TABLE 1.
Characteristics of Adult Men in Asian Communities Targeted by REACH and Participating in the BRFSS: United States, 2002
| 2002 REACH Risk Factor Survey |
2002 BRFSS |
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| Characteristics | Vietnamese (n = 1055), % (SE) | Cambodian (n = 418), % (SE) | Asian (n = 184), % (SE) | United States (n = 96 549), % (SE) | US API (n = 3282), % (SE) |
| English-speaking | 29.1 (1.7) | 32.6 (7.5) | 75.4 (5.1) | 94.3a (0.2) | 99.2a (0.4) |
| Age, y | |||||
| 18–34 | 28.3 (1.8) | 39.9 (4.9) | 48.5 (6.7) | 33.4 (0.2) | 47.2 (1.9) |
| 35–44 | 26.6 (1.7) | 32.1 (5.9) | 23.1 (5.5) | 21.5 (0.2) | 23.3 (1.6) |
| 45–54 | 19.6 (1.5) | 16.1 (4.6) | 14.1 (4.7) | 18.7 (0.2) | 15.9 (1.4) |
| 55–64 | 12.7 (1.2) | 4.6 (1.0) | 2.3 (0.7) | 12.4 (0.1) | 9.2 (1.1) |
| ≥ 65 | 12.8 (1.1) | 7.3 (2.5) | 12.0 (4.5) | 14.1 (0.1) | 4.4 (0.8) |
| Education level | |||||
| < High school | 18.6 (1.4) | 40.2 (6.5) | 11.9 (4.1) | 12.6 (0.2) | 5.0 (0.8) |
| High school graduate | 23.6 (1.6) | 42.2 (6.7) | 22.3 (5.3) | 30.2 (0.3) | 16.4 (1.5) |
| Some college | 25.6 (1.7) | 14.5 (2.7) | 19.4 (5.2) | 25.5 (0.3) | 19.8 (1.8) |
| College graduate | 32.3 (1.9) | 3.1 (1.0) | 46.4 (6.8) | 31.7 (0.3) | 58.8 (2.0) |
| Annual family income, $ | |||||
| < 24 999 | 49.2 (2.0) | 45.6 (5.6) | 42.9 (7.1) | 25.2 (0.3) | 23.1 (2.0) |
| 25 000–49 999 | 27.9 (1.8) | 43.4 (7.2) | 25.7 (6.1) | 32.5 (0.3) | 24.2 (1.7) |
| 50 000–74 999 | 11.4 (1.2) | 2.3 (0.7) | 14.2 (5.2) | 18.2 (0.2) | 17.7 (1.7) |
| ≥ 75 000 | 11.5 (1.2) | 8.8 (3.5) | 17.2 (5.4) | 24.1 (0.3) | 35.0 (2.2) |
| Weightb | |||||
| Normal | 75.1 (1.6) | 67.7 (6.6) | 56.1 (6.8) | 33.1 (0.3) | 53.2 (2.1) |
| Overweight | 23.3 (1.6) | 28.9 (6.7) | 39.8 (6.7) | 44.6 (0.3) | 37.7 (2.1) |
| Obese | 1.6 (0.4) | 3.4 (0.8) | 4.0 (2.6) | 22.3 (0.2) | 9.2 (1.1) |
| Smoking status | |||||
| Current smoker | 31.0 (1.7) | 50.1 (5.4) | 23.4 (5.6) | 25.3 (0.3) | 19.3 (1.6) |
| Past smoker | 11.3 (1.1) | 8.7 (3.7) | 29.3 (6.4) | 27.9 (0.2) | 18.6 (1.7) |
| Never | 57.7 (1.9) | 41.1 (4.8) | 47.3 (6.7) | 46.8 (0.3) | 62.1 (2.0) |
Note. API = Asian American/Pacific Islander; BRFSS = Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; REACH = Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health. Vietnamese data was pooled for 2 Vietnamese communities in southern California targeted by REACH. Cambodian data was from a Cambodian community in Lowell, MA, targeted by REACH. Asian data was pooled for members of various Asian American/Pacific Islander ethnic subgroups in King County, WA.
Information not available for 2002; data for 2003 were used instead.
Normal, overweight, and obese weight categories were defined by body mass index (weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared). Normal < 25 kg/m2, overweight = 25-29.99 kg/m2, and obese ≥ 30 kg/m2.