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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 9_1_3.2d
Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health provider to exercise more, by education,a United States, 2006
    Total Less than high school High school graduate At least some college
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   58.7 0.9 51.3 1.6 57.3 1.3 63.3 1.2
Age 18–44 48.7 1.3 40.4 2.7 45.5 2.0 55.2 1.9
45–64 68.0 1.2 60.7 2.8 68.6 1.7 70.0 1.6
65 and over 64.5 2.1 59.7 3.2 63.3 3.4 69.8 3.6
Gender Male 53.9 1.2 44.6 2.4 52.4 1.8 58.9 1.8
Female 63.3 1.0 57.1 1.8 61.6 1.6 67.9 1.5
Race White, single race 59.0 1.0 50.3 1.9 57.5 1.5 63.9 1.4
Black, single race 56.8 1.6 51.4 2.8 56.4 2.6 60.1 2.4
Asian, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
NHOPI, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
AI/AN, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Multiple races 64.9 5.4 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 60.5 1.0 55.3 2.1 58.4 1.4 63.9 1.3
Non-Hispanic, White 61.4 1.1 55.3 2.7 59.3 1.6 64.7 1.5
Non-Hispanic, Black 56.9 1.6 52.5 2.8 55.9 2.6 60.2 2.4
Hispanic, all races 48.6 1.9 43.4 2.4 49.6 3.7 56.8 3.8
Family incomeb Negative/poor 49.7 2.0 50.9 3.0 51.0 3.1 45.5 3.8
Near poor/low 55.8 1.6 52.7 2.7 53.7 2.6 63.5 3.1
Middle 56.0 1.6 49.3 2.8 55.1 2.5 60.2 2.2
High 65.3 1.4 52.7 5.0 64.9 2.2 67.0 1.7
Employment status, ages 18–64 Employed 56.5 1.0 44.3 2.3 54.7 1.7 61.1 1.4
Not employed 62.0 1.8 55.6 2.6 61.3 2.6 69.7 2.8
Health insurance, ages 18–64 Any private 61.0 1.1 50.3 2.8 59.5 1.6 64.0 1.4
Public only 60.1 2.2 58.9 2.9 59.7 3.4 63.1 4.4
Uninsured 41.2 2.1 38.9 3.3 41.1 3.1 45.3 3.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 60.1 3.7 57.4 5.0 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medicare and private 68.0 2.9 61.8 5.1 69.9 4.4 69.8 4.5
Medicare and other public 59.0 4.5 59.5 5.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Residence locationc Metropolitan 59.7 1.0 51.0 1.8 58.7 1.6 64.2 1.4
  Large central metro 60.3 1.5 50.4 2.6 57.8 2.8 67.2 2.4
  Large fringe metro 60.2 2.0 51.6 4.0 60.5 3.0 62.7 2.6
  Medium metro 58.2 1.8 50.6 4.0 58.8 2.7 61.0 2.7
  Small metro 60.8 3.2 52.8 4.8 56.6 5.2 67.6 4.6
Nonmetropolitan 54.5 2.1 52.2 3.6 52.6 2.9 58.2 2.9
  Micropolitan 55.9 2.2 54.6 4.7 56.5 3.0 55.9 3.8
  Noncore 51.9 4.3 49.0 5.2 45.3 5.8 62.6 5.2
Language spoken most often at home English 60.2 0.9 55.0 1.9 58.5 1.3 63.5 1.3
Other 43.6 2.4 40.0 2.9 38.7 4.7 59.3 5.0
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 56.0 1.0 45.8 1.9 54.2 1.4 61.1 1.4
Fair/poor 70.2 1.5 64.0 2.6 69.6 2.4 76.9 2.5
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 73.3 1.4 67.2 2.6 74.0 2.3 77.7 2.2
Complex activities 71.9 1.8 67.4 3.3 72.4 3.1 75.6 3.0
Neither basic nor complex activities 55.0 1.0 44.7 1.9 52.9 1.5 60.6 1.5

a Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.

b Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.