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High Blood Pressure in Minnesota
How common is high blood pressure?
- In 2021, approximately 27% of Minnesota adults reported having high blood pressure, one of the seven lowest states. This is more than 1.3 million people. 1
- In 2021, hypertensive diseases were listed as the underlying or contributing cause of death for 13,853 Minnesotans, representing almost 27% of all deaths. 2
Are there disparities in high blood pressure rates in Minnesota?
- After adjusting for differences in age, 33% of African American Minnesotans reported high blood pressure, compared to 27% of Minnesotans overall in 2021. 1
- Individuals with no formal education after a high school diploma report much higher rates of high blood pressure than those with at least a college degree (32% vs. 26%). 1
- Minnesota adults with any reported disability are more likely to report having high blood pressure than adults without a disability. The percent of adults with disabilities affecting vision, mobility, and self-care who report having high blood pressure is more than 15 percentage points higher than those without a disability (24.2%).
What are the economic costs of high blood pressure?
In the United States, there were over $51 billion in annual medical costs, including procedures, hospitalizations, rehabilitation, and productivity losses due to hypertension during 2017 and 2018.3
How well is high blood pressure being controlled?
- Of Minnesota adults who reported having high blood pressure in 2021, approximately 78% (more than 890,000 people) reported that they were taking medications prescribed to reduce their blood pressure.1
- In 2018, about one in four adults were not taking their blood pressure medication according to doctor’s orders. Among younger adults (18-44 years old), more than half were non-adherent.4
- In 2020, two-thirds of Minnesotans aged 18-85 in managed care plans who received a diagnosis of hypertension had their blood pressure adequately controlled to 140/90 mm Hg or lower. Blood pressure control declined sharply in 2020 due in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic impacting the ability of many patients to access primary care, their providers, and sometimes their medications. 5
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1 Minnesota Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
2 CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death File on CDC WONDER Online Database
3 Tsao CW., et al. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics – 2022 Update: A report from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2022;145:e153-e639.
4 MDH/Cardiovascular Health Unit analysis of Minnesota All Payer Claims Database (MN APCD). 1 Nov 2022. More information about the MN APCD available at: http://www.health.state.mn.us/healthreform/allpayer/
5 Minnesota Community Measurement 2021 Health Care Quality Report. Online at https://mncmsecure.org/website/Reports/Community%20Reports/Health%20Care%20Quality%20Report/2020%20MY%20HCQR%20Chartbook%20FINAL.pdf