Table 3.

Black Mortality Rates by Age, Sex, and Blood Pressure

	Entire Black Populationa		Black Adults With Hypertensionb		With Racial Parity in Blood Pressure Controlb
Group	Heart Disease	Stroke	Heart Disease	Stroke	Heart Disease	Stroke
Men
Age-group, years
25–34	65	12	85	19	83	19
35–44	107	20	146	33	121	24
45–54	246	47	314	69	246	44
55–64	605	110	709	141	542	87
65–74	1,192	262	1,225	273	1,130	236
≥75	3,556	864	4,047	1,017	3,177	659
Age adjusted	419	90	733	167	603	140
Women
Age-group, years
25–34	24	7	39	11	7	6
35–44	58	17	98	28	89	15
45–54	125	36	186	54	142	33
55–64	312	70	334	75	277	54
65–74	734	181	758	187	680	154
≥75	3,438	975	3,527	1,000	3,433	953
Age adjusted	400	109	589	159	538	136

Note: mortality rates are expressed as number of deaths per 100,000.

^a Data from Kochanek and Smith.⁸

^b Derived estimates. See Methods for calculation details.