National Hypertension Taskforce

Sydney Cardiac Specialists supports the roadmap recently released by the National Hypertension Taskforce to reduce the burden of high blood pressure in Australia

The Goal: To improve blood pressure control from 32% to 70% of Australians by 2030

The Challenge:

• One in three Australian adults have hypertension (6.8 million), with about half (3.4 million) unaware of their diagnosis
• Currently only 2.2 million Australian adults (32% of the hypertensive population) are aware they have hypertension and have their blood pressure under control
• Australia’s blood pressure control rates compares poorly to other high income countries (eg 68% in Canada)
• Uncontrolled high blood pressure is the leading cause of preventable deaths in Australia, mainly due to stroke, heart disease, kidney disease, heart failure and dementia.
• A significant proportion of our population (4.6 million) are putting themselves at risk through lack of both awareness and treatment of hypertension

Sydney Cardiac Specialists supports the National Hypertension Taskforce Roadmap to prevent, detect and effectively treat hypertension in Australia.

For patients who have been diagnosed with hypertension, we have specialist physicians and allied health professionals on site to help you with managing this condition.