Stroke Rates Among Latino Community

In the United States, there is about 325. 7 million in population and from that 57. 5 million are considered to make up the Latino community which makes up about 17. 5%. Latinos are said to be the fastest growing racial or ethnic population in the United States. For that 17. 5%, about 1 in 4 men die from a stroke and 1 in 3 women die from a stroke.

A stroke is the fourth leading cause of deaths in hispanics right behind cancer, diabetes, etc. Hispanics are at higher risk to die from strokes because of high blood pressure, diabetes, overweight and smoking. A stroke is prevalent within the Latino population. A stroke is known as a “brain attack”, it is the blood flow of an area to the brain is reduced and can’t get the oxygen and nutrients it needs which can lead to dead brain cells. The comparison of the population at large is also affected from strokes for example the african americans are twice as likely but the reason for this top deadly illness is because people don’t have good enough habits and aren’t simply taking care their bodies. In hispanic families, value their families and they normally have the uncles, aunts, grandparents, etc. in the household. So normally they remind themselves that their family needs them and try not to worry too much about themselves. Which puts a big strain on the family and having to worry for ill. Latinos are more likely underpaid but they have to support big extended families. A big stressor is not being able to have enough money to pay to go to the doctors because medical bills are too expensive.

At large the Latino community is affected by positively and negatively. Most Latinos aren’t well educated on strokes and How they are easily affected by it. So many families could possibly learn from another family’s death. With them being the top racial group affected it could help them to better with their overall health. Some states are known for having a bigger population of latinos such as Texas, Washington, etc. So I do believe they might be researching more in those states on how to reduce the risk of strokes and possibly just studying more about that diseases in general. For local resources, doctors could be more alert to stroke symptoms to help prevent anything as soon as possible.

The information that I learned about stroke was very interesting to me especially when knowing that anyone can get them. Also I felt like this information was very informative to me because I myself come from a Latin family so knowing that this is one of the top leading illnesses helps me more educated.