Hypertension - current aspect
Abstract
Hypertension is a major disease in the urban black. The prevalence in the urban black in Durban is 25%, that is one in four adult blacks. This is slightly less than the prevalence in the American Negro which is 27%2. The prevalence of hypertension in the American Negro is the highest in the world.
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