Research Article

Ethnicity Disparities in the Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control Rates of Hypertension in China

Table 1

Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension by survey year, ethnicity groups.

GroupsNumber of datasetsNumber of participantsMin (%)Max (%)Pooled rate (%) (95% CI)I2 (%)

Total populationPrevalence54587,8264.962.431.7 (28.4–35.0)99.8
Awareness34510,1506.083.042.5 (37.2–47.8)99.8
Treatment35525,1062.689.133.4 (28.8–37.9)99.7
Control35525,1060.343.612.2 (9.2–15.2)99.8

Han populationPrevalence14492,49816.056.027.0 (20.8–33.3)99.9
Awareness13461,31519.566.541.3 (35.5–47.0)95.8
Treatment14476,27113.053.331.6 (26.3–36.9)96.4
Control14476,2711.226.712.7 (7.2–18.2)97.9

Tibetan populationPrevalence2346,49211.262.432.1 (25.9–38.4)99.6
Awareness916,1106.069.435.1 (18.3–51.8)99.6
Treatment916,1102.659.122.3 (13.4–31.2)99.0
Control916,1100.331.88.9 (5.2–12.5)98.4

Mongolian populationPrevalence1033,91425.453.039.8 (34.5–45.2)99.0
Awareness929,38729.783.058.0 (43.3–72.6)99.7
Treatment929,38723.689.150.6 (36.7–64.6)99.6
Control929,3870.743.616.0 (9.3–22.6)99.5

Yi populationPrevalence725,39310.447.528.0 (17.8–38.2)99.5
Awareness33,46313.635.024.4 (14.1–34.6)97.8
Treatment33,46310.631.123.0 (10.7–35.4)98.6
Control33,4637.29.18.0 (6.7–9.2)35.5