Every day 356 people die of hypertension

• April 26, 2024

The increase of cardiovascular diseases is increasing. Mexico is not the exception, since every year 130 thousand people die, which on average equals more than 350 deaths per day; 15 every hour and one every 4 minutes.

According to the American Hearth Association, 24% of men and 22% of women over 20 years of age in Mexico have the high pressure .

In an interview with the doctor, Alberto Froti , medical adviser of the laboratories "Silanes" indicates that the prevalence of arterial hypertension in the adult Mexican population, between 20 and 69 years old, it is estimated at 30% and from 50 years old, it is 50%, that is, each of two Mexicans is hypertensive :

"The frequency of type 2 diabetes in people who suffer from hypertension is 30%, high cholesterol is 36.5%, while 77.7% of people with high blood pressure suffer from overweight Y obesity ”.

Froti indicated that although the arterial hypertension It is a chronic disease, it is controllable, through timely treatment and a radical change in the eating habits of people:

"People should know that the hypertension can trigger severe health complications as a heart attack to the myocardium or stroke ”.  

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