• High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) Categorization

Categorization
CATEGORY Diseases of Circulatory System
SYSTEM Circulatory System
ORGAN Arteries
ALTERNATE NAMES /COMMON NAMES Hypertension
NAMES IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES Hindi- uccha raktachaap (उच्च रक्तचाप)
Marathi- atirikt raktadaab (उच्च रक्तदाब)
ICD 10 CLASSIFICATION Primary Hypertension-I10
Secondary Hypertension-I15
WORLD STATISTICS At least 970 million people worldwide have high blood pressure
INDIAN STATISTICS About 33% urban and 25% rural Indians are hypertensive
MOST PREVALENT IN Worldwide prevalence
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