The number of young women dying of heart disease caused by high blood pressure has more than quadrupled in the past two decades, a new study has found. Known as the 'silent killer', high blood pressure, or hypertension, as it is known medically, affects a third of adults in Britain. Now, experts have raised alarm over the sharp spike in deaths of young women linked to high blood pressure over the last 20 years. In 1999, hypertensive heart disease accounted for just 1.1 of every 100,000 deaths occurring in young women. Symptoms of high blood pressure include headaches, blurred vision, chest pain, nose bleeds, according to the NHS.

Source: Daily Mail March 19, 2026 20:08 UTC