Table 4_1_5-1

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 4_1_5.1
Adults with obesity age 20 and over who were told by a doctor they were overweight,^a United States, 1999–2002 and 2003–2006
Population group		2003–2006		1999–2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		64.8	1.1	67.8	1.1
Age, not age adjusted	20–44	58.9	1.6	60.7	1.8
	45–64	69.7	1.5	77.4	1.6
	65 and over	73.0	2.0	71.6	2.3
Ethnicity	Mexican American	57.1	2.3	56.5	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	60.5	2.1	63.0	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	66.4	1.4	70.5	1.7
Gender	Male	59.6	1.6	63.1	2.0
Gender	Female	69.8	1.6	71.9	1.3
Family income^b	Negative/poor	61.5	2.9	66.3	3.2
	Near poor/low	62.5	1.9	66.5	2.8
	Middle	62.4	2.0	66.3	1.6
	High	70.6	2.4	71.3	2.4
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	59.2	2.2	63.6	2.2
	High school graduate	64.2	2.1	70.1	2.2
	At least some college	70.3	1.1	72.8	1.4

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated, using three age groups: 20–44, 45–64, and 65 and over for total, ethnicity, gender, family income, and 25–44, 45–64, and 65 and over for education.

^b Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over 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.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 4_1_5-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/4_heartdiseases/T4_1_5-1.html