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CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Poor blood-pressure control puts more than 5 million people at risk: How can health care systems help people take their medicine as directed? - Media Advisory

September 13, 2016

According to the latest CDC Vital Signs report, about 70% of US adults age 65 or older have high blood pressure - but only about half have it under control (less than 140/90), putting them at risk of heart disease, stroke, and early death.

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