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Blood pressure in East Sussex.

East Sussex county · 2 cards

Diagnosed high blood pressure on GP registers in East Sussex — plus the thousands living with it unknown.

Plain-English context

High blood pressure (hypertension) rarely has symptoms but drives heart attacks, strokes and kidney disease. About 105,944 East Sussex GP patients have it diagnosed, and modelling suggests roughly 42,907 more adults have it without knowing. Register figures are not age-adjusted — and a lower register number can mean under-diagnosis, not better health. A free pharmacy or GP check takes minutes.

Sources: NHS England QOF registers and OHID/HSE modelling via Fingertips. Each card states its reporting period; open its share page for the retrieval date and full provenance.

18.4%

GP patients with diagnosed hypertension.

England: 15.2% · Higher than England

East Sussex · 2024/25 · Persons, All ages

Source: OHID Fingertips · #219

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9.4%

Adults estimated to have undiagnosed hypertension.

England: 8.6%

East Sussex · 2021 · Persons, 16+ yrs

Source: OHID Fingertips · #94111 · Modelled estimate from Health Survey for England, applied to 2021.

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