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                 Hypertension remains the major preventable cause

               of cardiovascular disease and all-cause death globally










                                                 Recent 30 years






              Number of people living with                            DALYs attributable to
               hypertension has doubled to                      hypertension have increased by

                     1.28 billion                                              40%





                                   2X












                                                    19·2%


                                                   of all deaths


















           CVD: Cardiovascular disease, DALY: Disability-adjusted life years
           Hypertension.2015;66:254-9, Lancet. 2020; 396: 1223–1249, Lancet. 2021;398:957-980
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