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30-year Population Attributable Risks for Hypertension and All-cause Mortality: Charleston Heart Study and Evans County Heart Study, 1960
| White Males | 23.8% |
| White Females | 18.3% |
| Black Males | 45.2% |
| Black Females | 39.5% |
Adapted from: Lackland, D.T.; Keil, J.E.; Gazes, P.C.; Hames, C.G.; Tyroler, H.A. Outcomes of black and white hypertensive individuals after 30 years of follow-up. Clinical and Experimental Hypertension 17:1091-1105, 1995.
