4. Disease Statistics Data Points for Graphics

Deaths by Major Causes, U.S., 2010

Other	58.8
Blood	0.4
CVD	31.9
Lung*	8.9

*Excludes 13,808 deaths from pulmonary heart disease and 947 deaths due to sarcoidosis.
Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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Deaths From Cardiovascular, Lung, and Blood Diseases, U.S., 2010

Lung	21.6
Blood	1
CVD	77.4

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Deaths From Cardiovascular Diseases, U.S., 2010

Stroke	16.4
AMI	15.5
Other CHD	32.7
Other CVD*	31.1
Pulmonary Embolism	0.9
Other Atherosclerosis	3.4

* Includes heart failure, cardiac dysrhythmias, hypertensive disease, deep vein thrombosis, and other heart and blood vessel diseases.
Note: Numbers do not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.
Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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Deaths From Lung Diseases, U.S., 2010

Airway Diseases	58.9
Pulmonary Circulation	5.9
Neonatal	1.6
Influenza/Pneumonia	21.4
Interstitial/Other	12.3

Note: Numbers do not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.
Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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Deaths From Blood Diseases, U.S., 2010

Coagulation Defects	18.9
Other Blood Diseases	20
Purpura	7.9
White Blood Cell Diseases	4.5
Anemias	48.7

Note: Numbers do not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.
Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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Deaths From Cardiovascular Diseases, U.S., 1900–2010
Deaths/100,000 Population

Year	Total	Heart Disease	CHD	Stroke
1900	52.766	27.427		21.353
1910	136.357	75.429		45.461
1920	243.18	137.374		80.019
1930	384.289	251.153		104.345
1940	538.47	385.191		119.753
1950	745.074	537.629	396.055	156.751
1960	923.635	661.712	546.366	193.588
1970	1024.501	735.542	666.665	207.166
1980	993.348	761.085	635.677	170.225
1990	920.245	720.058	558.291	144.088
2000	941.526	710.76	515.204	167.661
2010	784.454	597.689	379.559	129.476

Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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Death Rates* for Cardiovascular Diseases, U.S., 1900–2010
Deaths/100,000 Population

Year	CVD	Heart Disease	CHD	Stroke
1900	264.3	137.4		106.9
1910	287.2	158.9		95.8
1920	282.5	159.6		93.0
1930	327.8	214.2		89.0
1940	406.6	292.5		90.9
1950	494.4	356.8	262.8	104.0
1960	515.1	369.0	304.7	108.0
1970	504.2	362.0	328.1	101.9
1980	438.5	336.0	280.5	75.1
1990	370.0	289.5	224.3	57.9
2000	342.1	258.2	187.2	60.9
2010	254.1	193.6	122.9	44.9

*Not age-adjusted.
Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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Ten Leading Causes of Death: Death Rates, U.S., 2008
Deaths/100,000 Population*

Cause of Death
1 = Heart Disease**	122.9	70.7	193.6
2 = Cancer		186.2
3 = CLRD†		44.7
4 = Stroke		41.9
5 = Accidents		39.1
6 = Alzheimer's Disease		27
7 = Diabetes		22.4
8 = Nephritis		16.3
9 = Influenza and Pneumonia		16.2
10 = Septicemia		12.4

Years of potential
life lost (millions)‡

3.8

5.6

0.7

3.2

<0.1

0.6

0.3

1.2

* Not age-adjusted.
** Includes 122.9 deaths per 100,000 population from CHD (dark bar).
† CLRD is the term used in the ICD/10 for COPD and asthma.
‡Based on the average remaining years of life up to age 78.7 years (life expectancy at birth in 2010).
Note: Diseases shown in bold are those addressed in Institute programs.
Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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Ten Leading Causes of Death Among Minority Groups, U.S., 2010

Black	Percent of All Deaths
Alzheimer's	1.6
Septicemia	2.1
Homicide	2.7
CLRD	3
Nephritis	3.1
Accidents	4.21
Diabetes	4.23
Stroke	5.6
Cancer	23
Heart	24.1

