Table 1. Age-Adjusted Percentages (Standard Error) of Adults Aged ≥25 Years Who Report Having ≥1, ≥2, or ≥3 Leading Lifestyle-Related Chronic Conditions or Individual Conditions and Who Have ≥2 Self-Reported Leading Lifestyle-Related Chronic Conditionsa by Selected Sociodemographic Characteristics, by Year, National Health Interview Survey, 2002-2009.
| Variable | 2002 (N = 27,279) | 2003 (N = 27,168) | 2004 (N =27665) | 2005 (N = 27,961) | 2006 (N = 21,274) | 2007 (N = 20,636) | 2008 (N = 19,502) | 2009 (N = 24,755) | P Valueb |
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| Chronic disease | |||||||||
| Cardiovascular disease | 8.7 (0.2) | 8.4 (0.2) | 9.0 (0.2) | 9.1 (0.2) | 8.9 (0.2) | 8.7 (0.2) | 9.1 (0.2) | 9.1 (0.2) | .075 |
| Cancer | 8.1 (0.2) | 7.5 (0.2) | 8.0 (0.2) | 8.4 (0.2) | 8.0 (0.2) | 8.2 (0.2) | 8.8 (0.2) | 9.0 (0.2) | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | 7.4 (0.2) | 7.4 (0.2) | 7.9 (0.2) | 8.3 (0.2) | 8.6 (0.2) | 8.6 (0.2) | 9.0 (0.2) | 9.7 (0.2) | <.001 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 5.9 (0.2) | 5.3 (0.2) | 5.8 (0.2) | 5.6 (0.2) | 5.9 (0.2) | 4.9 (0.2) | 5.6 (0.2) | 6.0 (0.2) | .990 |
| Arthritis | 23.5 (0.3) | 24.2 (0.3) | 24.4 (0.3) | 24.0 (0.3) | 23.5 (0.3) | 23.1 (0.4) | 24.9 (0.3) | 25.1 (0.4) | .021 |
| ≥1 Condition | 36.5 (0.3) | 36.1 (0.3) | 37.3 (0.3) | 37.5 (0.3) | 36.6 (0.4) | 36.3 (0.4) | 38.1 (0.4) | 38.7 (0.4) | <.001 |
| ≥2 Conditions | 12.7 (0.2) | 12.4 (0.2) | 13.2 (0.2) | 13.2 (0.2) | 13.3 (0.3) | 12.8 (0.3) | 14.2 (0.3) | 14.7 (0.3) | <.001 |
| ≥3 Conditions | 3.6 (0.1) | 3.6 (0.1) | 3.8 (0.1) | 3.9 (0.1) | 4.2 (0.2) | 3.7 (0.2) | 4.2 (0.1) | 4.5 (0.2) | <.001 |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |||||||||
| Age, y | |||||||||
| 25–44 | 2.5 (0.2) | 2.2 (0.1) | 2.8 (0.2) | 2.8 (0.2) | 2.6 (0.2) | 2.5 (0.2) | 3.1 (0.3) | 3.2 (0.2) | .003 |
| 45–64 | 13.9 (0.5) | 13.6 (0.4) | 13.6 (0.4) | 13.9 (0.4) | 14.1 (0.5) | 13.3 (0.5) | 15.4 (0.5) | 16.1 (0.5) | <.001 |
| ≥65 | 34.6 (0.7) | 34.6 (0.7) | 36.9 (0.7) | 36.4 (0.7) | 37.2 (0.9) | 36.1 (0.9) | 38.4 (0.9) | 39.6 (0.8) | <.001 |
| Sexc | |||||||||
| Men | 12.4 (0.3) | 12.0 (0.3) | 13.1 (0.3) | 12.4 (0.3) | 12.8 (0.4) | 12.3 (0.4) | 12.9 (0.4) | 14.7 (0.4) | <.001 |
| Women | 13.1 (0.3) | 12.8 (0.3) | 13.5 (0.3) | 13.9 (0.3) | 13.9 (0.4) | 13.3 (0.3) | 15.4 (0.4) | 14.9 (0.4) | <.001 |
| Race/ethnicityc | |||||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 13.0 (0.2) | 13.0 (0.2) | 13.6 (0.3) | 13.6 (0.2) | 13.9 (0.3) | 13.2 (0.3) | 14.9 (0.4) | 15.5 (0.3) | <.001 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 13.8 (0.6) | 12.6 (0.6) | 13.0 (0.6) | 13.7 (0.7) | 14.3 (0.7) | 14.1 (0.6) | 14.2 (0.7) | 16.0 (0.7) | .002 |
| Hispanic | 9.6 (0.7) | 8.4 (0.5) | 11.2 (0.7) | 10.9 (0.6) | 10.5 (0.7) | 10.4 (0.6) | 11.8 (0.6) | 11.3 (0.7) | .002 |
| Non-Hispanic other | 8.5 (1.2) | 8.5 (1.1) | 10.2 (1.1) | 8.1 (1.0) | 8.1 (0.9) | 8.8 (1.0) | 9.5 (1.0) | 7.8 (0.8) | .739 |
| Educationc | |||||||||
| Less than high school graduate or equivalent | 16.6 (0.6) | 15.1 (0.5) | 17.3 (0.6) | 17.0 (0.6) | 17.1 (0.7) | 17.8 (0.7) | 18.5 (0.8) | 18.9 (0.8) | <.001 |
| High school graduate or equivalent | 13.2 (0.4) | 12.4 (0.4) | 13.4 (0.4) | 13.4 (0.4) | 13.5 (0.5) | 12.8 (0.5) | 15.7 (0.5) | 16.1 (0.5) | <.001 |
| >High school | 11.3 (0.3) | 11.6 (0.3) | 11.9 (0.3) | 11.9 (0.3) | 12.0 (0.3) | 11.2 (0.4) | 12.2 (0.4) | 12.9 (0.4) | .006 |
a
Chronic conditions include cardiovascular disease (coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, angina, or stroke), diabetes, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and arthritis.
b
P values for linear trend were calculated by using orthogonal polynomial contrasts.
c
Adjusted for age.