Southern States have a higher prevalence of hypertension than the national average, according to the NFHS-5 (2-19-2021) report.
While 21.3% of women and 24% of men aged above 15 have hypertension in the country, Karnataka has 25% women and 26.9% men in the same age group (above 15) who have hypertension.
In the pre-hypertensive category, while the prevalence is 39% women and 49% men aged above 15 in the country, Karnataka has 36.3% women and 47.5% men (in the same age group), stated the report that was recently released by the Union Health Minister.
