Table 4_1_7-1

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_7.1
Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health provider about eating fewer high-fat or high-cholesterol foods, United States, 2002 and 2005
Population group		2005				2002
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^d	Percent obese	Percent with advice^e	SE	Total population (in thousands)^d	Percent obese	Percent with advice^e	SE
Total		220,480	26.4	49.7	0.8	213,242	24.3	48.9	0.8
Age	18–44	110,381	23.8	36.7	1.2	110,621	22.2	35.9	1.0
	45–64	73,925	31.3	58.6	1.4	67,868	28.9	59.9	1.1
	65 and over	36,175	24.3	65.4	1.8	34,753	21.8	63.2	1.9
Gender	Male	106,178	26.0	47.0	1.2	102,503	23.9	48.4	1.0
Gender	Female	114,302	26.8	52.1	1.1	110,739	24.6	49.4	1.0
Race	White, single race	179,840	25.6	50.7	1.0	175,673	23.5	49.6	0.9
	Black, single race	25,570	36.8	46.5	1.6	24,065	35.7	45.9	1.7
	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	51.2	5.6	2,337	29.0	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	191,988	25.9	51.7	0.9	187,266	23.9	51.0	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	152,734	25.0	53.5	1.1	150,650	23.0	52.3	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	24,894	37.0	46.5	1.6	23,717	35.8	45.8	1.7
	Hispanic	28,492	29.5	37.3	1.8	25,975	27.0	35.6	1.6
Family income^a	Negative/poor	23,781	30.3	45.3	2.0	22,506	28.4	41.8	1.9
	Near poor/low	37,981	28.4	42.9	1.8	36,471	26.2	44.3	1.7
	Middle	68,345	27.9	49.0	1.5	65,448	25.2	47.7	1.4
	High	90,374	23.4	55.2	1.5	88,816	21.8	54.5	1.4
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	42,593	28.1	46.0	1.5	45,699	26.1	44.1	1.3
	High school graduate	69,768	30.5	46.8	1.3	69,044	27.3	47.9	1.2
	At least some college	106,829	23.0	54.1	1.3	97,284	21.3	52.7	1.3
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	145,636	26.3	45.4	1.0	141,728	24.1	45.4	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	38,597	28.8	52.0	1.7	36,729	27.3	50.4	1.6
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	136,291	26.1	50.3	1.1	135,781	23.8	49.4	1.0
	Public only	16,765	34.3	49.3	1.9	14,881	33.7	46.8	2.1
	Uninsured	31,250	25.7	29.8	1.9	27,827	24.5	32.5	1.9
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	9,835	24.5	59.2	3.9	9,940	21.0	61.9	3.3
	Medicare and private	21,553	23.3	68.7	2.4	20,705	21.1	65.9	2.6
	Medicare and other public	4,323	29.5	65.0	4.5	3,692	27.9	52.8	4.4
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	183,519	25.7	49.8	0.9	177,667	23.6	49.1	0.9
	Large central metro	65,960	25.2	46.6	1.6	64,883	23.3	50.6	1.6
	Large fringe metro	54,205	25.6	53.4	2.0	51,015	23.0	50.2	1.6
	Medium metro	44,403	25.8	50.4	2.2	43,170	24.3	45.5	1.7
	Small metro	18,951	27.7	49.3	2.3	18,599	24.0	49.3	3.2
	Nonmetropolitan	36,961	29.7	49.0	2.1	35,575	27.8	48.5	1.4
	Micropolitan	24,320	29.6	50.5	2.7	23,831	27.2	48.1	2.0
	Noncore	12,641	29.9	46.2	3.6	11,743	28.9	49.3	2.3
Language spoken most often at home	English	196,028	26.9	51.2	0.9	189,328	24.8	50.2	0.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	24,191	21.7	33.7	2.1	23,560	20.0	36.3	2.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	191,657	24.5	46.6	1.0	184,952	22.4	45.7	0.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	28,824	39.4	62.7	1.6	28,289	36.8	62.3	1.7
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	29,155	39.7	64.6	1.6	27,597	35.8	63.7	1.6
	Complex activities	17,728	40.3	64.5	1.9	16,397	38.6	64.2	1.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	185,120	24.0	45.4	0.9	180,777	22.3	45.2	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.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 4_1_7-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/4_heartdiseases/T4_1_7-1.html