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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 22.
Published in final edited form as: Ethn Dis. 2012 Autumn;22(4):391–397.

Table 2.

Weighted prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension by samplea

Chicago Detroit USa Chicago Detroit USa
Prevalence % (SE) Awareness % (SE)
All 38.5 (1.3) 42.2 (.3) 32.1 (1.3) 67.2 (2.1) 59.9 (.4) 72.3 (1.6)
All Hispanic 31.0 (2.0) 35.8 (.5) 22.3 (1.8) 59.7 (4.4) 52.9 (.9) 60.1 (3.7)
 Mexican 29.1 (2.5) 37.2 (.6) 19.7 (1.5) 55.2 (6.0) 57.5 (1.0) 57.0 (4.1)
NH White 34.0 (2.3) 42.4 (.5) 32.5 (1.3) 62.4 (4.0) 59.5 (.8) 72.7 (1.8)
NH Black 50.8 (2.0) 45.0 (.3) 43.4 (3.5) 75.5 (2.5) 62.3 (.5) 78.6 (1.8)
Treatment % (SE) Control Among Treated % (SE)
All 56.5 (2.3) 50.3 (.4) 66.8 (1.6) 44.4 (2.5) 54.6 (.5) 57.7 (.7)
All Hispanic 48.9 (4.3) 43.8 (.9) 54.7 (4.1) 40.0 (6.2) 69.6 (1.2) 58.3 (5.2)
 Mexican 44.4 (5.7) 46.6 (1.0) 50.3 (3.4) 31.4 (8.4) 74.6 (1.3) 57.2 (3.9)
NH White 52.5 (4.4) 48.8 (.8) 67.1 (1.7) 49.4 (4.5) 54.4 (1.1) 59.8 (1.1)
NH Black 63.6 (3.0) 53.7 (.5) 71.9 (1.6) 40.9 (3.4) 53.2 (.6) 48.6 (1.3)
Control Among Hypertensive % (SE)
All 25.1 (1.8) 27.4 (.3) 38.5 (1.1)
All Hispanic 19.5 (3.4) 30.5 (.8) 31.9 (3.7)
 Mexican 14.0 (3.8) 34.8 (1.0) 28.8 (2.8)
NH White 25.9 (3.4) 26.5 (.7) 40.1 (1.2)
NH Black 26.0 (2.3) 28.6 (.4) 35.0 (1.5)

NH, Non-Hispanic; BMI, body mass index; SE, standard error; US, United States.

a

Based on NHANES 2001–2002 sample (≥25 years old).