Table 2.

Health status by educational attainment (N and weighted percentages)

	N	Educational Attainment				Overall
		High	Medium-high	Medium-low	Low
Self-reported health status *
Excellent	3,647	16.6	9.7	6.5	3.3	9.2
Very good	10,158	42.3	26.2	15.5	11.3	25.4
Good	18,141	34.7	48.6	50.9	45.9	45.5
Fair	8,260	7.8	13.8	23.5	32.1	17.3
Poor	1,129	0.6	1.6	3.6	7.4	2.6
Diet in the past week *
Consumed fruits and vegetables	12,743	35.8	28.8	27.9	26.0	29.9
Consumed some fruits but no vegetables	5,184	13.2	13.1	13.0	14.2	13.2
Consumed some vegetables but no fruit	10,036	22.2	20.9	21.1	24.2	21.7
Consumed neither fruit nor vegetables in five days of the last week	13,372	28.9	37.2	38.1	35.6	35.3
Obesity *
BMI < 25	18,740	61.7	53.1	42.3	38.8	50.9
25 = < BMI <30 (overweight)	13,161	29.4	33.2	38.9	39.9	34.5
BMI > = 30 (obese)	6,009	8.9	13.7	18.8	21.4	14.7
Diabetes *
Yes	3,670	5.1	6.5	11.4	14.7	8.5
No	37,494	94.5	93.5	88.6	85.4	91.5

Notes: * Chi-square test significant at p < 0.001.