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Prevalence of Multiple Risk Factors* for Heart Disease and Stroke Among US Adults

Percent of Population with 2 or more risk factors, 1991

No data: Kansas, Nevada, Wyoming

Less than 22 percent: California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington

22–24.9 percent: Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin

25–29.9 percent: Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia

30 percent or more: None
 

Percent of Population with 2 or more risk factors, 1995

No data: District of Columbia

22–24.9 percent: Idaho, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin

25–29.9 percent: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia

30 percent or more: Indiana
 

Percent of Population with 2 or more risk factors, 1999

No data: None

Less than 22 percent: Arizona

22–24.9 percent: Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Kansas, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Vermont, Wyoming

25–29.9 percent: Alaska, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin

30 percent or more: Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia

*Age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Population. Risk factors included high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, current smoking, obesity and diabetes. Although physical inactivity is an important factor, data were not available for each year and, thus, were not included.

Source: Greenlund et al. Archiv Intern Med 2004;164:181-8.

Date last reviewed: 05/12/2006
Content source: Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion