Abstract: In order to explore the distribution of prevalence of hypertension and risk factor of cardiovascular disease of community people in the south of jiangsu province.MethodA population cluster sampling was carried out.Possible factors relate to hypertension were analyzed by SPSS 8.0 software.Results1.The prevalence of hypertension was 23.11% in total.The prevalence of hypertension in men (25.27%)was higher significantly than in women(22.14%);2.The prevalence of hypertension was increasing by growing,and the increasing was faster in women than in men;after 50 years old,the prevalence of hypertension was higher in women than in men.3.FBS,TC/HDLC,TC,TG had significant difference between the group of hypertension and nonhypertension.ConclusionThe results indicate that FBS,TC,TG,TC/HDLC seem to be risk factors for hypertension in the south of Jiangsu province, and the difference in the prevalence of hypertension between men and women reveals the difference in the sensitivity to the risk factors.