Source: NEWS & OBSERVER, 5/7/18

Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease, which accounts for 800,000 strokes each year and half of all heart disease cases. It is no wonder that hypertension is called “The Silent Killer.” 
In 2013, 36 percent of North Carolinians had high blood pressure, while 238,000 had had a stroke in their lifetime. And every year 720,000 people in the United States suffer heart attacks.

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