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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2011 Feb 15;154(4):217–226. doi: 10.1059/0003-4819-154-4-201102150-00001

Table 2. U.S. Population Sizes for Persons Aged 50 to 84 Years, by Race or Ethnicity, Sex, Knee Osteoarthritis, and Obesity.

Race and Sex Total U.S.
Population, n
Osteoarthritis-Free
and Nonobese, n (%)*
Osteoarthritis-Free
and Obese, n (%)*
Knee Osteoarthritis
and Nonobese, n (%)*
Knee Osteoarthritis
and Obese, n (%)*
Total With Knee
Osteoarthritis, n
Total
Obese, n
Black
 Women 5 223 119 2 359 546 (45.2) 2 487 298 (47.6) 131 191 (2.5) 245 084 (4.7) 376 275 2 732 382
 Men 4 015 026 2 251 727 (56.1) 1 528 521 (38.1) 101 573 (2.5) 133 205 (3.3) 234 778 1 661 727
Hispanic
 Women 4 032 464 2 001 909 (49.6) 1 757 529 (43.6) 110 790 (2.7) 162 236 (4.0) 273 027 1 919 765
 Men 3 672 622 2 262 873 (61.6) 1 208 958 (32.9) 104 840 (2.9) 95 951 (2.6) 200 791 1 304 909
White
 Women 36 280 923 22 602 335 (62.3) 11 116 425 (30.6) 1 344 426 (3.7) 1 217 738 (3.4) 2 562 163 12 334 162
 Men 32 742 215 20 069 679 (61.3) 10 644 938 (32.5) 1 009 891 (3.1) 1 017 707 (3.1) 2 027 598 11 662 646
  Total 85 966 369 51 548 068 (60.0) 28 743 669 (33.4) 2 802 710 (3.3) 2 871 922 (3.3) 5 674 632 31 615 591
*

Percentage of race- and sex-stratified population group.