Author Details Descriptive epidemiology of blood pressure in a rural adult population in Northern Ghana Setor Kunutsor1 MBChB, MSt.PublHlth, Postgraduate student, skk31@cantab.net John Powles2 MBBS, FPHM, Academic director/Senior lecturer in public health, jwp11@cam.ac.uk 1 Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, University Forvie Site, Cambridge, UK. 2 Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, University Forvie Site, Cambridge, UK. Correspondence: S Kunutsor, Malaria Consortium, COMDIS MUK, PO Box 8045, Kampala, Uganda  Author contribution: Setor Kunutsor: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, literature review, supplied data, collected data, supervised data collection, input data, statistical analysis, wrote the first draft. John Powles: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool. Citation: Kunutsor S, Powles J.  Descriptive epidemiology of blood pressure in a rural adult population in Northern Ghana. Rural and Remote Health 9: 1095. (Online) 2009. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 1 October 2008 Revised: 30 January 2009 Accepted: 5 June 2009