Note: Causes of death shown in bold are those addressed in Institute programs.
Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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Hispanic	Percent of All Deaths
Pneumonia	2.1
Nephritis	2.3
Alzheimer's	2.4
CLRD	2.9
Cirrhosis	3
Diabetes	4.5
Stroke	5
Accidents	7.3
Heart	20.8
Cancer	21.5

Note: Causes of death shown in bold are those addressed in Institute programs.
Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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Asian/Pacific Islander	Percent of All Deaths
Suicide	2.10
Alzheimer's	2.11
Nephritis	2.13
CLRD	2.90
Pneumonia	3.00
Diabetes	3.60
Accidents	4.20
Stroke	7.50
Heart	22.50
Cancer	27.70

Note: Causes of death shown in bold are those addressed in Institute programs.
Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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American Indian/Alaska Native	Percent of All Deaths
Pneumonia	2.1
Nephritis	2.2
Suicide	3
Stroke	3.6
CLRD	4.5
Cirrhosis	5.1
Diabetes	5.5
Accidents	10.9
Heart	17.9
Cancer	19

Note: Causes of death shown in bold are those addressed in Institute programs.
Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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Deaths Attributed to Heart Failure,* U.S., 1970–2010

Year	Deaths	Deaths (Thousands)
1970	135,748	135.7
1971	140,858	140.9
1972	149,228	149.2
1973	155,000	155.0
1974	155,108	155.1
1975	155,701	155.7
1976	162,754	162.8
1977	163,574	163.6
1978	168,935	168.9
1979	234,729	234.7
1980	248,240	248.2
1981	244,182	244.2
1982	246,451	246.5
1983	251,976	252.0
1984	254,450	254.5
1985	259,093	259.1
1986	259,726	259.7
1987	261,037	261.0
1988	267,356	267.4
1989	265,291	265.3
1990	269,519	269.5
1991	272,070	272.1
1992	273,959	274.0
1993	288,603	288.6
1994	284,087	284.1
1995	286,933	286.9
1996	284,362	284.4
1997	285,820	285.8
1998	287,256	287.3
1999	286,515	286.5
2000	290,315	290.3
2001	288,115	288.1
2002	286,793	286.8
2003	289,344	289.3
2004	284,510	284.5
2005	292,375	292.4
2006	282,891	282.9
2007	277,353	277.4
2008	281,437	281.4
2009	275,000	275
2010	279,000	279

^* Heart failure as the underlying cause of death or otherwise mentioned on the death certificate.
Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Coronary Heart Disease by Race/Ethnicity and Sex, U.S., 1999–2010

Male	Black*	White*	American Indian	Hispanic	Asian
1999	280.3	253.0	200.1	184.3	154.1
2000	271.9	243.5	190.2	168.1	143.9
2001	264.4	230.2	185.8	147.1	130.1
2002	253.2	222.7	172.2	148.6	127.7
2003	246.1	212.4	158.0	152.3	119.3
2004	226.7	196.8	149.6	136.1	107.1
2005	216.9	190.2	148.4	121.5	105.2
2006	209.8	179.3	132.8	122.4	101.3
2007	194.8	168.8	122.2	112.2	91.8
2008	187.2	165.5	111.5	105.1	92.7
2009	184.4	159.3	111.7	106.5	90.2
2010	171.9	154.2	119.0	109.6	91.0

Female	Black*	White*	American Indian	Hispanic	Asian
1999	189.7	150.8	133.1	112.1	89.3
2000	185.0	144.3	125.1	99.1	83.7
2001	178.4	137.7	122.6	88.0	82.1
2002	171.4	131.7	112.2	87.1	76.8
2003	162.7	125.7	107.4	84.8	72.5
2004	150.5	115.5	95.3	82.4	66.7
2005	142.8	110.7	94.2	75.2	62.6
2006	132.0	102.4	85.4	76.4	58.9
2007	123.4	95.2	77.8	65.6	55.0
2008	117.4	93.1	72.0	57.8	54.2
2009	112.2	86.1	66.3	60.3	49.9
2010	106.7	84.4	72.0	64.9	52.2

