•  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

●  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

BACKGROUND TRADITIONS PERSONAL EXPERIENCES POPULATION SIZE: est. 324,227,000 REGIONS OF RESIDENCE FAITH

AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS

•  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

●  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

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

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Retrieved from www.heart.org

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