Table 1.
Characteristics of Respondents (N = 197,034) by County of Residence, Appalachian Region, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2006-2007
| Characteristic | ARC County of Residencea | Overall, % (95% CI)n = 197,034 | |||||
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| Distressed, % (95% CI) n = 2,608 | At-risk, % (95% CI) n = 7,636 | Trans, % (95% CI) n = 27,269 | Comp, % (95% CI) n = 7,152 | Attain, % (95% CI) n = 1,690 | Non-App, % (95% CI) n = 150,679 | ||
| Self-reported diabetesb | 13 (12-15) | 11 (10-12) | 10 (9-11) | 9 (8-10) | 6 (5-8) | 9 (8-9) | 9 (9-9) |
| Age, y | |||||||
| ≤44 | 50 (47-53) | 48 (45-51) | 47 (44-50) | 49 (45-54) | 62 (58-66) | 51 (46-53) | 51 (40-53) |
| 45-64 | 34 (32-36) | 35 (33-37) | 34 (33-36) | 33 (31-35) | 30 (26-32) | 33 (32-34) | 33 (32-34) |
| ≥65 | 16 (14-18) | 17 (15-19) | 19 (17-21) | 18 (15-21) | 8 (7-10) | 16 (14-17) | 16 (15-17) |
| Sex | |||||||
| Men | 47 (44-50) | 47 (46-49) | 47 (46-49) | 49 (47-50) | 50 (48-53) | 48 (48-49) | 48 (48-48) |
| Women | 53 (50-56) | 53 (51-54) | 53 (51-54) | 51 (50-53) | 50 (47-52) | 52 (51-52) | 52 (52-52) |
| Annual income, $ | |||||||
| ≥50,000 | 27 (24-31) | 28 (26-31) | 39 (37-41) | 47 (44-50) | 66 (63-70) | 48 (46-50) | 47 (45-48) |
| 35,000 to <50,000 | 16 (14-18) | 19 (17-21) | 18 (17-19) | 17 (16-18) | 13 (12-16) | 16 (15-16) | 16 (15-17) |
| 25,000 to <35,000 | 14 (12-16) | 14 (13-16) | 13 (12-14) | 12 (11-14) | 8 (6-9) | 12 (12-12) | 12 (12-12) |
| 15,000 to <25,000 | 23 (20-25) | 23 (21-25) | 19 (18-20) | 15 (14-17) | 9 (6-12) | 16 (15-16) | 16 (15-17) |
| <15,000 | 21 (18-23) | 15 (13-18) | 11 (10-12) | 9 (8-10) | 4 (3-6) | 9 (8-10) | 9 (9-10) |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 89 (82-93) | 86 (80-92) | 86 (82-89) | 78 (73-83) | 68 (61-74) | 70 (67-74) | 72 (69-76) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 8 (4-16) | 9 (5-16) | 8 (5-12) | 13 (9-18) | 14 (11-18) | 16 (14-19) | 15 (13-18) |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 (1-2) | 2 (1-2) | 3 (2-4) | 4 (3-5) | 9 (7-12) | 7 (5-10) | 6 (5-9) |
| Non-Hispanic multiracial | 1 (0-1) | 1 (1-2) | 1 (1-1) | 1 (1-2) | 1 (1-2) | 1 (1-2) | 1 (1-1) |
| Non-Hispanic other | 1 (1-1) | 2 (1-2) | 2 (2-3) | 4 (3-5) | 8 (6-11) | 5 (4-6) | 4 (4-6) |
| Education | |||||||
| College or technical school graduate | 16 (13-18) | 19 (17-21) | 26 (25-28) | 35 (31-39) | 48 (44-51) | 33 (31-35) | 32 (31-34) |
| Some college or technical school | 23 (20-26) | 24 (22-26) | 25 (24-26) | 26 (24-28) | 25 (22-28) | 25 (24-26) | 25 (25-26) |
| High school graduate | 38 (35-41) | 40 (37-43) | 36 (34-38) | 30 (27-32) | 22 (19-26) | 31 (29-33) | 31 (30-33) |
| Less than high school graduate | 24 (21-26) | 18 (16-20) | 12 (11-14) | 9 (7-11) | 6 (4-7) | 11 (10-12) | 11 (10-12) |
| Smokingb | |||||||
| No | 47 (44-51) | 48 (46-51) | 52 (51-54) | 54 (52-55) | 62 (58-66) | 55 (54-56) | 55 (54-55) |
| Yes | 53 (49-56) | 52 (49-54) | 47 (46-49) | 47 (45-48) | 38 (34-42) | 45 (44-46) | 45 (45-46) |
| Physical activityb | |||||||
| No | 37 (34-40) | 32 (30-35) | 26 (25-28) | 22 (21-23) | 20 (18-22) | 25 (24-26) | 25 (24-26) |
| Yes | 63 (60-66) | 68 (65-70) | 74 (72-75) | 78 (77-79) | 80 (78-82) | 75 (74-76) | 75 (74-76) |
| Obesityb | |||||||
| No | 63 (61-66) | 70 (68-73) | 71 (70-72) | 74 (73-76) | 76 (74-78) | 73 (72-74) | 73 (72-74) |
| Yes | 37 (34-40) | 30 (27-32) | 29 (28-30) | 26 (24-27) | 24 (22-26) | 27 (26-28) | 27 (26-28) |
Abbreviations: ARC, Appalachian Regional Commission; CI, confidence interval; Trans, Transitional; Comp, Competitive; Attain, Attainment; Non-App, Non-Appalachian.
a
The ARC compares 3-year unemployment rate, per capita income, and poverty rate with corresponding national rates and classifies Appalachian counties as follows: distressed (worst 10% compared with all counties in the nation), at-risk (worst 10% to 25%), transitional (worst 25% to best 25%), competitive (best 25% to 10%), and attainment (best 10%).
b
See Methods for definition.