Study of Blood Pressure in Rural and Urban Population of Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)

Introduction: The blood pressure (BP) is the lateral pressure exerted on the wall of the vessels by the contained blood (Samson Wright). It is mainly depends on cardiac output, peripheral resistance and blood viscosity, and regulated by of a variety of interdependent mechanism ionic, hormonal, and proprioceptive reflexes from the vascular system, locally acting substances, and the state of the central nervous system. Materials and Methods: The study of BP of rural and urban area of Jharkhand is an observational, cross‐sectional study investigating the mean and percentile of BP distribution, and the prevalence of hypertension in people of age group 20‐70 years. Measurement of BP done by sphygmomanometer of cuff size 23 cm × 12.5 cm. Result: In rural area and urban slum group, there was lower rise in systolic and diastolic BP. The rise of BP among rural and urban slum was not found till 40 years of age. The rise is only seen in 5th, 6th, and 7th decades of life. Conclusion: The BP of urban population is higher than that of the rural population in Jamshedpur, and its neighborhood is not in lower range. Intervention and preventive activities could initially be directed toward urban population, among whom the prevalence of hypertension and of other risk factors are higher and are thus most at risk of related morbidity.