_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: asmaabdella@hotmail.com; Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research 30(8): 1-9, 2019; Article no.JAMMR.50984 ISSN: 2456-8899 (Past name: British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, Past ISSN: 2231-0614, NLM ID: 101570965) Socio-demographic Characteristics, Risk Factors and Awareness of Adults Hypertensive Population in Khartoum Locality, 2014 Asma Abdelaal Abdalla 1* , Mohammed Eltahir Abdalrahman Alagib 2 and Siham Ahmed Balla 1 1 Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan. 2 Fedral Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan. Authors’ contribution This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Authors AAA and MEAA designed the study. Author MEAA trained the data collectors and supervised the data collection. Author SAB performed the statistical analysis. Author AAA managed the literature search and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Author SAB revised the manuscript for the scientific and intellectual content. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JAMMR/2019/v30i830225 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Chris Ekpenyong, Department of Human Physiology, College of Health Sciences, University of Uyo, Nigeria. (2) Dr. Emine Yagci, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Meşelik Campus, Turkey. (3) Thomas I Nathaniel, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of South Carolina, School of f-Greenville, Greenville, SC 29605, USA. Reviewers: (1) Tânia Torres Rosa, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Brazil. (2) Tayo Julius Bogunjoko, Eye Foundation Hospital, Nigeria. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/50984 Received 20 July 2019 Accepted 21 September 2019 Published 30 September 2019 ABSTRACT Aims: To identify the prevalence of hypertensions, socio demographic characteristics, risk factor and awareness of the study population about hypertension in Khartoum Locality. Study Design: A descriptive community-based cross-sectional study. Place of Study: Khartoum locality, Sudan. Methodology: A total of 587 adult participants were interviewed using structured close ended questionnaire. Blood pressure was measured considering hypertension as ≥ 140 mmHg and ≥ 90 mmHg for systole and diastole blood pressure respectively. Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated and the cutoff points were derived from World Health Organization (WHO) reference criteria to Original Research Article