In a recent research, it is found that over 20 crore Indians are hit by high blood pressure. India stands second in the list of nations hit by high blood pressure while the first place goes to China with 22.6 crore BP patients.
In the past 40 years, the count of those who are hit by BP has doubled across the world. Last year, 113 crore individuals have got affected by this. Middle and lower income people are largely hit by this condition. Between 1975 and 2015, in every nation, over 2 crore individuals are hit by BP. Out of the overall BP patients across the world counting to 113 crore, in 2015, 25.8 crore individuals are from South Asia of which 22.6 crore of them are placed in China.
In the European nations, the Blood pressure patients are low at England. Across the world, at South Korea, America and Canada, the BP has affected lesser. At the same time, the effects of BP are reducing at flourishing nations and the vice-versa. Lack of consuming nutritive food during formative years is one of the main reasons for high blood pressure.