Heart Disease and it's prevalence in the African-American culture

2. • CHD is disease that involves damage in the
heart’s major blood vessels.
• As plaque builds up in the arteries of a person
with heart disease, the inside of the artieries
begins to narrow, which lessens or blocks the
flow of blood.
• 82% of people who die of coronary heart disease
are 65 and older
• The risk of heart disease doubles every decade
after age 55
FACTS
ABOUT CORONARY HEART DISEASE

3. ● RISK FACTORS: Obesity, high blood
cholesterol, poor diet, excessive alcohol
consumption, limited access to quality
food and health care.
● Heart disease more prevalent in
African-Americans than in Caucasians
● Among non-Hispanic Blacks age 20 and
older, 6.8% of men and 7.1% of women
have heart disease
PREVALENCE AND RISK
FACTORS OF HEART DISEASE
VS. GENERAL POPULATION

4. BACKGROUND
TRADITIONS
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
POPULATION SIZE: est. 324,227,000
REGIONS OF RESIDENCE
FAITH
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS

5. • Low resource communities- Less access to health care
• Low socioeconomic status- Low income, little/no
education, language barriers, unemployment, lack of
insurance
• African-Americans are three times as likely to live in
poverty than Caucasians
• The unemployment rates for African-Americans double
those of Caucasians
SOCIOECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHIC
CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONS AFFLICTED

6. ● In 2015, CHD caused the death of
365,000 people
● 26% of those deaths were African-
Americans
● Death rates for African-Americans were
181.1 for males and 110.3 for females.
● Morbidity is less with the promotion of a
healthy lifestyle and environmental
changes
MORBIDITY/MORTALITY
VS. GENERAL POPULATION

7. A low-fat, high-fiber diet
Tobacco cessation
Limit alcohol consumption
Lower blood pressures, if elevated
Decrease body fat is overweight or obese
Increase daily activity
Reduce sugar consumption
Medicines
HEART DISEASE
TREATMENTS/PREVENTIONS

8. REFERENCES
● American Heart Association. (2015). African American heart disease, stroke.
Retrieved from www.heart.org
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