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In 2001, 86,000 more premature deaths from cardiovascular disease (50,000 men and 36,000 women) would have occurred among Americans age 40 and older without antihypertensive drug therapy.
Cutler D, Long G, Berndt E, Royer J, et al. The Value Of Antihypertensive Drugs: A perspective on medical innovation. Health Affairs. 2007; 26(1): 97-110