Blacks and Latinos share the same poverty rate at 24% three times
as high as the poverty rate of Whites and nearly twice as high as
that of Asians.
Hypertension
(high blood pressure) is a major risk factor for heart attacks and
stroke. 28% of Black adults have hypertension, higher than Whites at
22%, Latinos and Asians at 15%.
In Los Angeles County,
African-Americans have the highest percentage of obese adults (31%)
than any other race/ethnicity.
Blacks have a far higher death rate
than other groups in Los Angeles. Most dramatic are African American
death rates from homicide and HIV/AIDS, more than three times higher
than other groups, striking men particularly hard.
Hypertension (high blood pressure)
is a major risk factor for heart attacks and stroke. 28% of Black
adults have hypertension, higher than Whites at 22%, Latinos and
Asians at 15%.
Source:
United Way LA
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