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caused by this disease has increased by 25.2 % and the actual number of death has increased by 56.4%. What disease can be so powerful tthat it killed 57356 people in U.S.A. in just one year? This disease is __Hypertension__, or easily known as __High Blood Pressure__.But first of all, what is the meaning of Hypertension, or High Blood Pressure? From the Princeton University's website, it is defined as "A common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high in one's artery". To elaborate, hypertension is a disorder in which the blood pressure in one's body is way too strong. Hypertension is often referred to one of the deadliest disease that can lead to serious results such as stroke, heart attack, heart failure, and kidney failure. ||  www.nlm.nih.gov
 * This disease has killed 57356 people just in the U.S.A. in the year 2005. From 1995 to 2005, the death rate

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Question: What is the definition of the word "High Blood Pressure"?