The staff nurse educator is providing an in-service regarding the cultural and ethnic risk factors for stroke. Which statement will the nurse include in the in-service?
A) African-Americans have an increased incidence of intracerebral hemorrhage.
B) Hispanics have almost twice the number of first-ever strokes compared with whites.
C) African-Americans are more likely to die following a stroke than whites.
D) The prevalence of hypertension among Hispanics is the highest in the world.
Answer: C
African-Americans are more likely to die following a stroke than whites. Also, African-Americans have the highest prevalence of hypertension in the world and almost twice the number of first-ever strokes compared with whites. Hispanics have an increased incidence of intracerebral hemorrhage.
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