An investigation of epidemic features of hypertension in the population in Anhui Province

Objective The investigation was made to gain insight into the prevalence status and epidemic features of hypertension of adult population in Anhui province．Methods 5 038 subjects were selected with a multi-stage random sampling method，and data were collected through in-quiry and medical physical examination．Results Prevalence rate of hypertension was 22.9％among adult population。With standardized prevalence rate of 16.9％．As of the prevalence rate，that in male was higher than that in female，increasing significantly with ages，and was high in the population with the educational level at primary school level and below，over-weight，and chronic alcohol consumption，daily eating curing food and lack of fruits intake (P<0.01)．Conclusion Health education，popularize general knowledge about prevention and control of hypertension，tak-ing intervention measures to hypertension population should be strengthened．