Stroke and Hispanic Americans

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 30% 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:

**Age-adjusted percentages of stroke among persons 18 years of age and over, 2006**
Hispanics/Latinos	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
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:

**Age-Adjusted Stroke Death Rates per 100,000 (2005)**
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/Non- Hispanic White Ratio
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

Age-adjusted percentage of persons 20 years of age and over who are overweight or obese, 2001-2004. (Persons are considered overweight if they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 or greater.) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
	Mexican American	Non-Hispanic White	Mexican/Non- Hispanic White Ratio
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

Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over who are overweight but not obese, 2006. (Persons are considered overweight if they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 or greater.) National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
Hispanics	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/Non Hispanic White Ratio
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

Age-adjusted percentage of overweight persons 20 years of age and over who are obese, 2001-2004. (Persons are considered obese if they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or greater.) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
	Mexican American	Non-Hispanic White	Mexican American/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Men	29.1	30.2	1.0
Women	39.4	30.7	1.3

Source: CDC 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 74.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf

Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over who are obese, 2006 (Persons are considered obese if they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or greater.) National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
Hispanics	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
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

**Age-adjusted percentage of persons 20 years of age and over who have high blood pressure, 2001-2004.**
	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

**Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over who have high blood pressure, 2006. National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)**
Hispanics	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
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

**Age-adjusted percentage of persons 20 years of age and over who have high cholesterol, 2001-2004**
	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

**Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over who are current cigarette smokers, 2004-2006**
	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

**Percentage of current smokers age 18 and over with a checkup who reported receiving advice to quit smoking, 2004**
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/Non- Hispanic White Ratio
55.2	64.8	0.9

Source: 2007 National Healthcare Quality Report. Table 41a.
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhqr07/index.html

**Percentage of heart attack patients given smoking cessation counseling while hospitalized, 2005**
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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