Editing Hypertension (section)

===Awareness===
[[File:HTNstudyupd.png|thumb|upright=1.4|Graph showing the prevalence of awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension compared between the four studies of [[National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey|NHANES]]<ref name="pmid7607734">{{cite journal | vauthors = Burt VL, Cutler JA, Higgins M, Horan MJ, Labarthe D, Whelton P, Brown C, Roccella EJ | title = Trends in the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in the adult US population. Data from the health examination surveys, 1960 to 1991 | journal = Hypertension | volume = 26 | issue = 1 | pages = 60–69 | date = July 1995 | pmid = 7607734 | doi = 10.1161/01.HYP.26.1.60 | url = http://hyper.ahajournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=7607734 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20121220113643/http://hyper.ahajournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=7607734 | archive-date = 2012-12-20 }}</ref>]]
The [[World Health Organization]] has identified hypertension (high blood pressure) as the leading cause of [[cardiovascular]] [[Mortality rate|mortality]].<ref name="pmid17534457"/> [[The World Hypertension League]] (WHL), an umbrella organization of 85 national hypertension societies and leagues, recognized that more than 50% of the hypertensive population worldwide are unaware of their condition.<ref name="pmid17534457">{{cite journal | vauthors = Chockalingam A | title = Impact of World Hypertension Day | journal = The Canadian Journal of Cardiology | volume = 23 | issue = 7 | pages = 517–519 | date = May 2007 | pmid = 17534457 | pmc = 2650754 | doi = 10.1016/S0828-282X(07)70795-X }}</ref> To address this problem, the WHL initiated a global awareness campaign on hypertension in 2005 and dedicated 17 May of each year as [[World Hypertension Day]].<ref name="pmid18548140">{{cite journal | vauthors = Chockalingam A | title = World Hypertension Day and global awareness | journal = The Canadian Journal of Cardiology | volume = 24 | issue = 6 | pages = 441–444 | date = June 2008 | pmid = 18548140 | pmc = 2643187 | doi = 10.1016/S0828-282X(08)70617-2 }}</ref>