- In this report
- Overview
- How to choose
- Best blood-pressure monitors
- Best blood-glucose meters
- By the numbers
- Blood-pressure monitors
- CR Quick Recommendations
- Ratings
- Blood-glucose meters
- CR Quick Recommendations
- Ratings
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September 2008
By the numbers
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HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE |
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73 |
million U.S. adults have high blood pressure. |
|
65 |
percent do not have their high blood pressure under control. |
|
28 |
percent, or 20.4 million, don’t know they have it. |
High blood pressure is a systolic (heart pumping) pressure of at least 140 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) or a diastolic (between heartbeats)
pressure of at least 90 mm Hg on at least two occasions.
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DIABETES |
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|
24 |
million U.S. adults have diabetes. |
|
44 |
percent do not have their diabetes under control. |
|
24 |
percent, or 5.7 million, don’t know they have it. |
With type 1 diabetes, the body loses its ability to make insulin, the hormone that helps convert sugar and other food into energy. With type 2 diabetes, the body is resistant to insulin and makes too little.
