Many debilitating, life-threatening diseases which include: cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high-blood pressure and Acquired Immune Deficiency, disproportionately plague African American communities across this nation.
Statistics show that nearly twice as many African American women in the U.S. die of heart disease and stroke each year as from all forms of cancer. In 1998, coronary heart disease death rates for women were 73.8 for African Americans compared to 57.2 for American Indians/Alaskans, 42.9 for Asian/Pacific Islanders, and 54.7 for Hispanics. African Americans are 30 percent more likely to die each year from heart disease, with an average 80,000 deaths contributed to it. In addition, 20,000 African Americans die yearly from stroke which is the third leading cause of death for all racial and ethnic groups. Unfortunately, African Americans are 40 percent more likely to die of a stroke than whites.
African American women are less likely to receive adequate health care compared to African American and white men. And when African American women do receive care it is more likely too late. Consequently, African American women are less likely to receive adequate medical care, but more likely than whites to have increased risk factors for heart disease, diabetes, high
blood pressure and stroke.
High risk factors include overweight, hypertension, and smoking.
- Approximately 69 percent of African American women between the ages of 20 and 74 years of age are overweight
- 39 percent of African American women are obese
- High blood pressure and smoking rates are higher among African American women than all other groups of women.
- 20.8 percent of African American women smoke tobacco.
- African American women are also more likely to have hypertension, which leads to stroke, kidney failure, and many other health problems.?
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