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Heart Disease and Hispanic Americans

In general, Hispanic American adults are less likely to have coronary heart disease than non-Hispanic White adults. They are also less likely to die from heart disease than non-Hispanic white adults.

In 2012, Hispanics were 10 percent less likely to have coronary heart disease than non-Hispanic whites.
In 2013, Hispanic men and women were 30 percent less likely to die from heart disease than non-Hispanic Whites.

**Age-adjusted percentages of coronary heart disease among persons 18 years of age and over, 2012**
Hispanics/Latinos	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/Non- Hispanic White Ratio
5.3	6.2	0.9

Source: CDC 2014. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2012. Table 2.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_260.pdf [PDF | 3.5MB]

At a glance – Death Rate:

**Age-Adjusted Heart Disease Death Rates per 100,000 (2013)**
	Hispanics/Latinos	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/Non- Hispanic White Ratio
Men	151.1	217.9	0.7
Women	97.0	134.6	0.7
Total	121.2	171.8	0.7

Source: CDC, 2014. National Vital Statistic Report. Vol. 64, Num 2 Table 17.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_02.pdf [PDF | 1.38MB]

At a Glance – Risk Factors:

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

Obesity and Overweight – See Obesity and Hispanic Americans

Hypertension

**Age-adjusted percentage of persons 20 years of age and over who have high blood pressure, 2009-2012.**
	Mexican American	Non-Hispanic White	Mexican/Non- Hispanic White Ratio
Men	27.3	29.6	0.9
Women	29.3	27.5	1.1

Source: CDC 2015. Health United States, 2014. Table 60.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus12.pdf [PDF |14.65MB]

**Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over who have high blood pressure, 2012.**
Hispanics	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic /Non- Hispanic White Ratio
20.9	23.4	0.9

Source: CDC 2014. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2012. Table 2.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_260.pdf [PDF | 3.5MB]

**Percent of adults age 18 and over with hypertension whose blood pressure is under control, 2011-2012**
Hispanic American	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic American /Non- Hispanic White Ratio
45.9	53.9	0.9

Source: CDC 2015. Health Indicators Warehouse. [Accessed September 23, 2015]
http://www.healthindicators.gov/Indicators/Blood-pressure-control-adults-with-hypertension-percent_882/Profile

High Cholesterol

**Age-adjusted percentage of persons 20 years of age and over who have high cholesterol, 2009-2012.**
	Mexican American	Non-Hispanic White	Mexican/Non- Hispanic White Ratio
Men	27.2	28.1	1.0
Women	26.2	28.2	0.9

Source: CDC 2015. Health United States, 2014. Table 61.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus14.pdf [PDF | 14.65MB]

**Adults who received a blood cholesterol measurement in the last 5 years, 2008**
Hispanics	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/Non- Hispanic White Ratio
71.8	74.1	1.0

Source: AHRQ 2015. National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Data Query. Table 7_5_1_4_2.1.
http://nhqrnet.ahrq.gov/inhqrdr/data/query

Heart Disease and Hispanics

Age-adjusted percentage of adults aged 20 and over screened for cholesterol, 2011-2012
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic /Non- Hispanic White Ratio
Men	54.6	70.6	0.8
Women	64.2	72.9	0.9
Total	59.3	71.8	0.8

Source: CDC 2013. NCHS Data Brief, No. 132, Figure 5.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db132.pdf [PDF | 778KB]

Cigarette Smoking

**Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over who are current cigarette smokers, 2011-2013.**
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/Non- Hispanic White Ratio
Men	16.7	22.1	0.8
Women	7.5	19.2	0.4

Source: CDC 2015. Health United States, 2014. Table 54.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus14.pdf [PDF | 14.65MB]

**Percentage of current smokers age 18 and over with a checkup who reported receiving advice to quit smoking, 2009**
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/Non- Hispanic White Ratio
Men	50.0	66.3	0.8
Women	67.6	73.8	0.9
Total	56.6	70.5	0.8

Source: 2012 National Healthcare Quality Report. Table T2_10_1_1-1_2b.
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/index.html

At a Glance – Treatment:

**Hospital patients with heart attack who were prescribed ACE inhibitor or ARB at discharge, United States, 2010**
Hispanic	White	Hispanic/White Ratio
96.7	96.1	1.0

Source: AHRQ 2015. National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Data Query. Table 6_2_3_1_1.1.
http://nhqrnet.ahrq.gov/inhqrdr/data/query

Last Modified: 1/28/2016 10:24:00 AM

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