Stroke and Asians and Pacific Islanders

Overall, Asians/Pacific Islander adults are less likely than white adults to die from a stroke. In general, Asian/Pacific Islander adults have lower rates of being overweight or obese, lower rates of hypertension, and they are less likely to be current cigarette smokers.

At a glance – Diagnosed Cases of Stroke:

**Age-adjusted percentages of stroke among persons 18 years of age and over, 2007**
Asian	Non-Hispanic White	Asian/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
2.6	2.2	1.2

Source: CDC 2009. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2007. Table 2.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_240.pdf[PDF | 8.43MB]

At a glance – Death Rate:

**Age-Adjusted Stroke Death Rates per 100,000 (2005)**
	Asians/Pacific Islanders	Non-Hispanic White	Asians/Pacific Islanders/Non- Hispanic White Ratio
Men	41.5	44.8	0.9
Women	36.3	44.4	0.8

Source: CDC 2008. Health United States, 2008. Table 36.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus08.pdf [PDF | 12.2MB]

At a Glance – Risk Factors:

Overweight
NHANES data is not available.

National Health Interview Survey, NHIS

**Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over who are overweight but not obese, 2007. (Persons are considered overweight if they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 or greater.)**
Asians	Non-Hispanic White	Asians / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
29.2	34.5	.8

Source: CDC 2009. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2007. Table 31.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_240.pdf[PDF | 8.43MB]

Obesity

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, NHANES
Not available at this time.

National Health Interview Survey, NHIS

**Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over who are obese, 2007. (Persons are considered obese if they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or greater.)**
Asians	Non-Hispanic White	Asians / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
8.9	24.8	.4

Source: CDC 2009. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2007. Table 31.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_240.pdf[PDF | 8.43MB]

Hypertension

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, NHANES
Not available at this time.

National Health Interview Survey, NHIS

**Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over who have high blood pressure, 2007.**
Asians	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders	Non-Hispanic White	Asians / Non-Hispanic White Ratio	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
19.5	28.5	22.5	0.9	1.3

Source: CDC 2009. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2007. Table 2.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_240.pdf[PDF | 8.43MB]

Percent of adults age 18 and over with hypertension whose blood pressure is under control, 1999-2000
Not available at this time.

High Cholesterol
Age-adjusted percentage of persons 20 years of age and over who have high cholesterol, 1999-2002.
Not available at this time.

**Age-adjusted percentage of adults (men and women) with high cholesterol, 2001-2002 (BRFSS, REACH 2010 Surveys)**
Population	% diagnosed with high cholesterol	Ratio vs. General Population
Asians	28.5	1.0
U.S. General Public	29.7	--
Cambodians (Lowell, MA)	24.5	0.8
Vietnamese (LA, Orange, and Santa Clara Counties, CA)	24.8	0.8

Source: CDC, 2004. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: 53(33): 760-765, Table 1.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5333.pdf[PDF | 359KB]

**Age-adjusted percentage of adults (men and women) who had their blood cholesterol checked, 2001-2002 (BRFSS, REACH 2010 Surveys)**
Population	% checked blood cholesterol	Ratio vs. General Population
Asians	70.1	0.9
U.S. General Public	77.4	--
Cambodians (Lowell, MA)	47.7	0.6
Vietnamese (LA, Orange, and Santa Clara Counties, CA)	68.3	0.9

Source: CDC, 2004. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: 53(33): 760-765, Table 1.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5333.pdf[PDF | 359KB]

Cigarette Smoking

National Health Interview Survey, NHIS

**Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over who are current cigarette smokers, 2007.**
Asian	Non-Hispanic White	Asian/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
9.2	22.1	0.4

Source: CDC 2009. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2007. Table 25.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_240.pdf[PDF | 8.43MB]

Percentage of current smokers age 18 and over with a checkup who reported receiving advice to quit smoking, 2001
Not available at this time.

**Percentage of heart attack patients given smoking cessation counseling while hospitalized, 2006**
Asians/Pacific Islanders	White	Asians/Pacific Islanders/ White Ratio
92.2	96.9	1.0

Source: 2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report. Table 4_2_7.1.
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr08/4_heartdiseases/T4_2_7-1.htm

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Content Last Modified: 7/28/2009 4:07:00 PM