Hypertension is the most common and one of the primary risk factors for cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes and kidney disease. Research reveals that one-quarter of the world's adult population has hypertension, and this is likely to increase to 29% by 2025.
According to the report of World Health Organization (2003), hypertension is one of the most prevalent causes of premature deaths to nearly 8 million people every year worldwide and nearly 1.5 million every year in the South-East Asia Region.
WHO also estimates that there are about 1 billion people suffering from hypertension, two-thirds of these are from developing countries.
According to the Philippine National Statistics Office Mortality Data (2007), diseases of the heart, cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, and renal diseases are among the leading causes of mortality in the country.
Due to its high prevalence and threatening outcomes, hypertension has become an important public health challenge worldwide. Hence, awareness, prevention, treatment and control of hypertension are significant public health measures.
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