TABLE 1.

Age-Adjusted^* and Corrected^† Stroke Mortality Rates Comparing Hispanics to Non-Hispanic Whites by Sex and Nativity, United States, 1989–1991 and 1999–2002 (Stroke as Underlying Cause)

	Rate (95% CI)	Rate-Corrected (95% CI)
Men
1990
Foreign born
Hispanic	44.12 (42.60–45.63)	45.00 (43.47–46.53)
Non-Hispanic white	62.61 (61.44–63.77)	62.16 (60.99–63.32)
US born
Hispanic	49.74 (47.84–51.65)	53.22 (51.25–55.19)
Non-Hispanic white	60.92 (60.59–61.25)	60.84 (60.51–61.18)
2000
Foreign born
Hispanic	42.00 (41.00–43.01)	42.84 (41.83–43.86)
Non-Hispanic white	56.80 (55.79–57.81)	56.14 (55.14–57.15)
US born
Hispanic	47.06 (45.76–48.35)	50.35 (49.01–51.69)
Non-Hispanic white	55.21 (54.96–55.45)	55.11 (54.86–55.36)
Women
1990
Foreign born
Hispanic	40.68 (39.42–41.94)	41.50 (40.22–42.77)
Non-Hispanic white	61.62 (60.77–62.47)	61.26 (60.42–62.11)
US born
Hispanic	43.84 (42.21–45.46)	46.90 (45.22–48.59)
Non-Hispanic white	60.45 (60.18–60.71)	60.38 (60.12–60.65)
2000
Foreign born
Hispanic	37.89 (37.05–38.72)	38.65 (37.80–39.49)
Non-Hispanic white	58.51 (57.74–59.28)	57.99 (57.23–58.76)
US born
Hispanic	41.64 (40.54–42.74)	44.56 (43.42–45.69)
Non-Hispanic white	58.17 (57.97–58.37)	58.09 (57.89–58.29)

^*Age adjusted using the 2000 US standard million.

^†Numerators adjusted for under-report of Hispanic ethnicity on death certificates and over-report of non-Hispanic white ethnicity.