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Blood Pressure level Chart 

Blood pressure reading includes systolic and diastolic pressure values. Systolic blood pressure is the pressure peak when the heart beats while pumping blood. Diastolic blood pressure is the pressure drop when the heart is at rest between beats.

Often blood pressure levels are written with the systolic number above or before the diastolic, such as 120/80 mmHg. (The mmHg is millimeters of mercury the unit used to measure pressure.)

Blood pressure level chart in mmHg

CategorySystolicDiastolic
Normalless than 120andless than 80
Pre Hypertension120 to 139or80 to 89
Hypertension (stage 1)140 to 159or90 to 99
Hypertension (stage 2)greater or equal to 160orgreater or equal to 100

When systolic and diastolic blood pressures fall into different categories, the higher category should be used to classify blood pressure levels. For example, 150/79 mmHg would be stage 1 hypertension.
Last modified date 18th September 2009
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