Table 4 Standardized prevalence estimates of diagnosed hypertension, ages 45–84, by race/ethnicity

N

% (99% CI)

N

% (99% CI)

N

% (99% CI)

All

Women

Men

All Asian

274,909

42.8% (42.6–43.0)

148,905

41.6% (41.3–41.9)

126,004

44.1% (43.7–44.4) ^b

(ref) ^c

(ref) ^c

(ref) ^c

Chinese

87,128

33.8% (33.4–34.1) ^a

47,034

32.1% (31.6–32.6) ^a

40,094

35.6% (35.0–36.1) ^a,b

−9.0

−9.5

−8.5

Korean

8910

33.9% (32.7–35.1) ^a

5138

32.3% (30.8–33.8) ^a

3772

35.5% (33.6–37.4) ^a

− 8.9

− 8.3

−8.6

Japanese

16,886

39.6% (38.7–40.5) ^a

9891

35.3% (34.1–36.4) ^a

6995

44.3% (42.9–45.7) ^a,b

−3.2

−6.3

0.2

Southeast Asian

30,910

35.7% (34.9–36.4) ^a

15,104

34.2% (33.2–35.2) ^a

15,806

37.2% (36.2–38.2) ^a,b

−7.1

−7.4

− 6.9

Filipino

88,691

56.1% (55.7–56.5) ^a

50,957

55.6% (55.1–56.1) ^a

37,734

56.7% (56.1–57.3) ^a

13.3

14.0

12.6

South Asian

35,565

43.4% (42.8–44.1)

16,430

41.5% (40.5–42.4)

19,135

45.5% (44.6–46.4) ^b

0.6

−0.1

1.4

Native Hawaiian/

Pacific Islander

8453

53.1% (51.7–54.4) ^a

4051

52.8% (50.8–54.7) ^a

4402

53.4% (51.5–55.3) ^a

11.3

11.2

9.3

White

non-Hispanic

795,079

37.5% (37.4–37.7) ^a

421,777

34.9% (34.9–35.0) ^a

373,302

40.5% (40.3–40.6) ^a,b

−5.3

−6.5

−3.6

African-American/Black

107,205

58.0% (57.6–58.3) ^a

60,796

59.3% (58.9–59.8) ^a

46,409

56.5% (55.9–57.0) ^a,b

15.2

17.3

12.4

Hispanic/

Latino

210,050

42.4% (42.2–42.7)

108,366

41.8% (41.4–42.1)

101,684

43.1% (42.8–43.5)

−0.4

0.2

−1.0