Prevalence of hypertension in an urban and rural area of Jaipur District

摘要: Background: Hypertension, a major public health problem, is directly responsible for 57% of all stroke deaths and 24% of all coronary heart disease deaths in India. The present study was planned to analyze the prevalence of hypertension in rural and urban population. Methodology: A cross sectional comparative study was carried out over a period of one year comprising 1200 adults in both urban and rural area of jaipur district respectively.Results: In our study the overall prevalence of hypertension was found to be 24.25% in urban and 13.17% in rural area. Conclusion: Significant urban predominance over their rural counterparts was found with respect to the following socio-demographic factors: Age, sex (male), occupation (agriculture, housewives businessmen & retired personnel), education, socio-economic status (class III) and marital status (unmarried & married)