Hypertension

What is Hypertension?

Hypertension is defined as having a blood pressure higher than 140 over 90 mm/HG (Normal BP: 120/90)

Epidemiology in African Americans

1. Compared with Whites, young African Americans have a ____ greater risk of stroke.

2. __% prevalence in African Americans

3. __% have uncontrolled hypertension

4. Male African Americans make up __% of all deaths due to hypertension

5. Female African Americans make up __% of all deaths due to hypertension.

1. two to three-fold

2. 38.2

3. 25

4. 30

5. 20

What are the causes of hypertension?

• Obesity

• Stress

• Smoking

• High salt intake

What are the symptoms of hypertension?

Hypertension produces no symptoms until dangerous complications occur like causing an artery in the brain to burst or producing a stroke.

What are the results of hypertension?

• forces the heart to work harder and so cause a heart attack.

• Can cause kidney failure by reducing the flood of blood to the kidneys

• High blood pressure is a major cause of Arteriosclerosis

Heart disease in African Americans

1. ____ Americans develop high blood pressure more often, at an earlier age than ____ and ____ do.

2. High blood pressure is more common in non-Hispanic Black adults (__%) than in non-Hispanic White adults (__%), non-Hispanic Asian adults (___%) or Hispanic adults (__%).

3. As many as __ million American adults have a high blood pressure

4. The country’s highest rates due to stroke are in the ______

5. Adherence or compliance to medical treatment is a significant issue in healthcare delivery since research indicates that only ___% to __% of patients follow their physician’s recommendations and __% to _% do not comply at all.

1. African, Whites, and Mexicans

2. 56%, 48%, 46%, 39%

3. 116 million

4. Southern eastern U.S

5. 30% to 35%