5

32.0

35.1

29.1

22.5

26.7

18.2

27.8

32.6

22.9

2016

28.5

31.9

25.1

33.5

37.7

29.4

23.7

28.6

18.4

29.1

35.0

22.9

2017

26.9

30.4

23.5

31.2

35.0

27.6

22.3

27.4

16.9

26.9

32.3

21.3

2018

28.8

31.5

26.0

33.3

36.4

30.4

23.5

28.0

18.6

28.3

33.2

23.1

2019

28.4

29.7

27.0

32.9

34.7

31.2

22.5

25.9

18.8

27.2

31.1

22.8

2020

29.4

33.5

25.4

34.2

38.9

29.7

23.3

29.1

17.0

28.3

34.9

21.3

2021

28.4

30.4

26.4

33.2

35.8

30.7

21.8

25.7

17.4

26.8

31.5

21.7

  1. aAge-standardized prevalence was calculated using the 2005 population projections for Korea