Improving trend in hypertension control in a black inner city community.
Throughout the 1960's repeated findings indicated a poor state of management for hypertension in widely diverse communities across the United States. In the early years of the 1970's similarly derived findings showed a substantial improvement in hypertension management. These trends are confirmed in two random samples of a black urban population studied in 1971 and in 1973 indicating more than a twofold improvement in blood pressure control over that period. This improvement was noticeable in all subgroups of the population at risk although young black males continue to have a less favorable status of detection and control of hypertension.
D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008396:Maryland; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D014505:Urban Population