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Life expectancy by race in each state in 2018 State All Races [18 ... Texas: 79.1 78.5 81.3 74.2 85.1 ... twice the incidence of hypertension, and higher prevalence ...
Fryar CD, Kit B, Carroll MD, Afful J. "Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control among adults age 18 and older: United States, August 2021–August 2023." NCHS Data Brief, no 511.
Chronic hypertension prior to and during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of preeclampsia, eclampsia, placental abruption, stroke, cardiomyopathy, heart failure, pulmonary edema, renal failure, and maternal death. [30] Black women are more than twice as likely as white women to be diagnosed with chronic hypertension. [30]
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.
Texas had only one city, Austin, ranked 21st, in the top 25 among the "fittest cities" in America. [73] The same survey has evaluated the state's obesity initiatives favorably with a "B+". [73] The state is ranked forty-second in the percentage of residents who engage in regular exercise. [74]
Hypertension is a very common condition, affecting about half of all adults in the U.S. But it doesn’t always have symptoms, so about one in three people don’t know they have it.
Historically, race has been utilized in medicine in various ways, which continue to have enduring impacts today. The imposition of race on pulmonary function and the machinery used to conduct testing is a noteworthy example. Samuel Cartwright was a 19th-century physician and scientist who is known for his work on spirometry and respiratory ...
At the 2020 census, the racial and ethnic composition of the state was 42.5% white (39.7% non-Hispanic white), 11.8% Black or African American, 5.4% Asian, 0.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 13.6% some other race, 17.6% two or more races, and 39.3% Hispanic and Latin American of any race.