For 95% of the people who suffer from High Blood Pressure, the cause is not found. (citations).
The Chief Suspects Include:.
1) Overactive Hormone system that is related to the kidney.
2) An overactive Autonomic Nervous System.
3) Fault in the cells of small blood vessels that produce substances leading to blood vessels narrowing and increased BP. .
4) Genetic Predisposition.
5) Intrauterine factors, birth weight in particular that may reflect undernourishment in the fetus that could cause them to develop High Blood Pressure as they get older.
High Blood Pressure or Hypertension is common that carries a high risk of cardiovascular events in the future. It is referred as the "silent killer." 6% of the adults worldwide have died from it. .
The Worldwide Health Organization stated that, "Roughly 51% of the Males and 51% of the Females in the US alone are overweight or obese". That is over half of the US. Primary Hypertension affects 90-95% of the patients and Secondary Hypertension affects just .
5-10% of adults. .
Here are some statistics from the Worldwide Health Organization:.
1) America has 74.5 million people 20 and older have High Blood Pressure.
2) One adult in 3 has High Blood Pressure.
3) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), between 2003-2006 showed that, 77.6 people have their High Blood Pressure were aware they have it, 67.9% are under treatment, 44.1% had it controlled, and 55.9% did not have it controlled. .
4) In 2006 in the United States, it was reported that 56,561 people died as a result from Hypertension and it was a major contributing cause of the 300,000, of the 2.4 million deaths in 2006.
5) From 1996-2006, the death rate from High Blood Pressure jumped up 19.5%.
"In 2005, more than 800 million ambulatory visits by adults 18 and older whom were non-pregnant, 38% had a diagnosis of hypertension or a blood pressure in the hypertensive range" ( Player, M.