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Table 3 Trends in awareness, treatment, and control rate of hypertension (Source: KNHANES)a

From: 2018 Korean Society of Hypertension guidelines for the management of hypertension: part I-epidemiology of hypertension

Parameter

1998

2001

2005

2007–09

2010–12

2013–15

2016

Awareness rate

25%

34%

57%

65%

63%

64%

65%

Treatment rate

22%

32%

50%

59%

58%

60%

61%

Control rate for all hypertension patients

5%

12%

27%

41%

40%

43%

44%

Control rate for treated hypertension patients

24%

38%

55%

69%

69%

72%

71%

  1. aAge-standardized values were calculated using the age structures of the 2005 Korean population