50 percent of the people who have adult-onset diabetes (type 2) have hypertension, or high blood pressure.
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure and diabetics are at very high risk for heart attacks and stroke.
83 percent of persons with diabetes do not have their blood pressure controlled.
50 million Americans have hypertension.
Only one-half of people with hypertension take medications.
Only one in four people have their blood pressure controlled.
The complications of hypertension cost $300 billion a year.
Elevated cholesterol is a major risk factor for heart diseases and strokes.
83 percent of people with known atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease do not have their cholesterol controlled.
1,200,000 Americans will have a heart attack and one-third of them will die immediately. Blood pressure and cholesterol control could prevent many of these events.
The economic impact in the U.S. of coronary heart disease is estimated at $118 billion.
