Adults with cardiovascular disease by ethnicity U.S. 2019

As of 2019, 4.4 percent of Hispanic adults in the U.S. had been told by a doctor that they have cardiovascular disease, whereas 11.3 percent of American Indian/Alaskan Natives had been given this diagnosis. This statistic shows the percentage of adults diagnosed with cardiovascular disease in the United States in 2019, by ethnicity.

Percentage of adults diagnosed with cardiovascular disease in the United States in 2019, by ethnicity

Characteristic	Percentage of adults
American Indian/Alaskan Native	11.3%
Other	7.5%
White	7%
All	6.3%
Black	5.5%
Hispanic*	4.4%
Asian/Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	3.5%

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Release date

October 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2019

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

* Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race but are categorized as Hispanic; all other groups are non-Hispanic.
Data represent adults who report ever having or having been told by a doctor that they had a heart attack (myocardial infarction), angina or coronary heart disease.
Release date reflects date of data access.

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