Diabetes prevalence among U.S. Asian subgroups ranged from 6.3% among Vietnamese adults to 15.2% among Filipino adults, highlighting significant racial and ethnic disparities.
Observational (n=3,970,904)
Disaggregation of cardiometabolic disease prevalence data by race and ethnicity identifies significant health disparities among subgroups that are obscured in aggregated data, which can guide culturally relevant prevention programs.
Although diabetes and cardiovascular disease account for substantial disease prevalence among adults in the United States, their prevalence among racial and ethnic subgroups is inadequately characterized. To fill this gap, CDC described the prevalence of diagnosed cardiometabolic diseases among U.S. adults, by disaggregated racial and ethnic subgroups, among 3,970,904 respondents to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System during 2013-2021. Prevalence of each disease (diabetes, myocardial infarction, angina or coronary heart disease, and stroke), stratified by race and ethnicity, was based on self-reported diagnosis by a health care professional, adjusting for age, sex, and survey year. Overall, mean respondent age was 47.5 years, and 51.4% of respondents were women. Prevalence of cardiometabolic diseases among disaggregated race and ethnicity subgroups varied considerably. For example, diabetes prevalence within the aggregated non-Hispanic Asian category (11.5%) ranged from 6.3% in the Vietnamese subgroup to 15.2% in the Filipino subgroup. Prevalence of angina or coronary heart disease for the aggregated Hispanic or Latino category (3.8%) ranged from 3.1% in the Cuban subgroup to 6.3% in the Puerto Rican subgroup. Disaggregation of cardiometabolic disease prevalence data by race and ethnicity identified health disparities among subgroups that can be used to better help guide prevention programs and develop culturally relevant interventions.
Koyama et al. (Thu,) conducted a observational in Cardiometabolic diseases (n=3,970,904). Diabetes prevalence among U.S. Asian subgroups ranged from 6.3% among Vietnamese adults to 15.2% among Filipino adults, highlighting significant racial and ethnic disparities.