*Non-Hispanic.
Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Stroke by Race/Ethnicity and Sex, U.S., 1999–2010

Male	Black*	White*	American Indian	Hispanic	Asian
1999	90.6	60.8	58.7	52.6	50.0
2000	90.8	59.9	58.0	50.5	46.1
2001	86.5	56.5	55.3	48.9	37.5
2002	83.0	54.4	50.8	44.3	37.1
2003	81.0	51.9	48.5	43.0	34.9
2004	76.3	48.2	44.2	41.5	35.0
2005	71.8	44.8	41.5	38.0	31.3
2006	68.4	41.7	39.8	35.9	25.8
2007	68.5	40.3	35.5	34.5	31.1
2008	63.4	39.2	34.0	33.1	24.5
2009	61.6	38.1	34.1	30.9	29.2
2010	58.1	37.5	35.2	33.9	29.8

Female	Black*	White*	American Indian	Hispanic	Asian
1999	77.1	58.4	49.0	42.2	46.4
2000	77.2	57.6	49.1	43.0	43.7
2001	74.8	54.8	48.2	41.6	44.0
2002	72.8	53.9	45.4	38.6	38.0
2003	70.9	50.9	42.6	38.1	34.2
2004	66.6	47.7	38.9	35.4	35.1
2005	61.7	44.4	36.3	33.5	37.1
2006	58.0	41.5	34.9	32.3	30.9
2007	56.1	40.3	33.2	30.8	28.4
2008	54.5	39.0	32.1	28.9	24.0
2009	51.2	37.0	29.6	28.0	24.6
2010	50.7	37.4	31.4	30.2	26.5

*Non-Hispanic.
Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Coronary Heart Disease, U.S., 1950–2010
Actual Rate and Expected Rates if Rise Had Continued or Reached a Plateau

	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
Actual	439.5	433.6	431.2	439.5	426.0	440.1	446.7	457.6	458.2	455.8	463.8	455.9	469.7	478.4	463.2	466.4	465.1	453.9	482.6	469.8	448.0
Expected																				478.3	480.9
Peak																				482.6	482.6

	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Actual	448.5	445.5	437.0	414.6	388.1	382.2	368.5	362.0	339.1	345.2	329.5	320.4	316.1	304.1	296.2	283.4	273.9	268.5	257.5	249.6
Expected	483.4	486.0	488.5	491.1	493.7	496.3	498.9	501.5	504.2	506.9	509.5	512.2	514.9	517.6	520.4	523.1	525.9	528.7	531.4	534.2
Peak	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6

	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Actual	240.6	232.6	233.2	224.5	219.7	212.1	203.6	197.1	194.6	186.8	177.8	170.8	162.9	150.2	144.4	135.0	126.0	122.7	116.1	113.6
Expected	537.1	539.9	542.8	545.6	548.5	551.4	554.3	557.2	560.2	563.1	566.1	569.1	572.1	575.1	578.1	581.2	584.3	587.3
Peak	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6	482.6

Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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Common Cardiovascular and Lung Diseases With High Percentage Discharged Dead From Hospitals, U.S., 1990, 2000, and 2010

Disease	Percent Discharged Dead 2010	Percent Discharged Dead 2000	Percent Discharged Dead 1990
Cardiac Dysrhythmia	3.1	2.1	3.6
Pneumonia	3.3	4.9	7.8
Heart Failure	3	4.1	7.6
Stroke	4.7	6.4	8.2
AMI	7.6	9.9	12.5

National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS), NCHS.

