Approximately ___ percent of adults in the United States suffer from hypertension.

• A. 15 percent
• B. 30 percent
• C. 45 percent
• D. 60 percent

Answer: (B)

Understanding how common hypertension is among adults helps you gauge cardiovascular risk in clients. In the United States, roughly one in three adults has high blood pressure, which places the prevalence near thirty percent. This aligns with large health surveys showing about 30–35% of adults meet hypertension criteria, underscoring how widespread the condition is. Hypertension is a major risk factor for heart disease, stroke, and other health problems, and it’s something that should be checked and monitored in routine fitness assessments. The other options are not as representative: fifteen percent underestimates how common the condition is, sixty percent overstates it, and forty-five percent is higher than most broad population estimates. The closest approximation is around thirty percent.