Open AccessPrevalence of Hypertension and Associated Factors Among Public Servants in North Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2020
Author(s) -
Demlie Kassa Gedamu,
Wullo Sisay
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vascular health and risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.892
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1178-2048
pISSN - 1176-6344
DOI - 10.2147/vhrm.s298138
Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , body mass index , demography , cross sectional study , public health , collinearity , gerontology , statistics , nursing , mathematics , sociology , pathology
The leading preventable risk factor for premature death and disability worldwide is hypertension. Globally, 31.1% of adults (1.39 billion people) have hypertension and 9.4 million deaths are recorded annually, accounting for 13% of overall mortality.