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Heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders affect millions of Americans. Many of these disorders, including heart disease, high blood pressure, asthma, and COPD, disproportionately affect minority groups. Below are statistics on:
Heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders are among the most common and potentially fatal conditions affecting Americans. Although heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the U.S., it is more prevalent in men than women until about age 80, when women with heart disease surpass men. Many chronic heart and lung diseases have a higher prevalence in communities of color, largely due to social determinants of health.
Sources: NCHS, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality, CDC
Disease or Condition |
Number of Americans affected |
---|---|
Asthma1 |
24,753,000 |
Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD)2 |
126,900,000 |
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)3 |
15,212,000 |
Congenital Heart Disease2 |
2,400,000 |
Coronary Heart Disease4 |
20,100,000 |
Heart Failure4 |
6,000,000 |
Hypertension4 |
121,500,000 |
Sickle Cell Disease5 |
~100,000 |
Short Sleep Duration |
90,838,000 |
Sources: 12018 CDC National Asthma Data (link).
2Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—Update 2021 (link); CVD includes, but is not limited to, arrhythmias, cardiac arrest, congenital heart disease, coronary heart disease, heart attack, heart failure, hypertension, and stroke. Data collection was limited to adults ≥ 20 years old.
32018 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS); constitutes 6.1% of the U.S. population ≥ 18 years old.
4National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2015-2018; data limited to adults ≥ 20 years old. Hypertension is defined as systolic blood pressure ≥ 130 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 80 mm Hg or said “yes” to taking hypertension or was told on two occasions of having hypertension.
5Sickle Cell Disease Data & Statistics, CDC (link).
6Sleep and Sleep Disorders Data & Statistics, CDC (link); constitutes 35.2% of the U.S. population ≥ 18 years
Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2015-2018; these data include coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke, and hypertension.
Hypertension is defined as systolic blood pressure ≥ 130 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 80 mm Hg or said “yes” to taking hypertension or was told on two occasions of having hypertension.
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Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2015-2018
Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2015-2018. Hypertension is defined as systolic blood pressure ≥ 130 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 80 mm Hg or said “yes” to taking hypertension or was told on two occasions of having hypertension.
Disease |
Non-Hispanic Blacks and African Americans |
Non-Hispanic Whites |
Non-Hispanic Asians |
Hispanics or Latinos |
---|---|---|---|---|
All Cardiovascular Disease (including hypertension) |
59.5% |
47.9% |
47.0% |
47.8% |
Cardiovascular Disease (excluding hypertension) |
9.7% |
11.0% |
6.1% |
7.4% |
Coronary Heart Disease |
7.0% |
7.3% |
4.0% |
6.6% |
Heart Failure |
3.5% |
1.9% |
1.2% |
2.0% |
Hypertension |
58.1% |
45.9% |
46.4% |
46.0% |
Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2015-2018. Hypertension is defined as systolic blood pressure ≥ 130 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 80 mm Hg or said “yes” to taking hypertension or was told on two occasions of having hypertension.
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Source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 2018
Source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 2018
Disease |
Non-Hispanic Blacks and African Americans |
Non-Hispanic Whites |
Non-Hispanic Asians |
Non-Hispanic American Indians or Alaska Natives |
Hispanics or Latinos |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asthma in children (<18 yrs)1 |
14.2% |
6.8% |
3.8% |
10.2% |
7.5% |
Asthma in adults (>18 yrs)1 |
9.6% |
8.2% |
4.7% |
10.5% |
6.0% |
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (≥ 18 years)2 |
5.7% |
6.7% |
2.4% |
8.7% |
4.5% |
Sources: 1. National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 2016-2018; 2. National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 2018
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Care and treatment for heart and lung disorders cost Americans billions of dollars each year.
Source: Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2017-2018.
Source: Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2017-2018.
Source: Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2017-2018.
Source: Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2017-2018.
Heart, lung, and blood conditions result in millions of hospitalizations and emergency room visits each year.
Source: HCUPnet, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville,MD.
*Heart failure I50. Code First. Heart Failure due to hypertension (I11.0). Heart Failure due to hypertension with chronic kidney disease (I13).
Certain conditions have both an underlying etiology and multiple body system manifestations due to the underlying etiology. For such conditions, ICD-10-CM has a coding convention that requires the underlying condition be sequenced first followed by the manifestation. Wherever such a combination exists there is a "use additional code" note at the etiology code, and a "code first" note at the manifestation code.
These instructional notes indicate the proper sequencing order of the codes, etiology followed by manifestation.
Last Updated August 7, 2020