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Death Rates* for Coronary Heart Disease in Males, Ages 35–74, in Selected Countries, 1990–2010
Deaths/100,000 Population

Year	Finland	UK**	Poland	USA	Germany	France	Japan
1990	434.5	382.7	326.4	310.5	253.2	105.7	48.9
	416.9	368.5	343.9	301.1	256.8	104.6	46.6
	407.0	353.1	326.0	290.3	250.8	100.5	44.7
	377.3	346.3	304.2	286.9	248.4	98.7	44.5
	346.4	315.1	280.6	276.7	235.1	94.4	48.7
1995	339.7	304.5	273.1	269.0	230.8	92.0	60.2
	319.9	288.1	266.7	259.1	217.6	90.7	57.7
	292.3	267.0	274.8	247.8	206.5	86.6	56.8
	287.6	257.5	282.9	236.4	199.8	85.3	56.0
	276.4	241.0	291.0	229.9	190.0	81.7	56.7
2000	267.0	225.1	273.2	216.1	176.7	81.7	53.7
	238.1	216.4	254.8	204.0	169.6	76.3	54.0
	230.9	201.9	235.7	198.6	161.4	72.9	53.2
	219.1	190.5	227.5	188.7	154.5	70.3	52.6
	211.2	174.4	215.0	175.4	142.2	64.3	50.4
2005	193.9	163.2	201.4	169.4	132.8	63.2	51.7
2006	188.5	151.1	198.5	162.2	125.4	58.3	49.8
2007	180.2	143.9	190.9	153.4	119.1	57.1	47.7
2008	173.6	136.0	180.0	146.9	109.9	54.0	47.6
2009	170.0	125.8	166.1	143.1	108.4		46.5
2010	160.9	126.4	164.1	135.0	105.2		46.2

* Age-adjusted to the European Standard Population.
** United Kingdom for 2008–2010; England and Wales for 1990–2007.
Source: WHO Mortality Database.

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Death Rates* for Coronary Heart Disease in Females, Ages 35–74, in Selected Countries, 1990–2010
Deaths/100,000 Population

Year	UK**	Finland	USA	Poland	Germany	France	Japan
1990	138.5	125.6	122.0	83.3	80.1	26.7	18.9
	134.9	113.9	118.5	94.4	84.0	25.6	17.9
	128.4	109.4	114.8	93.8	82.1	25.5	16.8
	125.0	104.9	114.3	89.0	82.1	24.6	16.7
	114.4	98.4	110.1	83.0	64.2	23.6	17.6
1995	109.1	92.7	107.9	82.2	77.9	22.4	22.8
	103.1	84.1	105.4	78.5	75.0	21.9	20.8
	96.0	74.0	100.2	82.6	71.6	20.3	19.7
	92.8	81.1	96.7	86.7	68.9	20.6	18.6
	85.1	69.6	95.4	90.8	64.2	19.1	19.0
2000	79.5	67.8	89.6	86.2	59.2	18.1	17.2
	76.3	59.5	85.4	80.5	55.1	18.0	17.4
	71.0	57.7	81.9	70.2	52.8	16.2	16.5
	64.8	53.3	77.7	68.5	48.4	16.1	16.1
	57.9	47.9	72.5	65.5	44.5	14.3	14.9
2005	53.4	45.2	69.6	59.7	40.2	13.4	15.4
2006	49.9	40.6	65.2	57.5	38.3	12.8	14.9
2007	45.9	41.3	60.4	54.9	36.0	12.2	14.2
2008	44.2	39.9	58.8	51.6	33.1	11.9	13.8
2009	38.5	36.1	55.5	48.0	30.9		12.8
2010	38.3	33.9	52.6	44.4	30.4		12.7

* Age-adjusted to the European Standard Population.
** United Kingdom for 2008–2010; England and Wales for 1990–2007.
Source: WHO Mortality Database.

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Percent Change in Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Selected Causes by Race and Sex, U.S., 2001–2010
Percent Change

	COPD	Asthma	CHD	Stroke
White Men	-7.1	-33.3	-34.9	-35.9
Black Men	-11.6	-35.4	-35.6	-33.2
White Women	4.3	-34.7	-41.0	-35.2
Black Women	11.2	-37.2	-42.1	-35.3

Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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Death Rates for Lung Diseases in Infants, U.S., 1980–2010
Deaths/100,000 Live Births

