Percentage of individuals with raised blood pressure under treatment (at population-level)

Indicator

Definition

Percentage of raised blood pressure under treatment at the population level (>140/90mmHg) among persons 18 years of age and older

Calculation

Numerator: Total number of persons under treatment for hypertension in the same population group
Denominator: total number of persons with hypertension (defined as persons who have measured systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg, or who report having been diagnosed with hypertension by a health professional, or who report currently taking medication for the treatment of high blood pressure

Reference

The STEPS Survey (2016)

Provincial data

Percentage of individuals with raised blood pressure under treatment (at population-level) by Province

Raw data

wdt_ID	Place	Point estimate	Lower Limit	Upper Limit
1	Ardabil	84.9	79.6	89.0
2	Semnan	84.1	78.7	88.3
3	Alborz	80.1	76.8	83.0
4	Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari	79.5	76.3	82.3
5	Tehran	79.1	74.4	83.0
6	Lorestan	78.9	76.2	81.4
7	Ilam	76.2	73.6	78.6
8	Hamadan	74.9	70.1	79.1
9	Guilan	74.9	71.3	78.1
10	Kermanshah	72.0	66.7	76.7
11	East Azerbaijan	71.9	65.2	77.8
12	Mazandaran	71.0	66.1	75.5
13	Bushehr	70.5	65.8	74.8
14	Markazi	70.5	67.8	73.0
15	Country	69.7	64.2	74.7
16	North Khorasan	69.4	68.7	70.1
17	South Khorasan	69.0	65.7	72.2
18	Kerman	68.7	63.6	73.4
19	Sistan & Baluchestan	68.0	66.2	69.7
20	Golestan	66.5	61.8	71.0
21	Khuzestan	65.7	60.5	70.5
22	Hormozgan	65.1	59.9	70.0
23	Yazd	63.9	59.9	67.6
24	Kurdistan	63.1	56.3	69.4
25	fars	62.9	59.3	66.3
26	Razavi Khorasan	60.9	54.9	66.6
27	Isfahan	57.6	52.8	62.4
28	West Azerbaijan	57.3	53.3	61.2
29	Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad	54.0	48.4	59.4
30	Zanjan	49.2	43.5	55.0
31	Qazvin	48.8	43.5	54.1
32	Qom	0.0	0.0	0.0

*Qom province didn’t participate in the STEPS Survey (2016)

By urban-rural

Percentage of individuals with raised blood pressure under treatment (at population-level) by Urban-Rural Disaggregation

Raw data

wdt_ID	Disaggregation	Point estimate	Lower Limit	Upper Limit
1	Urban	67.3	65.6	69.0
2	Total	66.2	64.8	67.7
3	Rural	63.8	61.1	66.3

By gender

Percentage of individuals with raised blood pressure under treatment (at population-level) by Gender

Raw data

wdt_ID	Disaggregation	Point estimate	Lower Limit	Upper Limit
1	Female	65.5	86.3	69.1
2	Total	66.2	64.8	67.7
3	Male	64.4	62.0	66.7