Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander U.S. Adult Cardiovascular Mortality

The CVD death rate in this group is 1.5-fold higher than in the overall U.S. Asian population and the third highest among U.S. subpopulations.

In reports on U.S. mortality, the Asian racial category has traditionally included several subgroups, including Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPI). To describe cardiovascular (CVD) mortality among NHPI adults independent of other Asian categories, investigators calculated race-stratified, age-standardized mortality based on ICD-10 code data from the National Vital Statistics System. People with “mixed” NHPI backgrounds were included.

Among NHPI adults aged 35 years and older, 10,870 CVD deaths were recorded from 2018 to 2022 (heart disease, 73%; cerebrovascular disease, 19%). Age-adjusted CVD mortality for this population was 369.6 deaths per 100,000 persons, which was 1.5 times higher than for the U.S. Asian population overall (2…

Reviewing Author

Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD, FACC

Disclosures

Consultant/Advisory BoardBoehringer Ingelheim; Amgen; Novartis; Lilly; Amarin

Speaker’s BureauBoehringer Ingelheim

Grant/Research SupportNIH

Editorial BoardsCirculation (Associate Editor)