Year	Sudden Infant Death Syndrome	Respiratory Distress Syndrome	Other Neonatal Respiratory Disorder	Hypoxia	Pneumonia
1980	161.2	127.6	88.98054	54.8	20.0
	154.2	109.9	86.5	51.2	15.8
	151.6	101.3	83.1	53.6	14.7
	154.1	93.5	82.2	43.6	15.2
	151.0	89.5	82.9	42.2	13.4
1985	149.4	90.7	86.6	40.8	13.5
	148.5	83.7	82.8	34.7	12.7
	145.1	79.6	81.2	27.5	12.7
	148.1	75.2	79.8	26.3	11.6
	147.3	83.0	72.0	23.7	11.1
1990	137.7	63.3	61.8	24.2	10.9
	137.5	57.7	57.1	19.3	10.4
	127.2	46.9	52.4	20.0	10.6
	123.4	41.9	48.3	18.1	9.4
	108.9	36.6	46.2	18.0	10.1
1995	92.1	34.5	41.4	16.2	9.0
	78.4	32.2	40.7	14.6	9.0
	81.5	30.9	38.9	15.4	7.6
	75.7	30.4	37.6	15.5	8.0
	66.9	28.0	43.4	15.5	7.8
2000	62.2	24.6	37.7	15.5	6.9
	55.5	25.1	37.3	13.3	7.3
	57.1	23.4	31.0	14.5	6.4
	52.9	20.3	29.8	13.6	7.1
	54.6	21.3	29.6	12.9	6.2
2005	53.9	20.8	28.0	12.8	5.9
2006	54.5	19.3	28.3	8.1	5.7
2007	56.8	18.3	25.9	8.2	4.8
2008	55.4	14.8	25.3	9.1	4.9
2009	53.9	14.4	23.1	7.7	5.0
2010	51.6	12.9	20.3	7.9	4.5

Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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Ten Leading Causes of Infant Mortality, U.S., 2010
Deaths Under Age 1 Per 100,000 Live Births

Cause of Mortality	Percent Change 2000-2010
Neonatal Hemorrhage	-8**
Necrotizing Enterocolitis of Newborn	-4
Respiratory Distress Syndrome	-17
Bacterial Sepsis of Newborn	13
Newborns Affected by Complications of Placenta, Cord, and Membrane	28
Accidents and Adverse Effects	-2
Newborns Affected by Maternal Complications of Pregnancy	-23
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome	-48
Disorders Relating to Short Gestation	30
Congenital Malformations*	-18

* Congenital CVD and congenital respiratory diseases accounted for 43.1 deaths under age 1 per 100,000 live births (black bar), which is 34 percent of infant deaths due to all congenital malformations.
** From 2000 to 2010, congenital CVD declined 27 percent; congenital malformations of the respiratory system declined 41 percent; other congenital malformations increased 7 percent.
Note: Diseases shown in bold are those addressed in Institute programs.
Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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Deaths Under Age 1 Year Due to Cardiovascular and Lung Diseases, U.S., 2010

Congenital Malformations of the Respiratory System	1.6
Atelectasis and Other Lung Diseases	3.1
BPD	0.2
RDS	2.1
Pneumonia	0.7
SIDS	8.4
Other CVD	2.1
Congenital Malformations of the CV System	5.4
Other Diseases	76.3

Note: Diseases shown in bold are those addressed in Institute programs.
Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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Death Rates* for Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases in Males, Ages 35 Years and Older, in Selected Countries, 1990–2010
Deaths/100,000 Population

