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Heart Disease and Stroke (Cardiovascular Disease)
Selected U.S. National Research Findings
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Heart Disease and Stroke: Age
Heart Disease and Stroke: Atrial Fibrillation
Heart Disease and Stroke: Cholesterol
Heart Disease and Stroke: Deaths
Heart Disease and Stroke: Diabetes
Heart Disease and Stroke: Hypertension
Heart Disease and Stroke: Statistics (General)- includes multiple topics, behavioral risks, trends, and/or summary statistics
Heart Disease and Stroke: Stroke
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Heart Disease and Stroke: Age |
| • Stroke hospitalization rates increased with age and were higher among men than women
and among blacks than whites. • Higher proportions of women and blacks
[hospitalized for stroke] were
discharged to either a skilled nursing facility or other facility than men or whites, respectively.
Source: Public Health and Aging: Hospitalizations for Stroke Among Adults Aged >65
Years - United States, 2000
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5225a3.htm
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• Although the numbers are very small, the sudden cardiac death (SCD) rate increased by
30% in young women.
Source: Sudden Cardiac Deaths Increasing in Young People, Especially Young Women, 2001
(Press Release)
http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r010301.htm
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Heart Disease and Stroke: Atrial Fibrillation |
| • Age-adjusted death rates for atrial fibrillation (AF) were highest among whites (25.7)
and blacks (16.4) and higher for men (34.7) than women (22.8). • The rate of
hospitalization among persons with AF was higher among whites (142.7) than among blacks (100.4). Although 55.7% of these hospitalizations were
among women, men (162.9) had a higher rate of AF-related hospitalization than women (121.2).
Source: Public Health and Aging: Atrial Fibrillation as a Contributing Cause of Death and
Medicare Hospitalization- United States, 1999
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5207a2.htm
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Heart Disease and Stroke: Cholesterol |
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According to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, during
1991-2003, the prevalence of cholesterol screening during the preceding
5 years and the percentage of persons screened who were told they had
high blood cholesterol (HBC) increased overall and among all age, sex,
and racial/ethnic groups.
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The percentage of those screened within 5 years increased from 67.6% in
1991 to 73.1% in 2003.
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Although the prevalence of cholesterol screening within 5 years was
higher among women than men in all years represented, the percentage
change in prevalence was smaller for women than men.
Source: Trends in Cholesterol Screening and Awareness
of High Blood Cholesterol-
United States, 1991-2003
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5435a2.htm
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• According to the 1999-2000 and
2001-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, among
persons screened for high blood cholesterol during the preceding 5
years and among persons who were aware of their high blood cholesterol,
Mexican Americans, blacks, and younger adults were less likely to be
screened for high blood cholesterol, and persons in those populations
who had high cholesterol were less likely to be aware of their
condition.
• Although women participants [in the group] were more likely than men
to have had their cholesterol checked during the preceding 5 years,
those women whose test results indicated high cholesterol or who were
on cholesterol-lowering medication were less likely than men to be
aware of their high cholesterol condition.
• A previous study determined that women were only half as likely as
men to have their total blood cholesterol controlled at <200 mg/dL, the
level considered desirable.
Source: Disparities
in Screening for and Awareness of High Blood Cholesterol – United
States, 1999-2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5405a2.htm
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| • About 10 percent or less of women 20–44 years of age have high serum cholesterol levels
compared with more than 30 percent of women in the two older age groups. Only 13 percent or less of men 20–44 years of age have high serum
cholesterol levels compared with more than 20 percent of men in the two older age groups (45-64, and 65 and over). • A higher percentage of men than women had low HDL-C levels. HDL-C may help to protect an individual from
developing heart disease, and very low levels of HDL-C indicate that the individual is lacking his or her natural protection against heart
disease.
Source: Cholesterol Status Among Adults in the United States, 1988-1994
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhanes/databriefs/
adultcholesterol.pdf
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Heart Disease and Stroke: Deaths |
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Although heart disease is sometimes thought of as a "man's disease," it
is the leading cause of death for both women and men in the United
States, with women comprising 51% of the total heart disease deaths.
Source: Women and Heart Disease Fact Sheet
http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/library/fs_women_heart.htm
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| • Premature heart disease death was higher for Hispanics (23.5) than non-Hispanics
(16.5%), and for males (24.0%) than females (10.0%). • The proportions of premature
heart disease deaths ranged from 12.4% in Rhode Island to 35.7% in Alaska.
