Heart Disease and Hispanic Americans

Heart Disease

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 2018, Hispanics were 10 percent less likely to have coronary heart disease than non-Hispanic whites.
In 2017, Hispanic men and women were 30 percent less likely to die from heart disease as compared non-Hispanic whites.

Age-adjusted percentages 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 2020. Summary Health Statistics: National Health Interview Survey: 2018. Table A-1a.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/shs/tables.htm

Death Rate:

Age-adjusted Heart Disease Death Rates per 100,000 (2017)
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Men	143.9	214.0	0.7
Women	90.1	131.9	0.7
Total	114.1	168.9	0.7

Source: CDC 2019. National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 68, No. 9. Table 10.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_09-508.pdf [PDF | 1.76MB]

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

Obesity and Overweight – See Obesity and Hispanic Americans

Age-adjusted percentage of persons 20 years of age and over who have high blood pressure, 2013-2016
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Men	27.9	31.1	0.9
Women	29.8	27.0	1.1
Total	29.0	29.2	1.0

Source: CDC 2019. Health United States, 2018. Table 22.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus18.pdf [PDF | 1.56MB]

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 2020. 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

Source: CDC 2019. Health United States, 2018. Table 23.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus18.pdf [PDF | 1.56MB]

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 2020. 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 2020. 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, 2016
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
69.1	67.9	1.0

Source: AHRQ 2020. National Healthcare Quality Report. Table 7_2_1_1_1_.1.
http://nhqrnet.ahrq.gov/inhqrdr/data/query

Last Modified: 2/14/2020 4:07:00 PM

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