6 Another meta-analysis of prevalence of CVD and type 2 diabetes between 1995 and 2010 found the pooled prevalence of hypertension to be 13.7% (12.1%–15.3%), with an increasing trend and higher rate in urban areas versus rural (22.2% versus 14.3%, respectively). 9 However, these numbers are estimated from several studies and are likely not to account for silent and other asymptomatic CVD and hypertension.
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