Hispanic American adults have relatively less risk of suffering from a stroke as their non-Hispanic white adult counterparts. They are less likely to die from a stroke and they have lower rates of hypertension and high cholesterol as non-Hispanic white adults. Mexican American women are 20% more likely to be obese as non-Hispanic white women, but they are less likely to be current smokers.
At a glance – Diagnosed Cases of Stroke:
Hispanics/Latinos |
Non-Hispanic White |
Hispanic/Non-Hispanic |
---|---|---|
1.9 |
2.4 |
0.8 |
Source: CDC 2007. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2006. Table 2.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_235.pdf
At a glance – Death Rate:
|
Hispanic |
Non-Hispanic White |
Hispanic/Non- |
---|---|---|---|
Men |
38.0 |
44.8 |
0.8 |
Women |
33.5 |
44.4 |
0.8 |
Source: CDC 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 37.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf
At a Glance – Risk Factors:
Overweight
|
Mexican American |
Non-Hispanic White |
Mexican/Non- |
---|---|---|---|
Men |
74.6 |
71.0 |
1.0 |
Women |
73.0 |
57.6 |
1.3 |
Source: CDC 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 74.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf
Hispanics |
Non-Hispanic White |
Hispanic/Non Hispanic |
---|---|---|
39.6 |
34.5 |
1.1 |
Source: CDC 2007. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2006. Table 31.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_235.pdf
Obesity
|
Mexican American |
Non-Hispanic White |
Mexican American/Non-Hispanic White Ratio |
---|---|---|---|
Men |
27.8 |
30.5 |
0.9 |
Women |
38.5 |
31.2 |
1.2 |
Source: CDC 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 74.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf
Hispanics |
Non-Hispanic White |
Hispanic/Non-Hispanic |
---|---|---|
27.4 |
24.7 |
1.1 |
Source: CDC 2007. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2006. Table 31.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_235.pdf
Hypertension
|
Mexican American |
Non-Hispanic White |
Mexican American/Non-Hispanic White Ratio |
---|---|---|---|
Men |
17.8 |
17.1 |
1.0 |
Women |
20.5 |
17.9 |
1.1 |
Source: CDC 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 70.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf
Hispanics |
Non-Hispanic White |
Hispanic/Non-Hispanic |
---|---|---|
20.4 |
22.4 |
0.9 |
Source: CDC 2007. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2006. Table 2.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_235.pdf
Percent of adults age 18 and over with hypertension whose blood pressure is under control, 1999-2000
Data is unreliable. (Relative standard of error of 20-30%)
High Cholesterol
|
Mexican American |
Non-Hispanic White |
Mexican American/Non-Hispanic White Ratio |
---|---|---|---|
Men |
16.9 |
16.0 |
1.1 |
Women |
14.0 |
17.4 |
0.8 |
Source: CDC 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 71.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf
Cigarette Smoking
|
Hispanic |
Non-Hispanic White |
Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio |
---|---|---|---|
Men |
19.0 |
24.2 |
0.8 |
Women |
10.5 |
19.6 |
0.5 |
Source: CDC 2008. Health United States, 2007. Table 65.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf
Hispanic |
Non-Hispanic White |
Hispanic/Non-
Hispanic |
---|---|---|
55.2 |
64.8 |
0.9 |
Source: 2007 National Healthcare Quality Report. Table 41a.
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhqr07/index.html
Hispanic |
White |
Hispanic/White Ratio |
---|---|---|
86.5 |
92.8 |
0.9 |
Source: 2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report. Table 48.
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr07/index.html
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