Table T2_10_1_2-1

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 2_10_1_2.1
Adults with obesity age 20 and over who were told by a doctor that they were overweight,^a United States, 1999–2010
		2007–2010			2003–2006			1999–2002
Population group		Weighted size (in thousands)	Percent	SE	Weighted size (in thousands)	Percent	SE	Weighted size (in thousands)	Percent	SE
Total		212,281	34.8	0.7	200,655	33.3	0.9	187,632	30.4	0.9
Age, not age adjusted	20–44	99,180	32.2	1.1	97,089	31.2	1.3	94,890	27.3	0.8
	45–64	76,628	38.4	1.1	68,916	38.4	1.6	61,992	35.8	1.5
	65 and over	36,473	35.1	1.1	34,649	30.1	1.1	30,750	29.8	1.2
Ethnicity	Mexican American	108,981	35.7	0.7	102,360	34.3	1.1	95,906	33.2	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	103,300	33.9	1.1	98,294	32.2	1.2	91,726	27.6	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	17,758	40.5	1.8	15,444	35.4	1.1	13,097	32.6	1.6
Gender	Male	23,949	46.9	1.5	22,511	45.5	1.4	19,874	39.4	1.2
Gender	Female	146,238	33.3	1.0	145,035	31.8	1.0	134,198	29.4	1.0
Family income^b	Negative/poor	27,957	36.8	1.3	22,267	34.7	1.4	24,026	33.9	1.8
	Near poor/low	40,126	36.8	1.3	38,856	35.4	1.2	35,253	33.9	1.6
	Middle	55,808	36.7	1.0	61,758	35.6	2.0	49,571	31.9	1.6
	High	71,774	31.8	1.3	68,565	29.2	1.2	62,325	26.0	1.2
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	38,072	38.4	1.3	32,470	35.1	1.5	36,730	33.5	1.6
	High school graduate	45,737	37.7	1.5	47,368	37.7	1.3	43,722	34.6	1.5
	At least some college	108,694	34.2	0.9	101,541	32.3	1.3	89,043	28.9	1.2

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population, except where indicated. Total, race, ethnicity, gender, and family income are adjusted using three age groups: 20–44, 44–64, and 65 and over; education is adjusted using age groups 25–44, 45–64, and 65 and over.

^b 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.

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 June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T2_10_1_2-1: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/10_lifestylemodification/T2_10_1_2-1.html