Black, non-Hispanic
service members had a rate of 24.4 new diagnoses of hypertension per 1,000 person - years (p - yrs), nearly 50 percent higher
than the rates among members of all the
other racial and
ethnic groups studied, according to the analysis published in the Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, a peer - reviewed journal on illnesses and injuries affecting
service members.
African - Americans are generally more likely
than other ethnic groups to make use of these
services at libraries, especially accessing newspapers or news articles and accessing specialized databases such as legal or public records.