Heart Disease and Hispanic Americans

Heart Disease

In 2018, Hispanics were 10 percent less likely to have coronary heart disease than non-Hispanic whites.
In 2018, Hispanic men and women were 30 percent less likely to die from heart disease as compared non-Hispanic whites.
In general, Hispanic American adults are less likely to have coronary heart disease than non-Hispanic white adults. They also are less likely to die from heart disease than non-Hispanic white adults.

Age-adjusted percentage of coronary heart disease among persons 18 years of age and over, 2018
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
5.1	5.8	0.9

Source: CDC 2021. Summary Health Statistics: National Health Interview Survey: 2018. Table A-1a.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/shs/tables.htm

Age-adjusted Heart Disease Death Rates per 100,000 (2017)
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Men	143.0	213.1	0.7
Women	87.6	130.7	0.7
Total	112.3	168.1	0.7

There are several risk factors related to diabetes. Some of these risk factors are:

Age-adjusted percentage of persons 20 years of age and over who have high blood pressure, 2017-2018
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Men	50.1	50.2	1.0
Women	36.8	36.7	1.0
Total	43.7	43.6	1.0

Source: CDC 2020. Hypertension Prevalence and Control Among Adults: United States, 2017–2018. NCHS Data Brief, No. 364. Figure 4.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db364-h.pdf [PDF | 398.15 KB]

Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over who have high blood pressure, 2018
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
23.7	24.0	1.0

Source: CDC 2021. Summary Health Statistics: National Health Interview Survey: 2018. Table A-1a.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/shs/tables.htm

Percentage of adults aged 18 and over with hypertension whose blood pressure is under control, 2015-2016
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Men	43.5	47.7	0.9
Women	48.1	48.5	1.0
Total	45.0	50.8	0.9

Source: CDC 2017. Hypertension Prevalence and Control Among Adults: United States, 2015–2016. NCHS Data Brief, No. 289. Figure 4.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db289.pdf [PDF | 361 KB]

Age-adjusted percentage of persons 20 years of age and over who have high cholesterol, 2013-2016
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Men	22.9	33.6	0.7
Women	19.1	31.6	0.6
Total	21.0	32.7	0.6

Adults who received a blood cholesterol measurement in the last 5 years, 2017
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
87.1	87.3	1.0

Source: AHRQ 2021. National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Data Query. Table 7_5_1_4_2.1.
http://nhqrnet.ahrq.gov/inhqrdr/data/query

Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over who are current cigarette smokers, 2018
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Men	12.3	16.7	0.7
Women	6.9	14.4	0.5
Total	9.6	15.5	0.6

Source: CDC 2021. Summary Health Statistics: National Health Interview Survey: 2018. Table A-12a.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/shs/tables.htm

Percentage of current smokers age 18 and over with a checkup who reported receiving advice to quit smoking, 2017
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
72.0	77.0	0.9

Source: AHRQ 2021. National Healthcare Quality Report. Table 7_2_1_1_1_.1.
http://nhqrnet.ahrq.gov/inhqrdr/data/query

Last Modified: 2/11/2021 11:27:00 AM

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