Table 23-3.
Ethnic Groups and CVD: At-a-Glance Table
| Diseases and Risk Factors | Both Sexes | Whites | Blacks | Mexican Americans |
Hispanics/ Latinos |
Asians, Both Sexes |
American Indians/ Alaska Natives, Both Sexes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | ||||
| Total CVD | |||||||||||
| Prevalence, 2008* | 82.6 M (36.2%) | 37.4% | 33.8% | 44.8% | 47.3% | 30.7% | 30.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Mortality, 2007† | 813.8 K | 334.6 K | 362.8 K | 47.4 K | 50.0 K | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| CHD | |||||||||||
| Prevalence, CHD, 2008* | 16.3 M (7.0%) | 8.5% | 5.8% | 7.9% | 7.6% | 6.3% | 5.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Prevalence, MI, 2008* | 7.9 M (3.1%) | 4.3% | 2.1% | 4.3% | 2.2% | 3.0% | 1.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Prevalence, AP, 2008* | 9.0 M (3.9%) | 3.8% | 3.7% | 3.3% | 5.6% | 3.6% | 3.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| New and recurrent CHDठ| 1.26 M | 675.0 K | 445.0 K | 70.0 K | 65.0 K | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Mortality, CHD, 2007† | 406.4 K | 189.1 K | 165.4 K | 21.8 K | 20.9 K | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Mortality, MI, 2007† | 133.0 K | 63.0 K | 52.9 K | 7.0 K | 7.1 K | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Stroke | |||||||||||
| Prevalence, 2008* | 7.0 M (3.0%) | 2.4% | 3.3% | 4.5% | 4.4% | 2.0% | 2.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| New and recurrent strokes† | 795.0 K | 325.0 K | 365.0 K | 45.0 K | 60.0 K | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Mortality, 2007† | 136.0 K | 44.7 K | 70.0 K | 7.5 K | 9.5 K | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| HBP | |||||||||||
| Prevalence, 2008* | 76.4 M (33.5%) | 33.9% | 31.3% | 43.0% | 45.7% | 27.8% | 28.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Mortality, 2007† | 57.7 K | 18.2 K | 25.4 K | 6.1 K | 6.5 K | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| HF | |||||||||||
| Prevalence, 2008* | 5.7 M (2.4%) | 2.7% | 1.8% | 4.5% | 3.8% | 2.3% | 1.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Mortality, 2007† | 56.6 K | 20.3 K | 30.1 K | 2.3 K | 3.2 K | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Smoking | |||||||||||
| Prevalence, 2009‖ | 46.6 M (20.6%) | 25.0% | 20.7% | 22.9% | 18.8% | 13.2% | 17.6% | 9.4% | 11.6% | 19.0% | |
| Blood cholesterol | |||||||||||
| Prevalence, 2008 | |||||||||||
| Total cholesterol ≥200 mg/dL* | 98.8 M (44.4%) | 41.2% | 47.0% | 37.0% | 41.2% | 50.1% | 46.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Total cholesterol ≥240 mg/dL* | 33.6 M (15.0%) | 13.7% | 16.9% | 9.7% | 13.3% | 16.9% | 14.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| LDL-C ≥130 mg/dL* | 71.3 M (31.9%) | 30.5% | 32.0% | 34.4% | 27.7% | 41.9% | 31.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| HDL-C <40 mg/dL* | 41.8 M (18.9%) | 29.5% | 10.1% | 16.6% | 6.6% | 31.7% | 12.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| PA¶ | |||||||||||
| Prevalence, 2009‖ | 34.9% | 37.4% | 29.3% | NA | NA | 27.8% | 28.3% | 34.0% | |||
| Overweight and obesity | |||||||||||
| Prevalence, 2008 | |||||||||||
| Overweight and obesity, BMI ≥25.0 kg/m2* | 149.3 M (67.3%) | 72.3% | 59.3% | 70.8% | 77.7% | 77.5% | 75.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Obesity, BMI ≥30.0 kg/m2* | 75.0 M (33.7%) | 32.1% | 32.8% | 37.0% | 51.0% | 31.4% | 43.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| DM | |||||||||||
| Prevalence, 2008 | |||||||||||
| Physician-diagnosed DM* | 18.3 M (8.0%) | 6.8% | 6.5% | 14.3% | 14.7% | 11.0% | 12.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Undiagnosed DM* | 7.1 M (3.1%) | 3.9% | 1.9% | 4.8% | 4.0% | 6.3% | 3.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Prediabetes* | 81.5 M (36.8%) | 45.4% | 27.9% | 31.6% | 27.1% | 44.9% | 34.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Incidence, diagnosed DM* | 1.6 M | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Mortality, 2007† | 71.4 K | 28.7 K | 27.6 K | 5.5 K | 7.0 K | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Abbreviations as in Table 23-1.
*
Age ≥20 years.
†
All ages.
‡
New and recurrent MI and fatal CHD.
§
Age ≥35 years.
‖
Age ≥18 years.
¶
Regular leisure-time physical activity.
Sources: See summary tables for each chapter in this Update.