The burden of hypertension has now shifted from developed nations to low and middle- income countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.
A new study published in November's issue of The Lancet journal revealed that over the past 40 years, the number of adults living with the disease rose globally from 594 million in 1975 to over 1.1 billion in 2015. Most of these cases were in low and middle-income countries.
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