Year	UK**	Germany	Poland	USA	Finland	France	Japan
1990	122.9	96.2	93.8	89.3	69.4	56.1	37.5
	124.4	95.6	90.0	88.7	63.6	55.5	36.8
	118.5	93.1	76.7	86.8	67.7	55.6	35.6
	118.8	95.4	78.4	91.7	68.6	59.4	36.1
	104.6	90.0	67.3	88.7	57.2	56.1	36.0
1995	110.0	91.7	67.9	87.1	63.3	57.5	43.9
	100.5	88.6	67.9	85.9	67.4	50.1	36.5
	99.2	76.8	68.4	86.6	67.8	43.1	35.6
	97.9	71.4	69.0	86.0	72.2	38.5	33.5
	96.6	69.6	69.6	92.5	65.3	34.1	35.3
2000	95.3	67.4	69.0	87.7	63.7	33.1	31.4
	85.3	59.7	61.8	85.5	60.8	30.2	29.3
	83.9	61.3	61.9	84.6	58.3	29.9	27.6
	86.3	63.2	67.2	83.3	54.9	31.4	27.3
	78.0	54.8	63.3	78.8	45.4	27.4	25.2
2005	77.7	53.8	65.0	82.2	52.3	29.4	25.6
2006	73.4	50.5	62.4	76.4	52.6	26.2	23.7
2007	72.9	50.5	66.2	77.6	50.7	26.3	23.2
2008	74.8	49.7	62.1	82.9	45.5	26.6	23.1
2009	70.1	53.6	61.7	79.1	46.2		21.9
2010	70.9	51.7	50.3	77.3	43.4		22.6

* Age-adjusted to the European Standard Population.
** United Kingdom for 2008–2010; England and Wales for 1990–2007
Source: WHO Mortality Database.

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Death Rates* for Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases in Females, Ages 35 Years and Older, in Selected Countries, 1990–2010

Year	UK**	USA	Germany	Poland	France	Japan	Finland
1990	48.0	46.1	27.2	22.3	22.2	13.9	11.0
	50.4	48.7	28.3	22.0	21.9	13.5	12.9
	51.4	49.0	27.0	18.5	23.1	13.1	14.9
	52.6	54.3	29.7	19.3	25.8	13.2	14.8
	48.0	54.6	29.0	16.7	23.3	12.5	13.6
1995	53.1	54.8	30.1	16.1	24.7	15.2	14.8
	51.2	56.6	29.8	16.3	20.1	12.8	13.9
	52.3	57.4	26.4	17.1	18.1	12.1	16.3
	51.5	58.8	26.6	17.9	17.0	11.3	17.8
	51.2	64.2	26.4	18.7	15.1	11.4	16.7
2000	51.0	62.8	25.3	18.4	13.0	9.8	15.8
	52.4	63.2	23.6	16.1	11.1	9.3	15.8
	53.0	62.7	25.0	15.2	11.2	8.6	14.9
	57.2	63.4	26.2	17.4	11.8	8.2	13.2
	50.8	60.3	23.5	15.5	10.4	7.8	13.2
2005	52.9	63.9	24.6	16.3	11.2	7.5	15.0
2006	51.1	60.4	23.6	15.8	9.8	7.2	14.2
2007	52.1	60.4	24.5	17.6	10.2	6.7	13.9
2008	53.8	66.5	24.9	17.5	10.0	6.5	15.3
2009	50.1	63.7	27.6	17.8		5.9	15.9
2010	53.5	63.4	27.8	15.1		5.9	15.0

* Age-adjusted to the European Standard Population.
** United Kingdom for 2008–2010; England and Wales for 1990–2007
Source: WHO Mortality Database.

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Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases by Race/Ethnicity and Sex, U.S., 1999–2010
Deaths/100,000 Population

Male/Year	White*	Black*	American Indian	Hispanic	Asian
1999	61.3	51.5	41.8	33.0	29.6
2000	58.5	47.5	43.7	28.8	28.3
2001	56.9	46.3	35.0	27.6	27.0
2002	56.5	46.3	35.9	27.2	25.0
2003	55.4	44.4	40.3	27.1	25.2
2004	52.8	40.9	32.2	23.8	22.6
2005	54.7	44.1	34.9	25.1	22.5
2006	51.2	39.5	29.0	21.9	22.3
2007	51.9	39.6	34.9	22.8	19.6
2008	55.8	42.4	32.7	22.6	20.6
2009	53.6	42.3	31.8	22.0	19.7
2010	52.5	40.7	38.8	25.2	21.0

