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Hypertension affects one in five Brazilians, says IBGE

12/11/2014

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National survey also reveals that 12.5% of Brazilian adults have high cholesterol and 6.2% live with a diagnosis of diabetes
One in five Brazilians are hypertensive. The prevalence of the problem increases with age - the disease affects 2.8% of people 18-29 years and 55% of people over 75 years. It reveals that the National Health Survey (PNS), made by IBGE and the Ministry of Health in 80,000 households in 1,600 municipalities in Brazil, between August 2013 and February 2014.
The data released on Wednesday show that 40% of the adult population has at least one non-transferable chronic disease, such as hypertension and diabetes. These conditions, together cause 72% of deaths in the country and are more prevalent among females: affect 44.5% of women, compared to 33.4% of men.
Of the 80,000 households visited by IBGE, 62 986 residents agreed to answer the questionnaire. In the survey, interviewers measured weight, height, waist circumference and pressure of the participants. Also urine and blood were collected from 25% of them to a laboratory to do the analysis. The data released on Wednesday are based on reports of respondents. A second phase will bring the results of blood tests, urine and blood pressure measurement of Brazilians.
 
Heart Health - The study also points out that 4.2% of Brazilians have some cardiovascular disease, and 1.5% have said they had experienced a cerebrovascular accident (CVA). One of the risk factors for the problem, and hypertension are high levels of cholesterol, affecting 12.5% of the country's adults. The rate difference between women and men is significant: 15%, compared to 9.7%. Have diabetes affects 6.2% of people over 18 years. Among elderly above 75 years, the rate of the disease is close to 20%.
According to the study, 1.8% of adults living with a diagnosis of cancer, the most prevalent types of the breast, skin, prostate, and cervix. This prevalence is 7.7% among people over 75 years.
Pain - Research has indicated that chronic back pain affect a large part of the adult population of the country: 18.5% have the problem, especially pain in the lower back. It is linked with advancing age: reaches 26.6% of people over age 60 and 8.7% of those aged 18 to 29 years.
Have depression was diagnosed in 7.6% of the population. The prevalence among women is more than double that of men (10.9% against 3.9%). However, according to the survey, less than half (46.6%) of these people received medical care in the last year.
Regions - According to the PNS, the population of the South was to have the highest prevalence of chronic diseases (47.7%), followed by the Southeast (39.8%), Midwest (37.5%) , Northeast (36.6%) and North (32%).
How to prevent and treat hypertension
 
"Reducing salt intake is the measure that has more impact in reducing blood pressure," says cardiologist Luiz Bortolotto, president of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology hypertension department and director of the hypertension unit of the Heart Institute (Incor) in São Paulo. The ratio of sodium and pressure increase is simple to understand, how the salt retains water in the body, it raises the volume of fluid passing through the vessel - automatically rising pressure. The recommendation is to eat no more than 5 grams of salt a day - equivalent to 1 teaspoon - including the food we already have sodium in its composition.
 


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