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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 ...
In 2010, Texas saw 1,962,059 cases of diabetes and is predicted to see 2,851,697 cases in 2030. [5] In 2010, Texas saw 4,300,252 cases of hypertension and is predicted to see 5,689,509 cases in 2030. [5] In 2010, Texas saw 328,379 cases of obesity-related cancer and is predicted to see 810,806 cases in 2030.
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]
At the 2010 census, Texas had a population of 25.1 million—an increase of 4.3 million since the year 2000, involving an increase in population in all three subcategories of population growth: natural increase (births minus deaths), net immigration, and net migration. Texas added almost 4 million people between the 2010 and 2020 census'. [9]
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.
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 ...
A study in the American Journal of Public Health identified higher risks of mortality associated with being male, advanced age, lower socioeconomic status, race, and being divorced or widowed. However, when community-level prejudice was added into this model, higher levels of anti-black prejudice increased the odds of participant mortality by ...