Table 1.
Sample Characteristics by Overall and by Race/Ethnicity, Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System 2014–2020
| Characteristics | Overall (N=779,143) | Non-Hispanic White (n=645,928) | Non-Hispanic Black (n=58,534) | Hispanic (n=34,216) | Non-Hispanic AI/AN (n=11,881) | Non-Hispanic API (n=11,479) | Non-Hispanic other (n=17,105) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample n (weighted %) | Sample n (weighted %) | Sample n (weighted %) | Sample n (weighted %) | Sample n (weighted %) | Sample n (weighted %) | Sample n (weighted %) | |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 336,208 (47.6) | 280,443 (47.5) | 21,836 (46.1) | 14,938 (48.8) | 5,162 (49.2) | 5,661 (50.7) | 8,168 (49.0) |
| Female | 442,935 (52.4) | 365,485 (52.5) | 36,698 (53.9) | 19,278 (51.2) | 6,719 (50.8) | 5,818 (49.3) | 8,937 (51.0) |
| Age, years | |||||||
| 50–59 | 280,794 (44.5) | 223,209 (42.1) | 23,689 (49.0) | 17,057 (54.8) | 5,188 (50.8) | 4,972 (49.0) | 6,679 (46.4) |
| 60–69 | 335,905 (39.1) | 281,682 (40.1) | 24,991 (37.8) | 12,537 (34.0) | 4,840 (36.1) | 4,562 (38.3) | 7,293 (38.8) |
| 70–75 | 162,444 (16.4) | 141,037 (17.8) | 9,854 (13.1) | 4,622 (11.2) | 1,853 (13.1) | 1,945 (12.7) | 3,133 (14.8) |
| Education | |||||||
| <High school | 48,882 (12.5) | 28,260 (7.5) | 7,129 (17.1) | 9,988 (43.8) | 1,736 (22.2) | 446 (6.9) | 1,323 (11.7) |
| High school | 211,068 (27.6) | 172,929 (28.7) | 19,236 (30.2) | 8,687 (21.3) | 3,738 (31.0) | 2,006 (16.0) | 4,472 (24.5) |
| >High school | 519,193 (59.9) | 444,739 (63.8) | 32,169 (52.7) | 15,541 (34.9) | 6,407 (46.8) | 9,027 (77.1) | 11,310 (63.8) |
| Household income | |||||||
| <$25,000 | 160,781 (21.3) | 114,075 (16.5) | 21,442 (34.7) | 13,105 (40.4) | 5,140 (40.0) | 1,909 (15.9) | 5,110 (27.6) |
| $25,000–74,999 | 281,119 (34.0) | 238,694 (35.1) | 19,124 (32.9) | 10,217 (29.8) | 3,643 (30.0) | 3,778 (29.8) | 5,663 (31.1) |
| $75,000 or more | 233,016 (31.3) | 207,528 (35.3) | 9,764 (19.0) | 5,815 (14.9) | 1,598 (17.0) | 4,380 (40.5) | 3,931 (26.1) |
| Missing | 104,227 (13.4) | 85,631 (13.1) | 8,204 (13.4) | 5,079 (14.9) | 1,500 (13.0) | 1,412 (13.8) | 2,401 (15.2) |
| Health insurance | |||||||
| Yes | 738,835 (92.8) | 618,235 (94.9) | 54,007 (90.7) | 28,683 (80.5) | 11,057 (90.9) | 10,874 (93.8) | 15,979 (91.9) |
| No | 40,308 (7.2) | 27,693 (5.1) | 4,527 (9.3) | 5,533 (19.5) | 824 (9.1) | 605 (6.2) | 1,126 (8.1) |
| Up-to-date CRC screening | |||||||
| Yes | 560,738 (68.9) | 471,523 (71.1) | 42,543 (69.4) | 20,316 (55.3) | 7,078 (59.8) | 7,706 (63.6) | 11,572 (65.0) |
| No | 218,405 (31.1) | 174,405 (28.9) | 15,991 (30.6) | 13,900 (44.7) | 4,803 (40.1) | 3,773 (36.4) | 5,533 (35.0) |
| U.S. Census Bureau divisionsa | |||||||
| I. New England | 92,569 (5.1) | 84,746 (6.0) | 2,141 (2.0) | 2,727 (2.8) | 603 (3.2) | 656 (3.1) | 1,696 (5.4) |
| 2. Middle Atlantic | 66,153 (13.0) | 55,259 (13.0) | 4,798 (13.4) | 3,525 (12.6) | 424 (6.2) | 1,007 (17.6) | 1,140 (9.8) |
| 3. East North Central | 75,790 (15.3) | 66,546 (17.3) | 5,420 (14.5) | 1,356 (6.1) | 700 (8.9) | 472 (5.8) | 1,296 (10.3) |
| 4. West North Central | 131,270 (6.9) | 120,758 (8.5) | 3,330 (3.1) | 2,404 (1.6) | 2,640 (8.8) | 562 (1.9) | 1,576 (5.3) |
| 5. South Atlantic | 146,537 (21.2) | 110,958 (20.2) | 25,110 (35.3) | 4,917 (17.0) | 1,321 (17.9) | 1,324 (11.3) | 2,907 (19.1) |
| 6. East South Central | 47,016 (6.0) | 35,984 (6.5) | 9,350 (9.3) | 285 (0.6) | 428 (6.4) | 143 (0.6) | 826 (4.7) |
| 7. West South Central | 49,541 (11.0) | 36,474 (9.4) | 5,773 (13.6) | 4,537 (21.5) | 1,063 (14.9) | 320 (4.9) | 1,374 (10.1) |
| 8. Mountain | 105,978 (7.1) | 88,562 (7.3) | 1,369 (2.0) | 9,752 (10.7) | 3,408 (17.4) | 853 (4.7) | 2,034 (7.3) |
| 9. Pacific | 64,289 (14.4) | 46,641 (11.9) | 1,243 (6.8) | 4,713 (27.1) | 1,294 (16.3) | 6,142 (50.1) | 4,256 (27.9) |
U.S. Census Bureau Divisions with states in each division: Division 1: New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont), Division 2: Middle Atlantic (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania), Division 3: East North Central (Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin), Division 4: West North Central (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota), Division 5: South Atlantic (Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia), Division 6: East South Central (Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee), Division 7: West South Central (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas), Division 8: Mountain (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Montana, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming), and Division 9: Pacific (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington).
AI/AN, American Indian/Alaskan Natives; API, non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian; CRC, colorectal cancer.