The nurse would assess that the individual most at risk for death from coronary heart disease (CHD) is a
a. 30-year-old Hispanic woman.
b. 42-year-old Caucasian woman.
c. 55-year-old Asian man.
d. 62-year-old African American woman.
D
Symptomatic CHD appears predominantly in clients over age 40 . Age influences both the risk for and the severity of CHD. So the older the client, the higher the risk for CHD. CHD rates in women after menopause are 2-3 times higher than those in women who are premenopausal. African-American and Mexican-American women have more risk factors for CHD than do Cau-casian women. For people 35-74, the age-adjusted death rate from CHD for African-American women is 72% higher than that for white women and Native Americans.
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