CDC Report Examines Health Disparities Among African Americans (1/19/05)
A report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's MMWR Weekly details various health disparities experienced by African Americans. For example, African American stroke survivors are more likely than white survivors to report limitations in performing basic activities such as walking, sitting or standing for extended periods of time. African Americans also are much more likely than whites to have hypertension (40.5% v. 20.4%), a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke, though they are more likely to be aware of their condition (70.3% v. 62.9%) and to be under treatment (55.4% v. 48.6%).
From CDC's MMWR Weekly, Volume 54, No. 1, January 14, 2005:
Health Disparities Experienced by Black or African Americans United States
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5401a1.htm
Racial Disparities in Nationally Notifiable Diseases United States, 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5401a4.htm
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