Table 9_1_2-1

2010 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_2.1
Adults with obesity^a age 20 and over who were told by a doctor they were overweight,^b United States, 2001-2004 and 2005-2008
		2005-2008		2001-2004
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		65.9	1.3	65.0	1.1
Age^c	20-44	59.9	1.7	58.1	1.5
	45-64	73.4	1.4	69.7	1.9
	65 and over	69.9	2.1	76.7	1.8
Ethnicity	Mexican American	59.9	2.0	54.8	2.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	61.4	2.0	60.1	1.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	67.2	1.6	67.5	1.4
Gender	Male	60.7	1.5	59.9	1.9
Gender	Female	70.6	1.7	69.7	1.2
Family income^d	Negative/poor	60.8	2.7	63.1	2.4
	Near poor/low	61.6	2.2	64.0	2.3
	Middle	65.1	2.1	62.7	2.0
	High	72.8	2.5	69.0	2.2
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	59.7	2.2	60.9	2.3
	High school graduate	65.4	2.0	65.2	2.3
	At least some college	71.5	1.4	69.6	1.2

^a Obese adults were identified as those with a body mass index (BMI) value of 30 or higher.

^b Total, race, ethnicity, gender, and family income data are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using three age groups: 20 to 44, 44 to 64, and 65 and over. Education estimates were age adjusted using the following age groups: 25 to 44, 45 to 64, and 65 and over.

^c Age data are unadjusted.

^d Estimates are based on a revised definition of poverty that incorporates information on family income, size, and composition and is calculated as a percentage of the U.S. Census Bureau's poverty thresholds.� Negative or poor refers to family incomes below the Federal poverty line for a given household size and composition; 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.�� Respondents with unknown poverty information were excluded.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 9_1_2-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/9_lifestyle_modification/T9_1_2-1.html