England | USA | |||||
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N | Per cent | 95% CI | N | Per cent | 95% CI | |
Hypertension care outcome | ||||||
Hypertension controlled | 1849 | 44 | 42 to 45 | 2381 | 51 | 49 to 53 |
Hypertension uncontrolled | 1428 | 33 | 31 to 34 | 1563 | 33 | 32 to 35 |
Hypertension undiagnosed | 1030 | 24 | 22 to 25 | 642 | 16 | 14 to 17 |
Gender | ||||||
Males | 2012 | 47 | 46 to 49 | 1887 | 47 | 45 to 49 |
Females | 2325 | 53 | 51 to 54 | 2650 | 53 | 51 to 55 |
Age† | ||||||
50–54 | 272 | 8 | 7 to 9 | 148 | 2 | 1 to 3 |
55–59 | 612 | 18 | 16 to 19 | 548 | 22 | 21 to 24 |
60–64 | 900 | 17 | 16 to 18 | 558 | 20 | 18 to 22 |
65–69 | 682 | 13 | 12 to 14 | 875 | 16 | 15 to 17 |
70–74 | 764 | 14 | 13 to 15 | 874 | 13 | 11 to 13 |
75–79 | 527 | 12 | 11 to 14 | 705 | 11 | 10 to 12 |
80–84 | 326 | 9 | 8 to 11 | 441 | 9 | 8 to 10 |
85 | 254 | 8 | 7 to 10 | 388 | 7 | 7 to 8 |
BMI | ||||||
Underweight | 21 | 0.01 | 0.003 to 0.009 | 47 | 0.009 | 0.006 to 0.012 |
Normal | 817 | 20 | 18 to 21 | 1121 | 24 | 22 to 25 |
Overweight | 1716 | 42 | 40 to 44 | 1730 | 39 | 37 to 41 |
Obese | 1570 | 38 | 36 to 40 | 1591 | 37 | 35 to 39 |
Ethnicity | ||||||
White | 4202 | 97 | 96 to 98 | 3592 | 84 | 82 to 85 |
Non White | 102 | 3 | 2 to 4 | 945 | 16 | 15 to 18 |
Wealth quintiles | ||||||
Least well off | 767 | 21 | 20 to 23 | 894 | 19 | 18 to 21 |
Second least well off | 886 | 22 | 20 to 23 | 1015 | 22 | 21 to 24 |
Middle wealth quintile | 857 | 19 | 18 to 21 | 916 | 20 | 18 to 21 |
Second most well off | 890 | 20 | 19 to 22 | 876 | 19 | 18 to 21 |
Most well off | 846 | 17 | 16 to 19 | 836 | 19 | 18 to 21 |
Health Insurance | ||||||
Private insurance | NA | 2558 | 63 | 61 to 64 | ||
Government insurance | NA | 1778 | 32 | 30 to 34 | ||
No insurance | NA | 190 | 6 | 5 to 7 | ||
Blood pressure test | ||||||
Took a test in the last year | 3883 | 88 | 87 to 89 | NA | ||
Did not take a test in the last year | 500 | 12 | 11 to 13 | NA |
All percentages reported in this table are weighted using appropriate survey weights.
BMI, body mass index; ELSA, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing; HRS, Health and Retirement Survey; NA, not applicable.