Hypertensive cardiovascular disease in African Americans.
Hypertension is the most common public health challenge in the United States because of its prevalence and associated increase in comorbid cardiovascular diseases. Yearly expenses related directly or indirectly to the treatment and detection of hypertension in the United States are approximately $10 billion, excluding the enormous yearly financial burden of $259 billion and the social burden from heart disease and stroke, which remain the first and third leading causes of death, respectively, in the United States. Despite the importance of these observations, blood pressure is poorly controlled in the United States.
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D001741:Black or African American; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000208:ethnology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology