Is Hypertension the Key to Reaching the Healthy People 2000 Goals by 2020?
Comment on “Racial Differences in the Impact of Elevated Systolic Blood Pressure on Stroke Risk”

The 10-year health promotion and disease prevention goals set forth by the US Department of Health and Human Services in Healthy People 2020 include a renewed emphasis on reducing and eliminating race/ethnic disparities in health outcomes.¹ Although similar goals were issued in Healthy People 2000² and Healthy People 2010,³ these disparities remain a central and confounding public health problem.