Table 3.

Extrapolation of NHANES demographic data to US population.

Demographics	Number of HF patients estimated	Total estimated population	Prevalence rate per 100 000 people
Total	5 960 260	311 204 216	1915
Gender
Male	2 775 492	152 055 444	1825
Female	3 184 768	159 148 772	2001
Race
African Americans	882 940	37 634 068	2346