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Hypertension care cascade, adults 18+, NFHS-5 (2019-21), with absolute numbers derived by applying cascade percentages to ICMR-INDIAB's 315 million adults 20+ with hypertension (2021). Derived cross-source figures are labelled.

Provenance

Publisher: Percentages: Varghese et al., JAMA Network Open 2023 (NFHS-5). Population base: ICMR-INDIAB-17, Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 2023. Absolute numbers are author-derived, not published.
Source: Percentages: Varghese et al., JAMA Network Open 2023 (NFHS-5). Population base: ICMR-INDIAB-17, Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 2023. Absolute numbers are author-derived, not published.
Data covers: 2019-21 (cascade); 2021 (population base)
Retrieved: 2026-09-04
Licence: see source
Redistributable: unknown
Verified by: IHMR Labs

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Used in IHMR-RSCH-001.

The data

stage	percent_conditional_on_previous_stage	percent_of_all_with_hypertension	derived_people_millions_of_315M_base
Have hypertension (prevalence 28.1% of adults 18+)	-	100	315 (published, ICMR-INDIAB)
Ever diagnosed / aware	36.9	36.9	116 (derived)
On treatment	44.7	16.5 (derived)	52 (derived)
Blood pressure controlled	52.5	8.7 (derived)	27 (derived)
Not controlled (undiagnosed + untreated + treated-uncontrolled)	-	91.3 (derived)	288 (derived)

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Retrieved and cross-checked by an automated research pass, then verified against the cited source and signed off by IHMR Labs. Used in IHMR-RSCH-001, The State of India's Healthcare.

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Hypertension care cascade, adults 18+, NFHS-5 (2019-21), with absolute numbers derived by applying cascade percentages to ICMR-INDIAB's 315 million adults 20+ with hypertension (2021). Derived cross-source figures are labelled. · IHMR