Table 1.
Population characteristics, non-Hispanic whites and non-Hispanic Asians overall and by subgroup, BRFSS 2013, 2015 and 2017
| Non-Hispanic white (NHW) | Non-Hispanic Asian (NHA) | χ2 p-value | Asian Indian (AI) | Chinese | Filipino | Japanese | Korean | Vietnamese & Other | p-value | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | (95%CI) | % | (95%CI) | % | (95%CI) | % | (95%CI) | % | (95%CI) | % | (95%CI) | % | (95%CI) | % | (95%CI) | |||
| Number | 993187 | 27069 | 5301 | 4418 | 4413 | 5021 | 1309 | 3325 | ||||||||||
| Age (years) | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||||||||||||
| 18–64 | 76.1 | 75.9–76.2 | 89.5 | 88.7–90.3 | 92.6 | 91.2–93.8 | 91.2 | 89.1–92.9 | 83.9 | 81.0–86.4 | 65.8 | 60.9–70.3 | 93.3 | 90.6–95.3 | 94.1 | 92.3–95.4 | ||
| ≥65 | 23.9 | 23.8–24.1 | 10.5 | 9.7–11.3 | 7.4 | 6.2–8.8 | 8.8 | 7.1–10.9 | 16.1 | 13.6–19.0 | 34.3 | 29.7–39.1 | 6.7 | 4.7–9.4 | 5.9 | 4.6–7.7 | ||
| Sex | 0.417 | <0.001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Men | 49.9 | 49.7–50.1 | 50.4 | 49.2–51.7 | 57.2 | 54.9–59.5 | 47.7 | 44.9–50.5 | 42.4 | 38.9–45.8 | 42.7 | 38.4–47.2 | 46.4 | 41.4–51.5 | 51.5 | 48.3–54.7 | ||
| Women | 50.1 | 49.9–50.3 | 49.6 | 48.3–50.8 | 42.8 | 40.5–45.1 | 52.3 | 49.5–55.1 | 57.7 | 54.2–61.1 | 57.3 | 52.8–61.6 | 53.6 | 48.5–58.7 | 48.5 | 45.3–51.7 | ||
| Education | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||||||||||||
| ≤ HS | 37.4 | 37.2–37.6 | 21.5 | 20.4–22.6 | 15.8 | 14.0–17.8 | 17.3 | 15.1–19.8 | 27.5 | 24.3–31.0 | 20.5 | 17.2–24.3 | 17.2 | 13.8–21.1 | 29.7 | 26.8–32.8 | ||
| > HS | 62.6 | 62.5–62.8 | 78.6 | 77.5–79.6 | 84.2 | 82.2–86.0 | 82.7 | 80.2–84.9 | 72.5 | 69.0–75.7 | 79.5 | 75.7–82.8 | 82.9 | 78.9–86.2 | 70.3 | 67.2–73.2 | ||
| Obesity1 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 28.0 | 27.8–28.1 | 10.6 | 9.8–11.3 | 10.5 | 9.1–12.1 | 7.1 | 5.6–8.9 | 15.5 | 13.0–18.4 | 11.7 | 9.5–14.3 | 6.9 | 5.1–9.4 | 12.2 | 10.3–14.3 | ||
| No | 72.0 | 71.9–72.2 | 89.5 | 88.7–90.2 | 89.5 | 87.9–90.9 | 93.0 | 91.1–94.4 | 84.5 | 81.6–87.0 | 88.3 | 85.7–90.5 | 93.1 | 90.6–95.0 | 87.8 | 85.7–89.7 | ||
| Obesity2 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 28.0 | 27.8–28.1 | 19.7 | 18.7–20.7 | 21.3 | 19.5–23.2 | 12.6 | 10.7–14.8 | 26.6 | 23.6–29.8 | 22.8 | 19.3–26.9 | 15.4 | 12.4–18.9 | 20.6 | 18.1–23.3 | ||
| No | 72.0 | 71.9–72.2 | 80.3 | 79.3–81.3 | 78.7 | 76.8–80.5 | 87.4 | 85.2–89.3 | 73.5 | 70.2–76.4 | 77.2 | 73.1–80.7 | 84.6 | 81.1–87.6 | 79.4 | 76.7–81.9 | ||
| Diabetes | 0.002 | <0.001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 9.8 | 9.7–9.9 | 8.6 | 7.8–9.3 | 10.0 | 8.6–11.5 | 5. | 3.8–7.0 | 13.1 | 10.8–15.9 | 13.9 | 10.4–18.2 | 3.8 | 2.5–5.7 | 6.7 | 5.1–8.8 | ||
| No | 90.3 | 90.1–90.4 | 91.5 | 90.7–92.2 | 90.0 | 88.5–91.4 | 94.8 | 93.0–96.2 | 86.9 | 84.1–89.2 | 86.1 | 81.8–89.6 | 96.2 | 94.3–97.5 | 93.3 | 91.2–94.9 | ||
HS High school
Obesity 1: standard criteria (≥30 kg/m2) for both non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic Asian
Obesity 2: standard criteria (≥30 kg/m2) for non-Hispanic white and Asian specific cut point (≥27.5 kg/m2) for non-Hispanic Asian