A • mong women, health disparities by race and ethnicity are significant. For example: Black women have higher CVD morbidity and mortality rates than women of other races and ethnicities. 21 • Black women have a 50% higher risk of heart failure compared with white wom - en. 22 • Younger Black women are 2-3 times more likely to suffer premature CVD death. 23 • Nearly 43% of Hispanic/Latina women had some form of CVD in 2017. 24 • Hispanic women are more than twice as likely to have diabetes as white wom - en. 25 • Black people — women and men — are twice as likely to die from diabetes as white counterparts and three times more likely to be hospitalized from diabetes com - plications. 26 • Black women have the highest rates of obesity and overweight compared to oth - er groups in the U.S. 27 • Nearly 79% of Hispanic women are overweight or obese compared with 64% of non-Hispanic white women. 28 • Asian American adults have a lower prevalence of overweight and obesity than aadt uthltessianmoethBeMr rIalceivaellgsr. oups, but higher rates of hypertension, CVD and type 2 diabetes 29 Black women have higher CVD morbidity and mortality rates than women of other races and ethnicities. 20 Black women have a 50% higher risk of heart failure compared with white women. 21 Younger Black women are 2-3 times more likely to suffer premature CVD death. 22 Among Women, Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity are Significant
Black people—women and men—are twice as likely to die from diabetes as white counterparts and three times more likely to be hospitalized from diabetes complications. 25
Nearly 43% of Hispanic/ Latina women had some form of CVD in 2017. 23
Black women have the highest rates of obesity and overweight compared to other groups in the U.S. 26
Hispanic women are more than twice as likely to have diabetes as white women. 24
Nearly 79% of Hispanic women are overweight or obese compared with 64% of non-Hispanic white women. 27
Asian American adults have a lower prevalence of overweight and obesity than adults in other racial groups, but higher rates of hypertension, CVD and type 2 diabetes at the same BMI levels. 28
21 https://www.acc.org/latest-in-cardiology/ten-points-to-remember/2022/10/26/14/41/eliminating-disparities-in-cvd 22 https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/23051-ethnicity-and-heart-disease 23 https://www.acc.org/latest-in-cardiology/ten-points-to-remember/2022/10/26/14/41/eliminating-disparities-in-cvd 24 https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001139 25 https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/23051-ethnicity-and-heart-disease 26 https://www.heart.org/en/news/2021/07/13/the-challenge-of-diabetes-in-the-black-community-needs-comprehensive-solutions
27 https://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=4&lvlid=25 28 https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=4&lvlid=70 29 https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001139
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