63% of US adults at risk for cardiovascular disease: 5 notes
Between August 2021 and August 2023, 63.6% of adults in the U.S. had at least one cardiovascular disease risk factor, according to a data brief published Sept. 16 by the National Center for Health Statistics.
The brief defines cardiovascular risk factors as uncontrolled high blood pressure, uncontrolled high blood lipids, uncontrolled high mean blood glucose or a high body mass index.
Here are five things to know from the report:
- Of the 63.6% of adults with a cardiovascular disease risk factor during the study period, 34.9% had one, and 28.7% had two or more.
- A higher percentage of men had two or more cardiovascular disease risk factors compared to women, at 31.7% and 25.8%, respectively.
- The overall percentage of adults with at least one cardiovascular disease risk factor increased with age.
- Adults whose family income equaled 350% or more of the federal poverty level were more likely to have no cardiovascular disease risk factors, with the likelihood increasing as family income decreased.
- The age-adjusted percentage of adults with two or more cardiovascular disease risk factors increased from 23.7% between 2013 and 2014 to 28.1% between 2021 and 2023.
Read the full report here.
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