High blood Proportion 14.0 16.0 15.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 In 2004–05, 7% of Aboriginal pressure: of persons and Torres Strait Islander reporting people reported having high Self-reported high blood blood pressure. After prevalence of pressure/ adjusting for differences in high blood age structure, Aboriginal and pressure Torres Strait Islander males among age and females reported having Aboriginal high blood pressure at 1.4 and Torres and 1.6 times the rate of Strait proportion non-Indigenous males and Islander females. people(by age) crude rate; information about GP encounters in relation to
High blood pressure: Self-reported prevalence of high blood pressure among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people(by age) crude rate; information about GP encounters in relation to Proportion of persons reporting high blood pressure/ age proportion 14.0 16.0 15.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 In 2004–05, 7% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people reported having high blood pressure. After adjusting for differences in age structure, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males and females reported having high blood pressure at 1.4 and 1.6 times the rate of non-Indigenous males and females.