Female/Year	White*	Black*	American Indian	Hispanic	Asian
1999	40.8	23.4	30.4	17.7	12.1
2000	40.7	22.7	26.2	16.3	11.7
2001	41.1	22.4	27.3	16.5	11.1
2002	41.2	22.6	26.4	16.2	9.3
2003	41.8	22.0	26.1	15.8	9.9
2004	40.0	20.9	26.1	14.9	9.3
2005	42.5	22.8	25.4	15.4	9.7
2006	40.2	21.3	26.4	14.3	9.1
2007	40.4	21.4	28.1	13.9	9.1
2008	44.1	24.4	26.7	15.3	9.6
2009	42.7	22.8	26.8	15.2	9.4
2010	42.9	23.3	30.3	15.9	9.1

^* Non-Hispanic.
Source: Vital Statistics of the United States, NCHS.

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Physician Office Visits for Sleep Disorders, U.S., 2000–2010
Number of Visits (Millions)

Year	Insomnia	Sleep Apnea	Narcolepsy
2000	2.4	2	0.06
2001	2.2	2.1	0.1
2002	2.3	3.5	0.19
2003	3.1	2.3	0.17
2004	3	3.8	0.053
2005	3	3.3	0.066
2006	4.5	3.1	0.1
2007	5.1	2.8	0.096
2008	6.1	2.3	0.18
2009	5.7	3.7	0.14
2010	5.8	2.7	0.1

Note: Primary and secondary diagnoses.
Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, NCHS.

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Prevalence of Cardiovascular Diseases* in Adults by Age and Sex, U.S., 2007–2010
Percent

Age	Male	Female
20–39	12.8	10.1
40–59	40.0	34.4
60–79	70.2	70.9
greater than or equal to 80	83.0	87.1

^* Hypertension, CHD, stroke, or heart failure. Hypertension is defined as systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg, or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg, or being on antihypertensive medication.
Source: NHANES, 2007–2010, NCHS.

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Prevalence of Common Cardiovascular and Lung Diseases by Age, U.S., 2007-2011

Age Greater than or equal to 65 Years	Percent
Asthma	7.6
Heart Failure	7.8
COPD	9.6
Stroke	9.7
CHD	19.1
Hypertension	71.8

Age 45–64 Years	Percent
Stroke	1.9
Heart Failure	2.7
COPD	6.8
Asthma	7.6
CHD	8.7
Hypertension	42.7

Age 18–44 Years	Percent
CHD	1.2
COPD	3.1
Asthma	8
Hypertension	12.7

Age <18 Years	Percent
Asthma	9.5

Source: NHIS and NHANES, NCHS.

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Age-Adjusted Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Adults, U.S., 1961–2011
Percent of Population

Year	Year Other	Hypertension	Smoking	High Cholesterol	Overweight
1961	1960-62	38.1		33.3	44.8
1962
1963
1964
1965			41.9
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972	1971-74	39.8		28.6	47.7
1973
1974			37.0
1975
1976
1977
1978	1976-80	40.4		27.8	47.4
1979			33.3
1980
1981
1982
1983			31.9
1984
1985			29.9
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990			25.3
1991	1988-94	24.4		19.7	56.0
1992			26.3
1993
1994			25.3
1995			24.6
1996
1997			24.6
1998			24.0
1999			23.3
2000			23.1
2001			22.6
2002	1999-2002	24.9	22.3	17.0	64.8
2003			21.5
2004			20.8
2005			20.8
2006	2003-2006	26.6	20.8	16.3	66.5
2007			19.7
2008			20.6
2009			20.6
2010	2007-2010	25.9	19.6	13.7	68.2
2011			19.3

Notes: Hypertension is defined as systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg, or being on antihypertensive medication. High cholesterol is ≥240 mg/dL. Overweight is BMI ≥25 kg/m². Data were collected at six time periods: 1960–1961 (plotted at 1961), 1971–1974 (plotted at 1972), 1976–1980 (plotted at 1978), 1988–1994 (plotted at 1991), 1999–2002 (plotted at 2002), 2003–2006 (plotted at 2006), and 2007–2010 (plotted at 2010).
Sources: NHIS for smoking, ages ≥18, NCHS; NHANES for the other risk factors, ages 20–74, NCHS.

