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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 9_1_4.2d
Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health provider about eating fewer high-fat or high-cholesterol foods, 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   50.3 0.9 45.7 1.6 49.2 1.4 53.4 1.3
Age 18–44 36.4 1.2 30.1 2.2 33.8 2.0 41.4 1.9
45–64 60.3 1.3 55.5 2.8 60.4 1.9 61.8 1.7
65 and over 66.2 2.0 63.1 3.5 66.8 3.0 68.3 3.3
Gender Male 48.7 1.3 40.7 2.4 47.8 2.0 52.6 1.8
Female 51.9 1.1 50.0 2.0 50.5 1.6 54.2 1.6
Race White, single race 51.5 1.0 46.1 1.9 50.8 1.6 54.5 1.4
Black, single race 44.6 1.7 42.8 3.4 42.7 2.7 47.5 2.9
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 56.9 5.9 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 51.8 1.0 48.7 2.2 50.8 1.5 53.6 1.4
Non-Hispanic, White 53.6 1.2 50.1 2.9 53.1 1.7 54.9 1.5
Non-Hispanic, Black 45.0 1.7 43.9 3.4 43.1 2.7 47.5 2.9
Hispanic, all races 42.3 1.7 39.9 2.0 38.6 3.0 50.8 3.8
Family incomeb Negative/poor 43.7 1.9 42.1 2.9 46.7 3.3 41.7 3.8
Near poor/low 46.6 1.5 44.9 2.5 46.1 2.3 49.7 3.3
Middle 47.4 1.6 47.9 3.0 44.2 2.5 50.3 2.2
High 56.9 1.5 48.9 5.0 58.3 2.4 57.1 2.0
Employment status, ages 18–64 Employed 45.6 1.1 35.8 2.2 43.8 1.7 49.7 1.5
Not employed 54.1 1.8 48.1 2.7 53.8 2.8 61.0 2.8
Health insurance, ages 18–64 Any private 50.3 1.1 41.3 2.5 49.5 1.8 52.5 1.5
Public only 51.5 2.2 51.4 2.9 50.0 3.7 54.6 4.9
Uninsured 32.1 1.9 31.4 2.9 30.0 2.7 36.9 3.9
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 60.1 3.6 57.4 6.5 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medicare and private 69.4 2.5 66.9 5.4 72.9 3.8 67.9 3.7
Medicare and other public 66.2 4.3 65.0 5.6 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Residence locationc Metropolitan 50.9 1.0 45.6 1.7 49.3 1.7 54.4 1.4
  Large central metro 51.6 1.6 44.9 2.5 48.5 2.9 57.1 2.2
  Large fringe metro 49.9 2.1 43.3 3.8 50.0 2.8 52.1 2.9
  Medium metro 51.7 1.9 48.8 3.6 50.7 3.4 53.7 2.7
  Small metro 49.5 2.9 44.7 5.4 46.0 5.2 54.3 3.9
Nonmetropolitan 48.0 2.0 46.2 3.4 49.1 2.3 47.9 3.1
  Micropolitan 50.8 2.6 50.5 4.2 52.6 2.9 48.8 4.2
  Noncore 43.2 3.6 40.2 5.4 42.6 4.3 46.1 6.1
Language spoken most often at home English 51.4 1.0 48.1 2.0 50.3 1.4 53.4 1.3
Other 39.5 2.1 38.5 2.6 31.7 4.2 51.7 5.2
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 46.7 1.0 39.4 1.8 45.3 1.5 50.5 1.4
Fair/poor 65.3 1.8 60.5 2.7 64.3 3.0 71.2 3.0
Activity limitationsc Basic activities 69.0 1.6 64.9 2.8 67.9 2.6 73.6 2.4
Complex activities 68.4 2.0 64.0 3.4 67.3 3.3 74.2 3.3
Neither basic nor complex activities 45.5 1.0 37.7 1.9 44.1 1.5 49.5 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.