Hypertension increases the risks of end-organ injury, maternal/fetal vulnerability, and total mortality. Throughout the world, it kills about 7.5 million people every year. During 1975-2015, the number of adults with hypertension increased from 594 million to more than 1.1 billion, mostly due to the increase in the low-income and middle-income countries (NCD Risk Factor Collaboration 2016, Lancet 15 Nov, 2016).
Keywords: Books on hypertension; Hypertension in high-income countries; Hypertension in low-income countries; Hypertension in middle-income countries; Hypertension in the world; Update on hypertension.