Deaths due to<unk>  crisis per million persons in 2012 Disability-adjusted life year for<unk>  per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004. Hypertension or high blood pressure affects at least 26.4% of the world's population.<unk>  is only one of several<unk> s attributable to high blood pressure. Other<unk> s caused by high blood pressure include ischemic<unk><unk> , cancer, stroke, peripheral arterial<unk> , aneurysms and kidney<unk> . Hypertension increases the risk of<unk>  failure by two or three-fold and probably accounts for about 25% of all cases of<unk>  failure. In addition, hypertension precedes<unk>  failure in 90% of cases, and the majority of<unk>  failure in the elderly may be attributable to hypertension.<unk>  was estimated to be responsible for 1.0 million deaths worldwide in 2004 (or approximately 1.7% of all deaths globally), and was ranked 13th in the leading global causes of death for all ages. A world map shows the estimated disability-adjusted life years per 100,000 inhabitants lost due to<unk>  in 2004. Sex differences There are more women than men with hypertension, and, although men develop hypertension earlier in life, hypertension in women is less well controlled. The consequences of high blood pressure in women are a major public<unk> h problem and hypertension is a more important contributory factor in<unk>  attacks in women than men. Until recently women have been under-represented in clinical trials in hypertension and<unk>  failure. Nevertheless, there is some evidence that the effectiveness of antihypertensive drugs differs between men and women and that treatment for<unk>  failure may be less effective in women. Ethnic differences Studies in the US indicate that a disproportionate number of African Americans have hypertension compared with non-Hispanic whites and Mexican Americans, and that they suffer a greater burden of<unk> .<unk>  failure is more common in people of African American ethnicity, mortality from<unk>  failure is also consistently higher than in white patients, and it develops at an earlier age. Recent data suggests that rates of hypertension are increasing more rapidly in African Americans than other ethnic groups. The excess of high blood pressure and its consequences in African Americans is likely to contribute to their shorter life expectancy compared with white Americans.
Hypertensive heart disease
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Benign hypertension
Essential hypertension
Secondary hypertension
Labile hypertension
Systolic hypertension
Paroxysmal hypertension