Table 3.
Estimated Numbers of People With Selected Medical Conditions in 21 states and the District of Columbia, by Proximity to the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean Coastlinesa
| State, District | Distance From Coastlineb | |
|---|---|---|
|
| ||
| ≤50 Miles | ≤100 Miles | |
| Total | ||
| High blood pressure | 2,181,000 | 2,639,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 1,271,000 | 1,532,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 2,120,000 | 2,740,000 |
| Heart attack | 2,328,000 | 2,787,000 |
| Heart disease | 2,577,000 | 3,067,000 |
| Stroke | 1,489,000 | 1,773,000 |
| Diabetes | 662,000 | 801,000 |
| Asthma | 998,000 | 1,177,000 |
| Pregnancy | 113,000 | 130,000 |
| Alabama | ||
| High blood pressure | 19,000 | 32,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 13,000 | 23,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 15,000 | 28,000 |
| Heart attack | 26,000 | 41,000 |
| Heart disease | 15,000 | 29,000 |
| Stroke | 11,000 | 24,000 |
| Diabetes | 5,000 | 10,000 |
| Asthma | 7,000 | 11,000 |
| Pregnancy | 1,000 | 2,000 |
| Connecticut | ||
| High blood pressure | 67,000 | 67,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 48,000 | 48,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 68,000 | 68,000 |
| Heart attack | 87,000 | 87,000 |
| Heart disease | 113,000 | 113,000 |
| Stroke | 44,000 | 44,000 |
| Diabetes | 21,000 | 21,000 |
| Asthma | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| Pregnancy | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| Delaware | ||
| High blood pressure | 21,000 | 21,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 14,000 | 14,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 19,000 | 19,000 |
| Heart attack | 28,000 | 28,000 |
| Heart disease | 31,000 | 31,000 |
| Stroke | 17,000 | 17,000 |
| Diabetes | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Asthma | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| Pregnancy | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| District of Columbia | ||
| High blood pressure | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 11,000 | 11,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 18,000 | 18,000 |
| Heart attack | 13,000 | 13,000 |
| Heart disease | 13,000 | 13,000 |
| Stroke | 14,000 | 14,000 |
| Diabetes | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| Asthma | 11,000 | 11,000 |
| Pregnancy | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Florida | ||
| High blood pressure | 494,000 | 505,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 289,000 | 295,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 412,000 | 431,000 |
| Heart attack | 653,000 | 676,000 |
| Heart disease | 718,000 | 744,000 |
| Stroke | 393,000 | 403,000 |
| Diabetes | 172,000 | 178,000 |
| Asthma | 229,000 | 238,000 |
| Pregnancy | 29,000 | 29,000 |
| Georgia | ||
| High blood pressure | 28,000 | 59,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 13,000 | 32,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 17,000 | 48,000 |
| Heart attack | 21,000 | 56,000 |
| Heart disease | 22,000 | 46,000 |
| Stroke | 18,000 | 47,000 |
| Diabetes | 7,000 | 16,000 |
| Asthma | 9,000 | 20,000 |
| Pregnancy | 1,000 | 2,000 |
| Louisiana | ||
| High blood pressure | 67,000 | 75,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 47,000 | 54,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 52,000 | 57,000 |
| Heart attack | 80,000 | 85,000 |
| Heart disease | 91,000 | 101,000 |
| Stroke | 55,000 | 60,000 |
| Diabetes | 29,000 | 32,000 |
| Asthma | 35,000 | 38,000 |
| Pregnancy | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| Maine | ||
| High blood pressure | 39,000 | 39,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 19,000 | 19,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 36,000 | 36,000 |
| Heart attack | 42,000 | 42,000 |
| Heart disease | 39,000 | 39,000 |
| Stroke | 22,000 | 22,000 |
| Diabetes | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| Asthma | 22,000 | 22,000 |
| Pregnancy | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Maryland | ||
| High blood pressure | 153,000 | 163,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 98,000 | 103,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 188,000 | 192,000 |
| Heart attack | 169,000 | 174,000 |
| Heart disease | 168,000 | 174,000 |
| Stroke | 98,000 | 101,000 |
| Diabetes | 54,000 | 55,000 |
| Asthma | 93,000 | 95,000 |
| Pregnancy | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Massachusetts | ||
| High blood pressure | 120,000 | 146,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 73,000 | 91,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 116,000 | 140,000 |
| Heart attack | 155,000 | 203,000 |
| Heart disease | 151,000 | 193,000 |
