Table 9_1_3-1
2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
2006 | 2002 | ||||||||
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Population group | Total population (in thousands)d | Percent obese | Percent with advicee | SE | Total population (in thousands)d | Percent obese | Percent with advicee | SE | |
Total | 223,040 | 27.1 | 58.7 | 0.9 | 213,242 | 24.3 | 56.8 | 0.9 | |
Age | 18–44 | 110,576 | 24.6 | 48.7 | 1.3 | 110,621 | 22.2 | 46.5 | 1.0 |
45–64 | 75,820 | 31.8 | 68.0 | 1.2 | 67,868 | 28.9 | 66.8 | 1.3 | |
65 and over | 36,644 | 24.9 | 64.3 | 2.1 | 34,753 | 21.8 | 64.6 | 2.0 | |
Gender | Male | 107,956 | 27.4 | 53.8 | 1.2 | 102,503 | 23.9 | 52.8 | 1.2 |
Female | 115,084 | 26.8 | 63.4 | 1.0 | 110,739 | 24.6 | 60.4 | 1.0 | |
Race | White, single race | 181,631 | 26.7 | 59.0 | 1.0 | 175,673 | 23.5 | 57.1 | 1.0 |
Black, single race | 25,855 | 36.3 | 56.6 | 1.6 | 24,065 | 35.7 | 55.3 | 1.6 | |
Asian, single race | 10,056 | 7.8 | DSU | DSU | 8,828 | 5.4 | DSU | DSU | |
NHOPI, single race | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 590 | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
AI/AN, single race | 1,869 | 36.2 | DSU | DSU | 1,749 | 31.3 | DSU | DSU | |
Multiple races | 2,839 | 28.5 | 64.9 | 5.4 | 2,337 | 29.0 | DSU | DSU | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 193,287 | 26.5 | 60.5 | 1.0 | 187,266 | 23.9 | 58.9 | 0.9 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 153,155 | 25.8 | 61.4 | 1.1 | 150,650 | 23.0 | 59.7 | 1.1 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 25,395 | 36.4 | 56.7 | 1.6 | 23,717 | 35.8 | 55.2 | 1.7 | |
Hispanic | 29,754 | 31.3 | 48.5 | 1.9 | 25,975 | 27.0 | 43.2 | 1.8 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 23,697 | 30.6 | 49.6 | 2.0 | 22,506 | 28.4 | 48.8 | 2.0 |
Near poor/low | 37,652 | 30.1 | 55.8 | 1.6 | 36,471 | 26.2 | 51.4 | 1.9 | |
Middle | 68,850 | 28.3 | 56.0 | 1.6 | 65,448 | 25.2 | 55.0 | 1.5 | |
High | 92,841 | 24.1 | 65.4 | 1.4 | 88,816 | 21.8 | 63.6 | 1.5 | |
Education,b age 18 and over | Less than high school | 42,405 | 28.8 | 51.3 | 1.6 | 45,699 | 26.1 | 50.9 | 1.3 |
High school graduate | 68,199 | 31.6 | 57.3 | 1.3 | 69,044 | 27.3 | 55.2 | 1.4 | |
At least some college | 111,011 | 23.7 | 63.3 | 1.2 | 97,284 | 21.3 | 61.6 | 1.2 | |
Employment status, ages 18–64 | Employed | 148,234 | 26.7 | 56.4 | 1.0 | 141,728 | 24.1 | 55.0 | 1.0 |
Not employed | 38,084 | 30.8 | 62.1 | 1.8 | 36,729 | 27.3 | 57.3 | 1.7 | |
Health insurance, ages 18–64 | Any private | 137,173 | 26.8 | 61.0 | 1.1 | 135,781 | 23.8 | 58.8 | 1.0 |
Public only | 16,832 | 37.4 | 60.2 | 2.1 | 14,881 | 33.7 | 54.9 | 2.1 | |
Uninsured | 32,392 | 25.6 | 41.2 | 2.1 | 27,827 | 24.5 | 39.7 | 1.9 | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 10,977 | 25.4 | 59.9 | 3.6 | 9,940 | 21.0 | 59.8 | 3.7 |
Medicare and private | 20,984 | 24.0 | 68.0 | 2.9 | 20,705 | 21.1 | 69.4 | 2.6 | |
Medicare and other public | 4,010 | 29.9 | 58.0 | 4.5 | 3,692 | 27.9 | 52.3 | 4.4 | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan | 185,920 | 26.3 | 59.7 | 1.0 | 177,667 | 23.6 | 57.6 | 1.0 |
Large central metro | 66,319 | 24.7 | 60.1 | 1.5 | 64,883 | 23.3 | 57.3 | 1.5 | |
Large fringe metro | 54,137 | 26.6 | 60.1 | 2.0 | 51,015 | 23.0 | 57.9 | 1.7 | |
Medium metro | 46,196 | 28.4 | 58.2 | 1.8 | 43,170 | 24.3 | 56.6 | 2.0 | |
Small metro | 19,268 | 25.9 | 60.8 | 3.2 | 18,599 | 24.0 | 60.1 | 3.8 | |
Nonmetropolitan | 37,120 | 31.3 | 54.6 | 2.1 | 35,575 | 27.8 | 53.4 | 1.8 | |
Micropolitan | 24,757 | 30.1 | 56.1 | 2.2 | 23,831 | 27.2 | 54.4 | 2.3 | |
Noncore | 12,364 | 33.6 | 51.9 | 4.3 | 11,743 | 28.9 | 51.6 | 2.7 | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 198,082 | 27.7 | 60.2 | 0.9 | 189,328 | 24.8 | 58.3 | 0.9 |
Other | 24,725 | 22.4 | 43.4 | 2.3 | 23,560 | 20.0 | 41.4 | 2.2 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 194,810 | 24.9 | 55.9 | 1.0 | 184,952 | 22.4 | 54.3 | 0.9 |
Fair/poor | 28,231 | 42.7 | 70.1 | 1.5 | 28,289 | 36.8 | 67.0 | 1.9 | |
Activity limitationsc | Basic activities | 29,321 | 39.5 | 73.2 | 1.4 | 27,597 | 35.8 | 68.9 | 1.5 |
Complex activities | 17,185 | 41.7 | 71.8 | 1.8 | 16,397 | 38.6 | 70.2 | 2.0 | |
Neither basic nor complex activities | 188,138 | 24.9 | 55.0 | 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, 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.
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.