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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 4.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2010 Dec 15;123(4):e18–e209. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3182009701

Table 23-2.

Females and CVD: At-a-Glance Table

Diseases and Risk Factors Both Sexes Total Females White Females Black Females Mexican American
Females
Total CVD
  Prevalence, 2008* 82.6 M (36.2%) 42.7 M (35.0%) 33.8% 47.3% 30.9%
  Mortality, 2007 813.8 K 421.9 K 362.8 K 50.0 K NA
CHD
  Prevalence, CHD, 2008* 16.3 M (7.0%) 7.5 M (6.1%) 5.8% 7.6% 5.6%
  Prevalence, MI, 2008* 7.9 M (3.1%) 3.1 M (2.2%) 2.1% 2.2% 1.1%
  Prevalence, AP, 2008* 9.0 M (3.9%) 5.0 M (4.0%) 3.7% 5.6% 3.7%
  New and recurrent CHD§ 1.26 M 515.0 K 445.0 K 65.0 K NA
  New and recurrent MI§ 935.0 K 370.0 K NA NA NA
  Incidence of AP (stable angina) 500.0 K 180.0 K NA NA NA
  Mortality, 2007 CHD 406.4 K 190.3 K 165.4 K 20.9 K NA
  Mortality, 2007 MI 133.0 K 61.3 K 52.9 K 7.1 K NA
Stroke
  Prevalence, 2008* 7.0 M (3.0%) 4.2 M (3.3%) 3.3% 4.4% 2.7%
  New and recurrent strokes 795.0 K 425.0 K 365.0 K 60.0 K NA
  Mortality, 2007 136.0 K 81.8 K 70.0 K 9.5 K NA
HBP
  Prevalence, 2008* 76.4 M (33.5%) 39.9 M (32.7%) 31.3% 45.7% 28.9%
  Mortality, 2007 57.7 K 32.7 K 25.4 K 6.5 K NA
HF
  Prevalence, 2008* 5.7 M (2.4%) 2.6 M (2.0%) 1.8% 3.8% 1.3%
  Mortality, 2007 56.6 K 33.7 K 30.1 K 3.2 K NA
Smoking
  Prevalence, 2009 46.6 M (20.6%) 21.0 M (18.3%) 20.7% 18.8% NA
Blood cholesterol
  Prevalence, 2008
    Total cholesterol ≥200 mg/dL* 98.8 M (44.4%) 53.8 M (46.3%) 47.0% 41.2% 46.5%
    Total cholesterol ≥240 mg/dL* 33.6 M (15.0%) 19.0 M (16.2%) 16.9% 13.3% 14.0%
    LDL-C ≥130 mg/dL* 71.3 M (31.9%) 36.0 M (31.0%) 32.0% 27.7% 31.6%
    HDL-C <40 mg/dL* 41.8 M (18.9%) 11.0 M (9.7%) 10.1% 6.6% 12.2%
PA#
  Prevalence, 2009 34.9% 32.7% 36.2% 24.1% NA
Overweight and obesity
  Prevalence, 2008
    Overweight and obesity, BMI ≥25.0 kg/m2* 149.3 M (67.3%) 71.3 M (62.3%) 59.3% 77.7% 75.1%
    Obesity, BMI ≥30.0 kg/m2* 75.06 M (33.7%) 40.1 M (35.2%) 35.2% 51.0% 43.4%
DM
  Prevalence, 2008
    Physician-diagnosed DM* 18.3 M (8.2%) 10.0 M (8.7%) 6.5% 14.7% 12.7%
    Undiagnosed DM* 6.7 M (3.2%) 2.7 M (2.3%) 1.9% 4.0% 3.8%
    Prediabetes* 81.5 M (36.8%) 25.7 M (22.2%) 27.9% 27.1% 34.3%
  Incidence, diagnosed DM* 1.6 M NA NA NA NA
Mortality, 2007 71.4 K 35.9 K 27.6 K 7.0 K NA

Abbreviations as in Table 23-1.

*

Age ≥20 years.

All ages.

New and recurrent MI and fatal CHD.

§

Age ≥35 years.

Age ≥45 years.

Age ≥18 years.

#

Regular leisure-time physical activity.

Sources: See summary tables for each chapter in this Update.