High Blood Pressure Is Highest In The Southeast With No Improvement Seen

High Rates Of High Blood Pressure Persist In US Southeast by Kathryn Doyle.  Reuters.  December 27, 2013.

(1)  ___________ of U.S. adults have high blood pressure.  In the southeast the rate is ____________.
(2)  High blood pressure accounts for up to ___________ deaths worldwide each year.

(3)  __________ was factored out from the research design of the study.

(4)  Blacks were nearly _______________ as whites to suffer from high blood pressure.

(5)  The racial difference was seen mainly among __________.

(6)  __________ seems to be a main driver of the problem especially among whites.

(7)  Other factors included ______________________.

(8)  Black people were ____________ as whites to have high blood pressure without knowing it.

(9)  Only ________ percent of those who knew they had high blood pressure were taking diuretics.