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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 14.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2015 Nov 6;117(2):214–220. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.10.030

Table 3. Proportionate mortality due to cardiovascular disease subtype as a percent of overall cardiovascular disease mortality by race–gender group, all adults aged 25 years and older, 1999 to 2013.

Race-Sex Groups Total mortality Circulatory Mortality Ischemic Heart Disease (I20-25) Hypertensive Diseases (I10-15) Pulmonary Heart Disease and Diseases of Pulmonary Circulation (I26-28) Cerebrovascular Disease (I60-69) Cardiomyopathy (I42) and Heart Failure (I50)
Black Male 2,042,792 707,549 338,809 (47.9%) 89,439 (12.6%) 12,300 (1.7%) 111,263 (15.7%) 70,977 (10.0%)
Female 2,039,632 771,940 334,868 (43.4%) 98,793 (12.8%) 19,999 (2.6%) 148,098 (19.2%) 72,851 (9.4%)
White Male 15,085,089 5,234,944 3,021,629 (57.7%) 268,954 (5.1%) 64,739 (1.2%) 713,625 (13.6%) 484,282 (9.3%)
Female 15,776,585 5,731,344 2,700,021 (47.1%) 373,653 (6.5%) 98,719 (1.7%) 1,121,834 (19.6%) 589,017 (10.3%)