Table 4_1_7-2d

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 4_1_7.2d
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, 2005
Population group		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		49.7	0.8	46.0	1.5	46.8	1.3	54.1	1.3
Age	18–44	36.8	1.2	31.2	2.2	32.8	1.9	42.6	2.0
	45–64	58.6	1.4	55.0	2.4	56.0	2.2	62.1	2.0
	65 and over	65.5	1.8	61.3	3.1	64.8	3.1	70.6	3.0
Gender	Male	47.1	1.2	42.6	2.3	43.1	1.9	52.3	2.1
Gender	Female	52.1	1.1	48.6	2.0	50.1	1.8	55.8	1.6
Race	White, single race	50.7	1.0	46.0	1.8	48.0	1.6	55.2	1.5
	Black, single race	46.7	1.6	43.1	3.2	41.8	2.6	53.1	2.5
	Asian, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	51.2	5.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	51.8	0.9	51.1	1.8	48.4	1.4	54.8	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	53.5	1.1	52.8	2.3	50.5	1.7	56.3	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	46.7	1.6	44.0	3.4	42.0	2.6	52.5	2.7
	Hispanic	37.2	1.8	33.8	2.4	35.2	3.0	45.9	3.9
Family income^b	Negative/poor	45.4	2.0	42.8	2.7	43.8	3.4	52.4	4.3
	Near poor/low	43.0	1.8	45.7	2.6	39.0	2.4	45.1	3.6
	Middle	49.1	1.5	44.7	2.9	46.7	2.3	53.8	2.4
	High	55.2	1.5	56.6	4.9	52.8	2.4	56.2	2.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	45.5	1.0	35.5	2.0	41.8	1.7	51.1	1.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	52.1	1.7	49.5	2.5	50.6	2.9	57.5	3.7
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	50.4	1.1	42.6	2.5	48.5	1.8	53.4	1.5
	Public only	49.3	1.9	47.8	3.0	46.3	3.6	57.7	4.3
	Uninsured	29.8	1.9	33.4	2.8	23.7	2.7	34.7	4.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	59.4	3.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	68.8	2.4	68.0	4.6	69.2	3.8	68.8	3.8
	Medicare and other public	64.5	4.6	63.6	5.7	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	49.9	0.9	45.4	1.6	48.2	1.5	53.3	1.5
	Large central metro	46.6	1.5	41.2	2.5	44.5	2.6	51.1	2.3
	Large fringe metro	53.5	2.0	50.0	3.6	51.0	3.0	57.0	3.1
	Medium metro	50.5	2.2	43.5	3.3	50.8	3.0	53.1	3.0
	Small metro	49.3	2.3	53.5	4.5	45.5	4.1	50.5	3.4
	Nonmetropolitan	49.1	2.0	48.1	3.5	41.6	2.9	58.1	3.0
	Micropolitan	50.6	2.6	52.6	4.4	40.7	3.9	59.5	3.9
	Noncore	46.2	3.5	40.9	4.5	43.0	4.3	54.9	7.2
Language spoken most often at home	English	51.3	0.9	49.8	1.8	47.6	1.4	54.9	1.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	33.6	2.1	33.5	2.7	33.9	4.4	33.7	5.6
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	46.6	1.0	39.6	1.9	43.5	1.5	51.9	1.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	62.7	1.6	60.5	2.4	60.4	2.7	68.2	3.2
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	64.7	1.6	64.1	2.9	62.4	2.7	67.5	2.6
	Complex activities	64.6	1.9	62.0	3.3	60.3	3.0	71.8	3.4
	Neither basic nor complex activities	45.4	0.9	38.7	1.8	42.2	1.5	50.9	1.4

^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, 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.

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

* - 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_7-2d: 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_7-2d.html