Table 23-4.
Children, Youth, and CVD: At-a-Glance Table
| NH Whites | NH Blacks | Mexican Americans |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diseases and Risk Factors | Both Sexes | Total Males | Total Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females |
| Congenital cardiovascular defects | |||||||||
| Mortality, 2007* | 3.5 K | 1.9 K | 1.6 K | 1.5 K | 1.2 K | 0.3 K | 0.3 K | NA | NA |
| Smoking, % | |||||||||
| High school students, grades 9–12 | |||||||||
| Current cigarette smoking, 2009 | 19.5 | 19.8 | 19.1 | 22.3 | 22.8 | 10.7 | 8.4 | 19.4† | 16.7† |
| Current cigar smoking, 2009 | 14.0 | 18.6 | 8.8 | 21.0 | 8.0 | 13.9 | 11.5 | 15.8† | 9.5† |
| Blood cholesterol | |||||||||
| Mean total cholesterol, mg/dL | |||||||||
| Ages 4–11 y | 164.5 | 163.8 | 165.2 | 163.9 | 165.6 | 165.7 | 162.3 | 160.7 | 161.5 |
| Ages 12–19 y | 159.2 | 156.3 | 162.3 | 155.9 | 162.3 | 157.7 | 163.6 | 156.9 | 161.3 |
| Mean HDL-C, mg/dL | |||||||||
| Ages 4–11 y | 54.7 | 55.6 | 53.6 | 54.7 | 52.8 | 61.4 | 58.1 | 53.6 | 51.1 |
| Ages 12–19 y | 51.6 | 49.3 | 54.0 | 48.1 | 53.3 | 54.6 | 56.9 | 48.3 | 53.5 |
| Mean LDL-C, mg/dL | |||||||||
| Ages 12–19 y | 88.5 | 87.1 | 89.9 | 87.6 | 89.8 | 88.8 | 92.6 | 88.4 | 88.8 |
| PA‡ | |||||||||
| Prevalence, grades 9–12, 2009§ | |||||||||
| Met currently recommended levels of PA, % | 37.0 | 45.6 | 27.7 | 47.3 | 31.3 | 43.3 | 21.9 | 41.3† | 24.9† |
| Overweight and obesity | |||||||||
| Prevalence, 2008 | |||||||||
| Children and adolescents, ages 2–19 y (overweight or obese) | 23.5 M (31.9%) | 12.3 M (32.7%) | 11.2 M (31.0%) | 31.9% | 29.5% | 30.8% | 39.2% | 40.8% | 35.0% |
| Students in grades 9–12§ (overweight only) | 15.8% | 15.1% | 9.6% | 15.7% | 12.8% | 16.6% | 21.4% | 18.3%† | 17.9%† |
CVD indicates cardiovascular disease; K, thousands; NA, data not available; mg/dL, milligrams per deciliter; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; PA, physical activity; M, millions.
Overweight indicates a body mass index in the 95th percentile of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 growth chart.
*
All ages.
†
Hispanic.
‡
Regular leisure-time physical activity.
§
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.1
Sources: See summary tables in related chapters in this Update. For more data on congenital defects, see Chapter 8.