Table 1.
Prevalence of obesity, smoking, and both risk factors among adults (≥18 years): US National Health Interview Survey, 2002. Values are percentages (95% confidence intervals)
| Sample size
|
Obese* (weighted n=45 398 794)
|
Smoker† (weighted n=43 710 065)
|
Obese and smoker (weighted n=9 087 068)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Actual | Weighted | |||
| Age (years): | |||||
| 18-24 | 3 176 | 25 998 063 | 14.9 (13.4 to 16.5) | 28.8 (26.8 to 30.9) | 4.5 (3.7 to 5.6) |
| 25-34 | 5 520 | 34 991 228 | 22.2 (20.9 to 23.5) | 24.8 (23.5 to 26.2) | 5.7 (5.0 to 6.5) |
| 35-44 | 6 130 | 41 605 141 | 25.0 (23.7 to 26.3) | 26.9 (25.6 to 28.4) | 6.1 (5.5 to 6.9) |
| 45-54 | 5 161 | 36 827 949 | 27.1 (25.7 to 28.6) | 25.0 (23.7 to 26.4) | 6.0 (5.2 to 6.8) |
| 55-64 | 3 752 | 24 214 894 | 28.7 (27.1 to 30.4) | 20.0 (18.7 to 21.4) | 4.0 (3.4 to 4.7) |
| ≥65 | 5 566 | 31 542 770 | 22.1 (20.9 to 23.4) | 9.2 (8.4 to 10.1) | 1.1 (0.9 to 1.5) |
| Sex: | |||||
| Male | 12 989 | 95 502 862 | 24.1 (23.2 to 25.0 | 25.3 (24.5 to 26.3) | 5.3 (4.8 to 5.8) |
| Female | 16 316 | 99 677 183 | 23.0 (22.2 to 23.8) | 20.2 (19.4 to 21.1) | 4.2 (3.9 to 4.6) |
| Ethnic origin: | |||||
| White | 19 493 | 143 822 860 | 22.2 (21.5 to 22.9) | 23.8 (23.0 to 24.6) | 4.6 (4.2 to 5.0) |
| Black | 3 965 | 22 269 346 | 35.1 (33.3 to 37.0) | 23.1 (21.4 to 24.8) | 7.0 (6.1 to 8.1) |
| Hispanic | 4 785 | 20 590 479 | 25.2 (23.7 to 26.8) | 17.1 (15.9 to 18.4) | 4.2 (3.6 to 5.0) |
| Other | 1 062 | 8 497 360 | 11.8 (9.3 to 14.7) | 17.9 (15.5 to 20.6) | 3.0 (1.9 to 4.7) |
| Education: | |||||
| Did not finish high school | 5 498 | 31 611 890 | 27.5 (26.1 to 29.0) | 29.6 (28.3 to 31.0) | 6.1 (5.3 to 6.9) |
| High school graduate or equivalent | 8 412 | 57 704 002 | 26.0 (24.8 to 27.2) | 28.6 (41.5 to 49.0) | 6.1 (5.5 to 6.8) |
| AA‡ degree or college but no degree | 8 374 | 56 576 273 | 24.1 (22.9 to 25.3) | 22.9 (21.7 to 24.1) | 5.0 (4.4 to 5.7) |
| Bachelor degree | 6 808 | 47 900 038 | 17.4 (16.4 to 18.4) | 10.8 (10.0 to 11.6) | 1.8 (1.5 to 2.3) |
| Annual family income: | |||||
| <$20 000 | 7 303 | 35 271 941 | 25.8 (24.6 to 27.1) | 29.8 (28.4 to 31.2) | 6.5 (5.8 to 7.3) |
| ≥$20 000 | 20 288 | 148 527 413 | 23.1 (22.3 to 23.8) | 21.3 (20.6 to 22.0) | 4.5 (4.1 to 4.9) |
| Overall | 29 305 | 195 180 045 | 23.5 (22.9 to 24.2) | 22.7 (22.1 to 23.4) | 4.7 (4.4 to 5.1) |
*
Body mass index of ≥30.0.
†
Has smoked >100 cigarettes and smokes either every day or some days.
‡
Associate of Arts degree: two year course that covers the first two years of a four year bachelor degree.