What is the prevalence of hypertension in African-American women?
African-American women have higher rates of hypertension than White and Hispanic women. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 44.7% of the Black, non-Hispanic female population over the age of 20 had hypertension between 2001 and 2004, compared to 28.5% of White, non-Hispanic women and 26.4% of Hispanic women. Developed by Virtual Forum © 2009 Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Privacy PolicyDisclaimerDHH Webmaster DHH HomeTop var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”); document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src='” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-3632381-1”); pageTracker._initData(); pageTracker.
African American women have higher rates of hypertension than white women and Hispanic women. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 34.2% of the Black, non-Hispanic female population between 1998 and 1994 had hypertension 22.0% of Hispanic women and 19.3% of White, non-Hispanic women had hypertension during this time.
