Black and Latino adults are more likely to have high blood pressure than people of other races/ethnicities. More than one in four New Yorkers has high blood pressure, but there are usually no symptoms.
High blood pressure can also lead to problems with your kidneys and eyes and to sexual dysfunction.
The higher it is, the more damage it can do to the inside of your blood vessels. Blood pressure is the force of blood moving through your blood vessels. High blood pressure (hypertension) is a leading cause of heart disease and stroke, which together kill more New Yorkers than any other disease.
