This month’s featured content is Cardiovascular Disease in Hawaiʻi. HHDW’s Cardiovascular Disease fact sheet, released in February 2026, highlights the latest data available on this topic and provides additional resources for users to explore further.
The fact sheet showcases indicators such as prevalence and death rates for heart disease, heart attack, and stroke, prevalence rates for cholesterol and blood pressure, and indicators related to detection and management.
Here are some key highlights for Hawaiʻi in 2023 from the fact sheet:
- Heart disease is the leading cause of death
- 3.6% of adults have experienced a heart attack
- 3.7% of adults have experienced a stroke
- 32.4% of adults have high blood pressure
- 83.3% of adults have taken a cholesterol test within the past 5 years
This fact sheet also displays additional resources for users interested in cardiovascular disease, including HHDW’s Cardiovascular Disease Health Topics Page and a custom dashboard on HawaiiHealthMatters.org featuring carefully curated indicators.
