Hypertension or high blood pressure is a cause for concern among the residents of United States. Now a new report has revealed that the rate of prevalence of hypertension remained unchanged from 1999 to 2014, but the number of people who had their hypertension under control increased.

The authors of the government report said that although the data released is not very satisfactory, there is room for improvement.

Recent findings from a large National Institutes of Health study now suggested that it is worth treating patients in that prehypertension gray area of 120 to 140, in order to bring them down into the normal range.

Another study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association showed that there were lower rates of heart attack, stroke and death among people with high blood pressure. All these people brought their number count down to 120, said authors.

Dr. Jackson Wright, lead author of the study, said, “There is a marked reduction to reduced cardiovascular events and mortality. There were an expected number of adverse events in 1% to 2% of patients but the benefits outweigh the risks”.

The data of the report showed that about 47% of people with high blood pressure brought their numbers to normal range, either by changing their lifestyle or medications.

Earlier in 1999, over 68% of people didn’t have their blood pressure under control, the report highlighted.