To improve cardiovascular care in people with CKD, Healthy People 2020 objective 6a aims to reduce the proportion of persons with CKD who have elevated blood pressure by 10%. The overall proportion of people with CKD and hypertension declined from 54.7% (1999-2004 period) to 50.5% (2005-2010) and remained similar (50%) for the 2011-2016 period, though approaching to the HP 2020 target of 49.3% or less.