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Many of the risk factors for Alzheimer's such as high blood pressure and diabetes are more prevalent in African American communities. Therefore making Alzheimer's disproportionately impact black communities within America. The Alzheimer's Impact Movement is an association that seeks to advance the care for those who have Alzheimer's and ...
High blood pressure (stage 2): ... Afful J. "Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control among adults age 18 and older: United States, August 2021–August 2023." NCHS Data Brief ...
This is a list of the 50 U.S. states, the 5 populated U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia by race/ethnicity. It includes a sortable table of population by race /ethnicity. The table excludes Hispanics from the racial categories, assigning them to their own category.
By 2006, the society had broadened its scope to focus not just on reducing rates of hypertension among African Americans, but also on improving the health of all minority populations around the world. The society's official peer-reviewed journal is Ethnicity & Disease, which it has published since 1991. [2] [3]
Race. You have a higher risk of high blood pressure if you’re Black. Gender. Men have a higher risk of high blood pressure than women in middle age, but women have a higher risk than men in ...
Number of Births, by race and Hispanic origin of the mother and month of birth: United States, January–June, final 2019 and 2020, and provisional 2021 (Provisional 2021 data is based on 99.92% of births) [67] Race and Hispanic origin of mother and year January–June January February March April May June Total pop.'s percent (January–June)
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. In 2010, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 597,689 people in the U.S. died as a direct result ...
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. [11] High blood pressure usually does not cause symptoms itself. [ 1 ]