• The 10 areas with the highest proportions [of premature heart disease deaths] were
Alaska (35.7%), Nevada (25.4%), Georgia (23.9%), South Carolina (23.8%), Louisiana (22.9%), DC (21.5%), Alabama (21.4%), Tennessee (21.3%),
Mississippi (20.7%), and Texas (20.5%).
• Among males, proportions of premature heart disease deaths were highest in Alaska
(41.8%) and lowest in North Dakota (18.6%); among females, proportions were highest in Alaska (26.0%) and lowest in South Dakota (6.3%).
Source: Disparities in Premature Deaths from Heart Disease- 50 States and the District of
Columbia, 2001
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5306a2.htm
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• In 2001, the rate of death from heart disease was 31% higher among blacks than whites
and 49% higher among men than women.
Source: The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors: National and State
Perspectives 2004
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/burdenbook2004/pdf/
burden_book2004.pdf
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| • Age-adjusted death rates for stroke were slightly higher among men (62.4) than among
women (60.5). • The proportion of pretransport deaths
[from stroke] was higher among women (52.2%)
than among men (40.3%) and higher among whites (50.1%) than among other racial/ethnic populations.
Source: State-Specific Mortality from Stroke and Distribution of Place of Death -United
States, 1999
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5120a1.htm
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| • Women had a higher total number of cardiac deaths and higher proportion of
out-of-hospital cardiac deaths than men (51.9% of 375,243 and 41.7% of 353,500, respectively).
• Men had a higher proportion of cardiac deaths that occurred in an
emergency department (ED) or were dead on
arrival (21.2% of 353,500 and 12.0% of 375,243, respectively) than women.
• Blacks had the highest age-adjusted rates (253.6 in men and 175.3 in women) followed by
whites (204.5 in men and 138.4 in women), American Indians/Alaska Natives (132.7 in men and 76.6 in women), and Asians/Pacific Islanders
(111.5 in men and 66.5 in women).
Source: State-Specific Mortality from Sudden Cardiac Death - United States, 1999
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5106a3.htm
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• Black women had the highest death rates for coronary heart disease (CHD) (301.9) and
AMI (140.4), followed by white (263.8 and 113.2 for CHD and AMI, respectively), American Indian/Alaska Native, (160.2 and 69.3 for CHD and
AMI, respectively) and Asian/Pacific Islander (148.1 and 62.2 for CHD and AMI, respectively) women.
Source: Mortality From Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) & Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) -
United States, 1998
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5006a2.htm
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Heart Disease and Stroke: Diabetes |
| • The age-adjusted prevalence of major
cardiovascular disease (CVD) for women with diabetes is twice that for
women without diabetes. • The age-adjusted major CVD hospital discharge rate for
women with diabetes is almost four times the rate for women without diabetes.
• CVD is the leading cause of death among all women and the risk for death from CVD among
women with diabetes is two to four times higher than that for women without diabetes.
Source: Major Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) During 1997-1999 and Major CVD Hospital
Discharge Rates in 1997 Among Women with Diabetes - United States
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5043a2.htm
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Heart Disease and Stroke: Hypertension |
• Thirty-four
percent of non-Hispanic black women had hypertension compared with 20%
of non-Hispanic white women and 21% of Hispanic women.
Source:
Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview
Survey, 2003
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_225.pdf
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• According to data
from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys for
1999-2002, the prevalence of hypertension increased with age and was
higher among women than men.
• The proportion who were aware of having a high blood pressure was
greater among those aged >40 years, and the proportion was higher among
women than men.
• Percentages of those treated for high blood pressure were higher
among women than men and increased with age.
Source:
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Prevalence, Treatment, and Control of
Hypertension- United States, 1999-2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5401a3.htm
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Heart Disease and Stroke: Statistics (General)-
includes multiple topics, behavioral risks, trends, and/or summary statistics |
| • The prevalence of no known risk factors [for heart disease and stroke] was lower in
2001 than in 1991 for men and women of all ages, racial/ethnic populations, and education levels.
• Men had a greater decline in prevalence of no known risk factors [for heart disease and
stroke] than women (6.6% versus 4.9%).
Source: Declining Prevalence of No Known Major Risk Factors for Heart Disease and Stroke
Among Adults– United States, 1991-2001
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5301a2.htm
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