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Hypertensive* Population Aware, Treated, and Controlled, Ages 18 and Older, U.S., 1976–1980 to 2007–2010
Percent of Population With Hypertension

	1976–1980	1988–1991	1991–1994	1999–2002	2003–2006	2007–2010
Awareness	51	73	68.4	70.6	77.6	81.4
Treatment	31	55	53.6	60.6	67.8	74.8
Control	10	29	27.4	34.4	44.0	52.4

^* Hypertension is defined as systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mm Hg, or diastolic blood pressure > 90 mm Hg, or being on antihypertensive medication.
Source: NHANES, NCHS.

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Adult Population With Hypertension* by Age, Race/Ethnicity, and Sex, U.S., 2007–2010

Male	60+	40–59	18–39
Mexican-American	-63.2	-25.9	-7.2
Black**	-71.8	-47.2	-11.4
White**	-61.8	-33.3	-8.8

Female	60+	40–59	18–39
Mexican-American	74.2	23	2.3
Black**	84.2	51.6	10.1
White**	66.5	26.6	5.5

^* Hypertension is systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mm Hg, or being on antihypertensive medication.
^** Non-Hispanic.
Sources: NHANES, NCHS.

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Hospitalization Rates for Heart Failure, Ages 45–64 and 65 and Older, U.S., 1971–2010
Hospitalizations/10,000 Population

Year	Ages Greater than or equal to 65	Ages 45–64 Years
1971	60.1	9.5
1972	73.3	11.3
1973	78.2	12
1974	82.7	12.8
1975	88.4	13.2
1976	97.4	13.7
1977	106.4	14.2
1978	112.5	14.9
1979	127.7	15.5
1980	133.5	14.3
1981	130.8	15.6
1982	132.6	16.2
1983	132.7	20.1
1984	151.7	20.6
1985	156.3	21.4
1986	158.2	23.1
1987	161.8	22.7
1988	175.5	24.4
1989	168.5	25.6
1990	182	26
1991	193.6	27
1992	206.4	31.5
1993	207.7	34.1
1994	210	29.8
1995	208.1	27.2
1996	202.7	28.5
1997	223.2	31.3
1998	226.7	30.6
1999	221.1	29.4
2000	220.2	31.9
2001	217.3	31.5
2002	201.4	32.9
2003	222.0	36.6
2004	225.0	33.0
2005	217.4	32.3
2006	216.6	32.9
2007	189.9	29.7
2008	192.3	29.0
2009	194.0	34.2
2010	180.1	29.5

Source: NHDS, NCHS.

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Prevalence of Asthma Episodes in Previous 12 Months by Age, U.S., 1997–2011
Percent of Population

Age	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Ages <18 Years	5.45	5.31	5.27	5.53	5.72	5.75	5.45	5.44	5.2	5.54	5.19	5.6	5.48	5.72	5.46
Ages 18–34 Years	4.18	3.55	3.94	3.69	4.46	4.1	3.56	3.38	4.04	3.58	3.9	4	3.6	3.92	3.89
Ages Greater than or equal to 35 Years	3.47	3.4	3.07	3.36	3.56	3.59	3.21	3.68	3.79	3.9	3.76	3.74	3.97	4.31	3.96

Source: NHIS, NCHS.

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Total Economic Costs of the Leading Diagnostic Groups, U.S., 2009
(in billions of dollars)

Diagnostic Group	Direct Cost	Indirect Cost of Mortality
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases	22.0	24
Diseases of Genitourinary System	67.0	8
Mental Disorders	80.0	8
Diseases of Nervous System	78.0	16
Diseases of Digestive System	85.0	29.0
Diseases of Musculoskeletal System	125.0	3
Diseases of Respiratory System	98.0	32
Endocrine, Nutritional, and Metabolic Diseases	111.0	23
Injury and Poisoning	83.0	96
Neoplasms	87.0	130.0
Cardiovascular Diseases	192.0	121

Source: MEPS, AHRQ.

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