Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude in Romania

Romania: Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude was 53.9 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
53.9
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
5th
of 193 countries
All-time high
53.9
in 2019
All-time low
50.5
in 2001
Years of data
30
1990–2019

Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude in Romania, 1990–2019

02040601990200420191990: 51.11991: 511992: 51.11993: 51.11994: 51.21995: 51.31996: 51.11997: 511998: 50.81999: 50.72000: 50.62001: 50.52002: 50.52003: 50.62004: 50.72005: 50.82006: 512007: 51.12008: 51.22009: 51.42010: 51.62011: 51.92012: 52.22013: 52.52014: 52.92015: 53.22016: 53.42017: 53.52018: 53.72019: 53.9

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.

Analysis

Romania recorded 53.9 for hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude in 2019. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude in Romania peaked at 53.9 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 50.5, in 2001.

That places Romania 5th out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.

Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude in Romania, year by year

Annual values for Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude in Romania, 1990 to 2019.
Year Value Change
1990 51.1
1991 51 -0.2%
1992 51.1 +0.2%
1993 51.1 +0.0%
1994 51.2 +0.2%
1995 51.3 +0.2%
1996 51.1 -0.4%
1997 51 -0.2%
1998 50.8 -0.4%
1999 50.7 -0.2%
2000 50.6 -0.2%
2001 50.5 -0.2%
2002 50.5 +0.0%
2003 50.6 +0.2%
2004 50.7 +0.2%
2005 50.8 +0.2%
2006 51 +0.4%
2007 51.1 +0.2%
2008 51.2 +0.2%
2009 51.4 +0.4%
2010 51.6 +0.4%
2011 51.9 +0.6%
2012 52.2 +0.6%
2013 52.5 +0.6%
2014 52.9 +0.8%
2015 53.2 +0.6%
2016 53.4 +0.4%
2017 53.5 +0.2%
2018 53.7 +0.4%
2019 53.9 +0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 51.04 50.7 51.3 10
2000s 50.84 50.5 51.4 10
2010s 52.88 51.6 53.9 10

Countries ranked near Romania

  1. 2 Lithuania 55.2 compare
  2. 3 Hungary 54.5 compare
  3. 3 Paraguay 54.5 compare
  4. 5 Poland 53.9 compare
  5. 7 Belarus 53.8 compare
  6. 8 Serbia 52.6 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude in Romania?
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude in Romania was 53.9 in 2019, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
What is the highest hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude recorded in Romania?
The highest recorded value was 53.9 in 2019.
What is the lowest hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude recorded in Romania?
The lowest recorded value was 50.5 in 2001.
How does Romania rank for hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude?
Romania ranks 5th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
Is hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude rising or falling in Romania?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Romania data come from?
The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
212 places, 6,360 data points, 1990–2019
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