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Diabetes
■ In Hawaii, Native Hawaiians have more than twice the rate of diabetes of whites.
■ Asians are 20 percent less likely than non - Hispanic whites to die from diabetes.

■ In Hawaii, Native Hawaiians are more than 5.7 times as likely as whites living in
Hawaii to die from diabetes.
■ Filipinos living in Hawaii have more than 3 times the death rate due to diabetes of
whites living in Hawaii.

Heart Disease

■ Overall, Asian and Pacific Islander adults are less likely than non - Hispanic white
adults to have heart disease, and they are also less likely to die from heart disease.

HIV/AIDS

■ Asians and Pacific Islanders have lower AIDS rates than their non - Hispanic white
counterparts, and they are less likely to die of HIV/AIDS.

■ One Asian and Pacific Islander child was diagnosed with AIDS in 2004.

Immunization

■ In 2004, Asian and Pacific Islander adults aged 65 years and older were 40 percent
less likely than non - Hispanic white adults of the same age group to have ever
received the pneumonia shot.

■ In 2003, Asian and Pacific Islander children aged 19 to 35 months reached the
Healthy People goal for immunizations for Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b),

hepatitis B, MMR (measles - mumps - rubella), polio, and chicken pox.

Infant Mortality

■ Among Asians and Pacific Islanders, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the
third leading cause of infant mortality.

■ The infant mortality rate for Asians and Pacific Islanders was 2.8 times greater for
mothers under 20 years old than it was for mothers aged 25 to 29.

Stroke

■ In general, Asian and Pacific Islander adults are less likely than non - Hispanic
white adults to die from a stroke.

■ In general, Asian and Pacific Islander adults have lower rates of being overweight
or obese and lower rates of hypertension than white adults do, and they are also
less likely to be current cigarette smokers.

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