| Stroke | 83,000 | 106,000 |
| Diabetes | 33,000 | 41,000 |
| Asthma | 73,000 | 88,000 |
| Pregnancy | 6,000 | 7,000 |
| Mississippi | ||
| High blood pressure | 9,000 | 27,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 7,000 | 17,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 12,000 | 23,000 |
| Heart attack | 13,000 | 36,000 |
| Heart disease | 14,000 | 39,000 |
| Stroke | 12,000 | 24,000 |
| Diabetes | 4,000 | 10,000 |
| Asthma | 5,000 | 10,000 |
| Pregnancy | 1,000 | 2,000 |
| New Hampshire | ||
| High blood pressure | 18,000 | 22,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 11,000 | 15,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 27,000 | 35,000 |
| Heart attack | 29,000 | 36,000 |
| Heart disease | 35,000 | 43,000 |
| Stroke | 17,000 | 23,000 |
| Diabetes | 7,000 | 9,000 |
| Asthma | 11,000 | 15,000 |
| Pregnancy | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| New Jersey | ||
| High blood pressure | 244,000 | 244,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 148,000 | 148,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 288,000 | 288,000 |
| Heart attack | 233,000 | 233,000 |
| Heart disease | 282,000 | 282,000 |
| Stroke | 139,000 | 139,000 |
| Diabetes | 64,000 | 64,000 |
| Asthma | 91,000 | 91,000 |
| Pregnancy | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| New York | ||
| High blood pressure | 267,000 | 283,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 152,000 | 165,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 346,000 | 361,000 |
| Heart attack | 254,000 | 266,000 |
| Heart disease | 292,000 | 314,000 |
| Stroke | 201,000 | 207,000 |
| Diabetes | 83,000 | 87,000 |
| Asthma | 132,000 | 140,000 |
| Pregnancy | 19,000 | 19,000 |
| North Carolina | ||
| High blood pressure | 81,000 | 130,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 39,000 | 68,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 58,000 | 120,000 |
| Heart attack | 61,000 | 110,000 |
| Heart disease | 59,000 | 114,000 |
| Stroke | 41,000 | 79,000 |
| Diabetes | 22,000 | 42,000 |
| Asthma | 25,000 | 52,000 |
| Pregnancy | 3,000 | 7,000 |
| Pennsylvania | ||
| High blood pressure | 225,000 | 357,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 102,000 | 166,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 152,000 | 456,000 |
| Heart attack | 119,000 | 224,000 |
| Heart disease | 138,000 | 247,000 |
| Stroke | 82,000 | 134,000 |
| Diabetes | 48,000 | 84,000 |
| Asthma | 82,000 | 129,000 |
| Pregnancy | 7,000 | 10,000 |
| Rhode Island | ||
| High blood pressure | 23,000 | 23,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 17,000 | 17,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 26,000 | 26,000 |
| Heart attack | 27,000 | 27,000 |
| Heart disease | 31,000 | 31,000 |
| Stroke | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Diabetes | 7,000 | 7,000 |
| Asthma | 13,000 | 13,000 |
| Pregnancy | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| South Carolina | ||
| High blood pressure | 61,000 | 100,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 28,000 | 53,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 42,000 | 88,000 |
| Heart attack | 42,000 | 86,000 |
| Heart disease | 37,000 | 77,000 |
| Stroke | 30,000 | 62,000 |
| Diabetes | 13,000 | 27,000 |
| Asthma | 13,000 | 28,000 |
| Pregnancy | 2,000 | 4,000 |
| Texas | ||
| High blood pressure | 99,000 | 149,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 65,000 | 93,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 93,000 | 134,000 |
| Heart attack | 146,000 | 201,000 |
| Heart disease | 157,000 | 216,000 |
| Stroke | 102,000 | 135,000 |
| Diabetes | 38,000 | 51,000 |
| Asthma | 44,000 | 59,000 |
| Pregnancy | 6,000 | 7,000 |
| Vermont | ||
| High blood pressure | NA | 5,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | NA | 2,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | NA | 4,000 |
| Heart attack | NA | 4,000 |
| Heart disease | NA | 4,000 |
| Stroke | NA | 2,000 |
| Diabetes | NA | 1,000 |
| Asthma | NA | 2,000 |
| Pregnancy | NA | 1,000 |
| Virginia | ||
| High blood pressure | 131,000 | 172,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | 77,000 | 95,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | 135,000 | 163,000 |
| Heart attack | 130,000 | 154,000 |
| Heart disease | 171,000 | 207,000 |
| Stroke | 95,000 | 113,000 |
| Diabetes | 32,000 | 41,000 |
| Asthma | 55,000 | 65,000 |
| Pregnancy | 5,000 | 6,000 |
| West Virginia | ||
| High blood pressure | NA | 5,000 |
| Taking blood pressure medication | NA | 3,000 |
| High blood cholesterol | NA | 5,000 |
| Heart attack | NA | 5,000 |
| Heart disease | NA | 10,000 |
| Stroke | NA | 2,000 |
| Diabetes | NA | 2,000 |
| Asthma | NA | 2,000 |
| Pregnancy | NA | 1,000 |