{"id":841,"date":"2012-05-15T17:11:45","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T17:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.commonwealthhealth.org\/?page_id=841"},"modified":"2013-07-26T10:38:57","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T10:38:57","slug":"smoking-and-raised-blood-pressure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.commonwealthhealth.org\/facts-and-figures\/facts-and-figures-2012\/smoking-and-raised-blood-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoking and raised blood pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Highest prevalence of smokers<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nHighest prevalence of raised blood pressure<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n% of adult population who smoke daily<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n% of adult population who have raised blood pressure<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n2008<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2008<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kiribati<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n67.4<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nDominica<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n46.8<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nauru<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n47.5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nSt Kitts and Nevis<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n46.2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Papua New Guinea<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n40.9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nMozambique<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n44.9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samoa<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n36.2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nSeychelles<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n44.2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuvalu<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n32<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nSierra Leone<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n44<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Solomon Islands<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n28.8<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nMalta<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n43.6<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sierra Leone<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n23.1<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nUnited Kingdom<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n43.5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maldives<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n22.8<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nMalawi<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n43.4<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tonga<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n22<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nNamibia<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n43.4<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malaysia<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n21.5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nBarbados<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n43.2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bangladesh<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n21.2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nNigeria<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n42.8<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malta<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n21.2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n42.2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Zealand<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n20.7<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nVanuatu<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n41.8<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
St Lucia<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n17.4<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nThe Gambia<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n41.1<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
United Kingdom<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n17.3<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nBotswana<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n40.8<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Australia<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n16.8<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nCyprus<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n40.5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Gambia<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n16.7<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nTonga<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n40.1<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pakistan<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n15<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nZambia<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n40.1<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Singapore<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n14.5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nSamoa<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n40<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Namibia<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n14.1<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nJamaica<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n39.9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Africa<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n14<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nNauru<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n39.6<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
India<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n13.9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nSri Lanka<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n39.2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canada<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n13.5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nUnited Republic of Tanzania<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n39.2<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trinidad and Tobago<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n13.1<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nTrinidad and Tobago<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n38.9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mauritius<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n13<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nFiji<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n38.8<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seychelles<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n12.4<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nKenya<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n37<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jamaica<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n12.3<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nCameroon<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n36.9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vanuatu<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n12.3<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nNew Zealand<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n36.8<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malawi<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n10.9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nSingapore<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n36.8<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sri Lanka<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n10.6<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nAustralia<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n36.4<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
St Vincent and the Grenadines<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n10.5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nGhana<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n36.4<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Botswana<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n10.1<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nPakistan<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n35.3<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zambia<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n10.1<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nMalaysia<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n34.7<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kenya<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n9.3<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nKiribati<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n33.7<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fiji<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n8.4<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nCanada<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n33.6<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
United Republic of Tanzania<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n7.9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nIndia<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n32.5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mozambique<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n7<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nBelize<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n31.7<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uganda<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n6.8<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\nSolomon Islands<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n30.8<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cameroon<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n5.8<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\nPapua New Guinea<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n27<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swaziland<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n5.6<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
St Kitts and Nevis<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barbados<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n4.9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dominica<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n4.9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nigeria<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n4.6<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ghana<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n4.4<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belize<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n3.9<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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