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What do the numbers in my blood pressure reading mean?

Just as your age is measured in years and length in meters, blood pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg). Your blood pressure is recorded as two numbers. The first one is related to to the pumping of blood out of your heart, when it contacts; and the second is related to when your heart relaxes and is being filled with blood.
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