1 16% is the percentage of American
population that could be affected by blood pressure errors; calculated
by 50,000,000 affected* / 307,000,000 U.S. 2009 population**. Data from:
*https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2911816/ and
**Census.gov.
2 9.8% is percentage of American
population affected by overestimation of high blood pressure errors,
calculated by 30,000,000 affected by overestimation* / 307,000,000 the
2009 U.S. population**. Data from:
*https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2911816/ and **Census.gov.
3 https://www.cdc.gov/bloodpressure/facts.htm