Table 4_1_6-1
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2005 | 2002 | |||||||
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Total population (in thousands)d | Percent obese | Percent with advicee | SE | Total population (in thousands)d | Percent obese | Percent with advicee | SE | ||
Total | 220,480 | 26.4 | 58.3 | 0.9 | 213,242 | 24.3 | 56.8 | 0.9 | |
Age | 18–44 | 110,381 | 23.8 | 47.4 | 1.4 | 110,621 | 22.2 | 46.5 | 1.0 |
45–64 | 73,925 | 31.3 | 67.8 | 1.3 | 67,868 | 28.9 | 66.8 | 1.3 | |
65 and over | 36,175 | 24.3 | 66.0 | 2.0 | 34,753 | 21.8 | 64.6 | 2.0 | |
Gender | Male | 106,178 | 26.0 | 53.5 | 1.2 | 102,503 | 23.9 | 52.8 | 1.2 |
Female | 114,302 | 26.8 | 62.6 | 1.0 | 110,739 | 24.6 | 60.4 | 1.0 | |
Race | White, single race | 179,840 | 25.6 | 58.7 | 1.1 | 175,673 | 23.5 | 57.1 | 1.0 |
Black, single race | 25,570 | 36.8 | 56.0 | 1.6 | 24,065 | 35.7 | 55.3 | 1.6 | |
Asian, single race | 9,564 | 6.7 | * | * | 8,828 | 5.4 | * | * | |
NHOPI, single race | 771 | * | * | * | 590 | * | * | * | |
AI/AN, single race | 1,621 | 42.9 | * | * | 1,749 | 31.3 | * | * | |
Multiple races | 3,114 | 33.5 | 60.8 | 5.7 | 2,337 | 29.0 | * | * | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 191,988 | 25.9 | 60.7 | 1.1 | 187,266 | 23.9 | 58.9 | 0.9 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 152,734 | 25.0 | 61.9 | 1.2 | 150,650 | 23.0 | 59.7 | 1.1 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 24,894 | 37.0 | 56.1 | 1.6 | 23,717 | 35.8 | 55.2 | 1.7 | |
Hispanic | 28,492 | 29.5 | 44.1 | 1.9 | 25,975 | 27.0 | 43.2 | 1.8 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 23,781 | 30.3 | 49.5 | 2.0 | 22,506 | 28.4 | 48.8 | 2.0 |
Near poor/low | 37,981 | 28.4 | 51.9 | 1.6 | 36,471 | 26.2 | 51.4 | 1.9 | |
Middle | 68,345 | 27.9 | 58.7 | 1.5 | 65,448 | 25.2 | 55.0 | 1.5 | |
High | 90,374 | 23.4 | 64.2 | 1.4 | 88,816 | 21.8 | 63.6 | 1.5 | |
Education,b age 18 and over | Less than high school | 42,593 | 28.1 | 50.5 | 1.6 | 45,699 | 26.1 | 50.9 | 1.3 |
High school graduate | 69,768 | 30.5 | 57.0 | 1.5 | 69,044 | 27.3 | 55.2 | 1.4 | |
At least some college | 106,829 | 23.0 | 63.2 | 1.3 | 97,284 | 21.3 | 61.6 | 1.2 | |
Employment status, ages 18–64 | Employed | 145,636 | 26.3 | 56.0 | 1.1 | 141,728 | 24.1 | 55.0 | 1.0 |
Not employed | 38,597 | 28.8 | 60.0 | 1.7 | 36,729 | 27.3 | 57.3 | 1.7 | |
Health insurance, ages 18–64 | Any private | 136,291 | 26.1 | 60.7 | 1.2 | 135,781 | 23.8 | 58.8 | 1.0 |
Public only | 16,765 | 34.3 | 59.4 | 1.9 | 14,881 | 33.7 | 54.9 | 2.1 | |
Uninsured | 31,250 | 25.7 | 38.2 | 2.0 | 27,827 | 24.5 | 39.7 | 1.9 | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 9,835 | 24.5 | 62.5 | 3.9 | 9,940 | 21.0 | 59.8 | 3.7 |
Medicare and private | 21,553 | 23.3 | 68.7 | 2.3 | 20,705 | 21.1 | 69.4 | 2.6 | |
Medicare and other public | 4,323 | 29.5 | 62.4 | 4.5 | 3,692 | 27.9 | 52.3 | 4.4 | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan | 183,519 | 25.7 | 59.1 | 1.1 | 177,667 | 23.6 | 57.6 | 1.0 |
Large central metro | 65,960 | 25.2 | 55.2 | 1.4 | 64,883 | 23.3 | 57.3 | 1.5 | |
Large fringe metro | 54,205 | 25.6 | 61.4 | 1.9 | 51,015 | 23.0 | 57.9 | 1.7 | |
Medium metro | 44,403 | 25.8 | 60.5 | 2.4 | 43,170 | 24.3 | 56.6 | 2.0 | |
Small metro | 18,951 | 27.7 | 62.1 | 2.7 | 18,599 | 24.0 | 60.1 | 3.8 | |
Nonmetropolitan | 36,961 | 29.7 | 55.0 | 1.9 | 35,575 | 27.8 | 53.4 | 1.8 | |
Micropolitan | 24,320 | 29.6 | 55.2 | 2.5 | 23,831 | 27.2 | 54.4 | 2.3 | |
Noncore | 12,641 | 29.9 | 54.4 | 3.4 | 11,743 | 28.9 | 51.6 | 2.7 | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 196,028 | 26.9 | 60.2 | 1.0 | 189,328 | 24.8 | 58.3 | 0.9 |
Other | 24,191 | 21.7 | 38.4 | 2.4 | 23,560 | 20.0 | 41.4 | 2.2 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 191,657 | 24.5 | 55.7 | 1.0 | 184,952 | 22.4 | 54.3 | 0.9 |
Fair/poor | 28,824 | 39.4 | 69.3 | 1.7 | 28,289 | 36.8 | 67.0 | 1.9 | |
Activity limitationsc | Basic activities | 29,155 | 39.7 | 70.6 | 1.5 | 27,597 | 35.8 | 68.9 | 1.5 |
Complex activities | 17,728 | 40.3 | 69.3 | 1.8 | 16,397 | 38.6 | 70.2 | 2.0 | |
Neither basic nor complex activities | 185,120 | 24.0 | 54.8 | 1.0 | 180,777 | 22.3 | 53.5 | 0.9 |
a 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.
b 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.
c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.
d Numbers may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.
e Denominator is adults with obesity, excluding missing values.
* - 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.