Transcript: Understanding your blood pressure numbers

Soft inspirational music plays. Hands check someone’s blood pressure. White text appears in a blue banner along the top.

ON SCREEN TEXT:            Do you know what your blood pressure numbers mean?

ON SCREEN TEXT:            It can be a crucial indicator of your overall health.

A blood pressure monitor sits next to an arm. The top number on the screen is circled and an arrow points to it. Text appears on a blue banner at the bottom of the screen.

ON SCREEN TEXT:            The top number is your systolic blood pressure.

Text appears on a blue background.

ON SCREEN TEXT:            This is the pressure in your

blood vessels when

your heart beats.

A healthy range is

less than 120.

Back at the blood pressure monitor, the middle number is now circled with an arrow pointing to it. A blue banner on the bottom has text.

ON SCREEN TEXT:            The bottom number is your diastolic blood pressure.

Text appears on a blue background.

ON SCREEN TEXT:            This is the pressure in

the blood vessels

in between heartbeats.

A healthy range is

less than 80.

ON SCREEN TEXT:            Understanding your blood

pressure numbers may help

control your risks of hypertension,

heart disease and more.

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ON SCREEN TEXT:           United

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