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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 Mar 26;96(7):1770–1781. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.12.034

Table 1.

Age Standardized Weighted Prevalence of Ideal, Intermediate and Poor Cardiovascular Health: BRFSS 2011-2017

2011 2013 2015 2017 Trend P-valued
CVHI Scorea,b
Overall 3.89±0.004 3.85±0.004 3.89±0.004 3.96±0.01 <.001
Northeast 3.96±0.01 3.91±0.01 3.96±0.01 4.04±0.01 .001
Midwest 3.82±0.01 3.83±0.01 3.85±0.01 3.90±0.01 .001
South 3.74±0.01 3.70±0.01 3.76±0.01 3.81±0.01 .002
West 4.11±0.01 4.07±0.01 4.12±0.01 4.17±0.01 .04
Ideal CVHIa,c
Overall 13.4 (13.2–13.7) 13.0 (12.8–13.3) 13.7 (13.4–14.0) 14.4 (14.1–14.7) <.001
Northeast 14.7 (14.0–15.3) 13.5 (13.0–14.1) 14.6 (14.0–15.2) 16.0 (15.3–16.6) .03
Midwest 12.7 (12.2–13.2) 12.9 (12.4–13.4) 12.3 (11.8–12.8) 13.2 (12.7–13.6) .99
South 10.9 (10.5–11.4) 10.7 (10.3–11.1) 11.9 (11.5–12.4) 12.2 (11.7–12.7) .002
West 17.1 (16.5–17.7) 16.6 (15.9–17.3) 17.3 (16.6–17.9) 17.7 (17.0–18.4) .81
Intermediate CVHIa,c
Overall 71.0 (70.6–71.3) 71.4 (71.0–71.7) 71.3 (71.0–71.7) 71.2 (70.8–71.5) .99
Northeast 71.3 (70.5–72.0) 72.4 (71.7–73.1) 71.9 (71.1–72.6) 71.4 (70.7–72.2) .99
Midwest 71.2 (70.5–71.8) 71.7 (71.0–72.3) 72.8 (72.2–73.4) 72.0 (71.4–72.5) .99
South 70.9 (70.3–71.4) 70.8 (70.3–71.4) 70.5 (70.0–71.1) 70.7 (70.1–71.4) .99
West 70.7 (70.0–71.4) 71.1 (70.2–71.9) 70.8 (70.1–71.6) 70.9 (70.0–71.8) .99
Poor CVHIa,c
Overall 15.6 (15.4–15.9) 15.6 (15.4–15.8) 15.0 (14.7–15.2) 14.5 (14.2–14.7) .008
Northeast 14.0 (13.5–14.5) 14.1 (13.5–14.6) 13.5 (13.0–14.1) 12.6 (12.2–13.1) .07
Midwest 16.1 (15.6–16.6) 15.4 (15.0–15.9) 14.9 (14.4–15.3) 14.8 (14.4–15.3) .68
South 18.2 (17.8–18.6) 18.5 (18.0–18.9) 17.5 (17.1–17.9) 17.1 (16.6–17.6) .16
West 12.3 (11.8–12.7) 12.3 (11.8–12.9) 11.9 (11.4–12.4) 11.4 (10.8–11.9) .99

Abbreviations: CVHI: Cardiovascular Health Index;

a

Age-standardized as per 2010 United States Census population proportions.

b

Depicted as mean ± standard error.

c

Depicted as prevalence with 95% confidence interval.

d

Trend test is adjusted for sex, race, education level, annual household income, health insurance status, and Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons