Objective To understand the current status of hypertension in Jingzhuang Town,Yanqing District,Beijing. Method With randomized cluster sampling,3 653 residents aged over 30 yrs old were investigated by a standard questionnaire on hypertension epidemiology.Result The prevalence rate of hypertension in Jingzhuang Town was 33.3%,and increased with the age(P0.05).The main patients were those with degree 1 hypertension(62.8%).There were 37.8%of people with normal blood pressure who had high-normal values,the highest(44.3%)in 60～69 yr group.In population with hypertension,the rate of people taking medication was 24.5%,disease control rate was 8.6%,while in patients aged 30～49 yrs,these rates were 7.1%and 2.9% respectively.Conclusion The prevalence of hypertension in Beijing's suburb was serious with a younger trend.There was a large part of people with high-normal blood oressure.