TABLE 3 .
] ASDRs (per 100,000) for Pulmonary Hypertension as Any Cause of Death Among Americans of All Ages by Sex and Race/Ethnicity: United States, 2001-2005
| Sex and Race/Ethnicity | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |||||
| Deaths | ASDR (95% CI) | Deaths | ASDR (95% CI) | Deaths | ASDR (95% CI) | Deaths | ASDR (95% CI) | Deaths | ASDR (95% CI) | |
| Total | 15,596 | 5.5 (5.4-5.6) | 15,667 | 5.5 (5.4-5.6) | 15,910 | 5.5 (5.4-5.6) | 16,385 | 5.6 (5.5-5.6) | 16,880 | 5.6 (5.5-5.7) |
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male | 6,513 | 5.6 (5.4-5.7) | 6,483 | 5.5 (5.3-5.6) | 6,357 | 5.3 (5.2-5.4) | 6,524 | 5.3 (5.2-5.4) | 6,649 | 5.3 (5.2-5.5) |
| Female | 9,083 | 5.6 (5.5-5.7) | 9,184 | 5.6 (5.4-5.7) | 9,553 | 5.7 (5.6-5.8) | 9,861 | 5.8 (5.7-5.9) | 10,231 | 5.9 (5.8-6.0) |
| Race | ||||||||||
| NH white | 12,648 | 5.5 (5.4-5.6) | 12,730 | 5.5 (5.4-5.6) | 12,876 | 5.5 (5.4-5.5) | 13,118 | 5.5 (5.4-5.6) | 13,503 | 5.6 (5.5-5.7) |
| NH black | 2,022 | 7.6 (7.2-7.9) | 2,055 | 7.5 (7.2-7.9) | 2,064 | 7.6 (7.2-7.9) | 2,205 | 7.8 (7.5-8.2) | 2,304 | 8.2 (7.8-8.5) |
| NH AI/AN | 66 | 4.2 (3.1-5.2) | 69 | 4.2 (3.1-5.3) | 74 | 4.9 (3.7-6.1) | 83 | 4.8 (3.7-6.0) | 88 | 5.2 (4.0-6.3) |
| NH API | 215 | 2.6 (2.3-3.0) | 196 | 2.2 (1.9-2.5) | 245 | 2.7 (2.3-3.0) | 244 | 2.7 (2.3-3.0) | 246 | 2.5 (2.2-2.8) |
| Hispanic | 645 | 3.2 (2.9-3.5) | 617 | 3.1 (2.8-3.4) | 651 | 3.2 (2.9-3.5) | 735 | 3.2 (3.0-3.5) | 739 | 3.2 (2.9-3.4) |
AI/AN = American Indian/Alaska native; API = Asian/Pacific Islander; ASDR = age-standardized death rate; NH = non-Hispanic.