Objective: To understand the prevalence of hypertension and blood pressure level in different ethnic groups in Chinese population.
Methods: Data are presented for 67700 men and 84983 women aged more than 15 years old from National Nutrition and Health Survey, 2002.
Results: After being adjusted by age using Chinese population in 1964, the highest prevalence of hypertension in the male were. Tibetan (25.6%) and Manchu (23.1%). The Miao (9.2%) and Tujia (11.1%) ethnics have the lowest prevalence of hypertension. Also prevalence rate of hypertension in female in Tibetan (24.0%) and Manchu (18.7%) were the highest, and the lowest were Miao (6.1%) and Zhuang (8.3%) ethnics. The prevalence rate of hypertension in most ethnics were increased compared with that of 1991, except that of the male in Mongolian and female in Miao ethnics.
Conclusion: The prevalence of hypertension and blood pressure level were different among ethnics. The prevalence rate of hypertension in almost all ethnics were increased during past ten years.