Table 2.
Hypertension prevalence by race/ethnicity and sex based on the hypertension assessment methoda
| Data Source | Race/Ethnicity | Hypertension
Prevalence |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | ||||||||
| % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | |||||
| Hypertension Based on Measured Blood Pressure and Antihypertensive Medication Useb | ||||||||||
| Current Study, 2013–2014 | Asian (n=600) | 27.5 | (23.4–31.5) | 38.7 | (31.2–46.2) | 18.7 | (14.4–23.0) | |||
| Chinese (n=201) | 21.8 | (15.5–28.0) | 33.3 | (21.0–45.6) | 12.1 | (6.5–17.7) | ||||
| Korean (n=198) | 29.9 | (22.4–37.3) | 37.3 | (24.6–50.0) | 25.4 | (16.2–34.7) | ||||
| Vietnamese (n=201) | 31.9 | (24.2–39.5) | 45.9 | (32.0–59.8) | 16.1 | (9.8–22.4) | ||||
| NHANES, 2011–2014c | All Race/Ethnicities | 29.0 | - | 30.0 | - | 28.1 | - | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 28.0 | - | 29.4 | - | 26.5 | - | ||||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 41.2 | - | 40.8 | - | 41.5 | - | ||||
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 24.9 | - | 26.5 | - | 23.5 | - | ||||
| Hispanic | 25.9 | - | 25.4 | - | 26.2 | - | ||||
| Hypertension Based on Self-Reportd | ||||||||||
| Current Study, 2013–2014 | Asian (n=600) | 19.8 | (16.7–23.3) | 24.2 | (19.1–30.0) | 16.7 | (12.9–21.0) | |||
| Chinese (n=201) | 13.4 | (9.0–18.9) | 15.5 | (8.5–25.0) | 12.0 | (6.7–19.3) | ||||
| Korean (n=198) | 23.2 | (17.4–29.1) | 27.8 | (18.4–39.1) | 20.2 | (13.4–28.5) | ||||
| Vietnamese (n=201) | 22.9 | (17.3–29.3) | 29.2 | (20.1–39.8) | 17.9 | (11.3–26.2) | ||||
| CHIS, 2014e | Asian (n=1,220) | 22.9 | (19.1–27.1) | 24.7 | (19.7–30.4) | 21.2 | (16.7–26.5) | |||
| Chinese (n=598) | 15.6 | (10.5–22.6) | 12.2 | (7.4–19.6) | 18.3 | (10.7–29.7) | ||||
| Korean (n=216) | 18.4 | (12.1, 27.1) | 27.2 | (15.4–43.3) | 13.8 | (7.9–22.8) | ||||
| Vietnamese (n=406) | 25.8 | (16.9–37.1) | 30.9 | (16.6–50.1) | 20.8 | (12.9–31.9) | ||||
NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; CHIS California Health Interview Survey; 95% CI 95% Confidence Interval
Hypertension was defined as having measured SBP ≥140 mmHg, DBP ≥90 mmHg, or currently taking antihypertensive medication (Hypertension prevalence estimates were age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Census population by the direct method using the following age groups: 18–39, 40–59, and 60 and over)
Hypertension estimates using NHANES data are from the following source: Yoon SS, Fryar CD, Carroll MD. Hypertension prevalence and control among adults: United States, 2011–2014. NCHS Data Brief. 2015(220):1–8 (Sample sizes and 95% CI intervals were not provided)
Hypertension was defined as having a doctor ever tell participants that they have high blood pressure
Hypertension prevalence from 2014 CHIS data was calculated using weighted data analysis in STATA