Table 9_1_4-1

2009 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 9_1_4.1
Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health provider about eating fewer high-fat or high-cholesterol foods, United States, 2002 and 2006
		2006				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		223,040	27.1	50.3	0.9	213,242	24.3	48.9	0.8
Age	18–44	110,576	24.6	36.3	1.2	110,621	22.2	35.9	1.0
	45–64	75,820	31.8	60.2	1.3	67,868	28.9	59.9	1.1
	65 and over	36,644	24.9	66.0	2.0	34,753	21.8	63.2	1.9
Gender	Male	107,956	27.4	48.5	1.3	102,503	23.9	48.4	1.0
Gender	Female	115,084	26.8	52.0	1.1	110,739	24.6	49.4	1.0
Race	White, single race	181,631	26.7	51.5	1.0	175,673	23.5	49.6	0.9
	Black, single race	25,855	36.3	44.5	1.7	24,065	35.7	45.9	1.7
	Asian, single race	10,056	7.8	DSU	DSU	8,828	5.4	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	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	56.9	5.9	2,337	29.0	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	193,287	26.5	51.7	1.0	187,266	23.9	51.0	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	153,155	25.8	53.6	1.2	150,650	23.0	52.3	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	25,395	36.4	44.9	1.7	23,717	35.8	45.8	1.7
	Hispanic	29,754	31.3	42.2	1.6	25,975	27.0	35.6	1.6
Family income^a	Negative/poor	23,697	30.6	43.3	1.9	22,506	28.4	41.8	1.9
	Near poor/low	37,652	30.1	46.6	1.5	36,471	26.2	44.3	1.7
	Middle	68,850	28.3	47.4	1.6	65,448	25.2	47.7	1.4
	High	92,841	24.1	56.8	1.5	88,816	21.8	54.5	1.4
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	42,405	28.8	45.7	1.6	45,699	26.1	44.1	1.3
	High school graduate	68,199	31.6	49.2	1.4	69,044	27.3	47.9	1.2
	At least some college	111,011	23.7	53.4	1.3	97,284	21.3	52.7	1.3
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	148,234	26.7	45.6	1.1	141,728	24.1	45.4	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	38,084	30.8	54.0	1.8	36,729	27.3	50.4	1.6
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	137,173	26.8	50.3	1.1	135,781	23.8	49.4	1.0
	Public only	16,832	37.4	51.3	2.3	14,881	33.7	46.8	2.1
	Uninsured	32,392	25.6	32.0	1.8	27,827	24.5	32.5	1.9
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	10,977	25.4	59.9	3.6	9,940	21.0	61.9	3.3
	Medicare and private	20,984	24.0	69.4	2.5	20,705	21.1	65.9	2.6
	Medicare and other public	4,010	29.9	65.3	4.4	3,692	27.9	52.8	4.4
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	185,920	26.3	50.8	1.0	177,667	23.6	49.1	0.9
	Large central metro	66,319	24.7	51.4	1.6	64,883	23.3	50.6	1.6
	Large fringe metro	54,137	26.6	49.8	2.1	51,015	23.0	50.2	1.6
	Medium metro	46,196	28.4	51.6	1.9	43,170	24.3	45.5	1.7
	Small metro	19,268	25.9	49.5	2.9	18,599	24.0	49.3	3.2
	Nonmetropolitan	37,120	31.3	48.2	2.1	35,575	27.8	48.5	1.4
	Micropolitan	24,757	30.1	51.0	2.6	23,831	27.2	48.1	2.0
	Noncore	12,364	33.6	43.1	3.6	11,743	28.9	49.3	2.3
Language spoken most often at home	English	198,082	27.7	51.4	1.0	189,328	24.8	50.2	0.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	24,725	22.4	39.4	2.0	23,560	20.0	36.3	2.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	194,810	24.9	46.6	1.0	184,952	22.4	45.7	0.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	28,231	42.7	65.3	1.8	28,289	36.8	62.3	1.7
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	29,321	39.5	68.9	1.6	27,597	35.8	63.7	1.6
	Complex activities	17,185	41.7	68.4	2.0	16,397	38.6	64.2	1.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	188,138	24.9	45.4	1.0	180,777	22.3	45.2	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.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 9_1_4-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/9_lifestyle_modification/T9_1_4-1.html