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High blood pressure

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Each score is a percentile comparing your child to other kids their age.

How severe is your child's high blood pressure?

Characteristics of High blood pressure

How common is High blood pressure?

Across kids of all ages represented on Sleuth, 12.52% of parents surveyed by Sleuth say their kids have High blood pressure.

Percentage of kids with High blood pressure by year of age

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This is based on a survey of 519 children on Sleuth. The plot shows the percentage of parents who rated their child’s High blood pressure “Moderate”, “Severe”, or “Very Severe” among kids in different age groups.

Frequency

OutcomePercent of ChildrenTotal Mentions
Continuously

2%

11 mentions
Hourly

0%

0 mentions
Daily

3%

16 mentions
Weekly

5%

24 mentions
Monthly

4%

21 mentions
Annually

3%

13 mentions
A Few / Several Times

2%

8 mentions
Once

1%

6 mentions
Never

79%

374 mentions

Severity

SeverityPercent of ChildrenTotal Mentions
Very Severe

6%

30 mentions
Severe

3%

16 mentions
Moderate

4%

19 mentions
Mild

3%

18 mentions
Not at All

84%

435 mentions

Discussion of High blood pressure

What was your approach to High blood pressure? What were the results?

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