AHRQ Stats: High Blood Pressure Treatment Rates by Age Group

AHRQ Stats: High Blood Pressure Treatment Rates by Age Group In 2021–22, 21.7 percent of nonelderly adults with diagnosed or treated high blood pressure had no medical treatment. This was more than three times the rate observed among elderly adults, of whom only 6.9 percent went untreated. (Source: AHRQ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #563, Recent Changes in Treatment Patterns for Diagnosed or Treated Hypertension, 2018–19 to 2021–22.) https://meps.ahrq.gov/data_stats/Pub_ProdResults_Details.jsp?pt=Statistical+Brief&opt=1&id=1317