Hypertension in Northern Angola: prevalence, associated factors, awareness, treatment and control

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 90
• Main Authors: Pires, João E, Sebastião, Yuri V, Langa, António J, Nery, Susana V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 31.01.2013; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Distribution; Angola; Angola - epidemiology; Awareness; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular diseases; Care and treatment; Chronic diseases; Disease; Economic growth; Epidemiology; Female; Field study; Follow-Up Studies; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health policy; Health risks; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - epidemiology; Hypertension - prevention & control; Hypertension - therapy; Male; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Middle Aged; Mortality; Physiological aspects; Population; Prevalence; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Prevention; Public health; Risk Factors; Sex Distribution; Surveys; Tobacco; Tropical diseases; Young Adult; Angola; Africa

Seventy-five million people are estimated to be hypertensive in sub-Saharan Africa. This translates in high morbidity and mortality, as hypertension is now considered to be the number one single risk factor for death worldwide. Accurate data from countries lacking national disease surveillance is ne...