In France, the Esteban study showed that nearly a third (30%) of adults were hypertensive, corresponding to nearly 17 million hypertensives in France.
Moreover, knowledge, treatment and control of hypertension remain underestimated in France and have not seen any recent improvement. Some indicators have even suffered a deterioration!
Thus, nearly six million adults are hypertensive without knowing it in France and more than four million treated hypertensives do not have controlled blood pressure.
On the other hand, if more than 1.6 million adults initiate antihypertensive treatment each year, the Covid-19 crisis has had a significant impact with an 11% drop in these initiations in connection with a decrease in the use taking care.
In this context, health policies in favor of the primary prevention of hypertension, its screening and its management must be put in place quickly to allow, as in other countries, a favorable evolution of the indicators on hypertension and its cardiovascular complications.
Hypertension is the most common chronic disease in France. Linked to abnormally high blood pressure in the blood vessels, it seems harmless because it is usually silent.
However, when it is not controlled, it is one of the main causes of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular or neurodegenerative complications (myocardial infarction, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, etc.).
The results compiled in this overview of hypertension in France come from several data sources: two general population surveys (Esteban 2014-2016 and the France Public Health Barometer 2019), a survey of a panel of general practitioners and the National Health Data System.
2023-05-14 23:02:38
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