Table 1.
NHIS Sample Sizes (unweighted numbers) and Characteristics (weighted %), Ages 40-64 and 65 and Over, 1997 and 2010
| 40-64 | 65+ | |||||
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| 1997 | 2010 | All Years | 1997 | 2010 | All Years | |
| Family core respondents (n) | 28,970 | 28,691 | 392,679 | 11,891 | 10,440 | 145,245 |
| Proxy response in family core | 43.98% | 43.51% | 34.62% | 36.16% | ||
| Female | 51.27 | 51.13 | 57.91 | 56.68 | ||
| Male | 48.73 | 48.87 | 42.09 | 43.32 | ||
| Age | ||||||
| 40-44 | 28.00 | 20.48 | ||||
| 45-49 | 24.25 | 22.21 | ||||
| 50-54 | 19.57 | 21.75 | ||||
| 55-59 | 15.24 | 18.68 | ||||
| 60-64 | 12.94 | 16.89 | ||||
| 65-69 | 29.99 | 31.85 | ||||
| 70-74 | 26.57 | 22.98 | ||||
| 75-79 | 20.96 | 18.51 | ||||
| 80-84 | 13.39 | 14.07 | ||||
| 85+ | 9.09 | 12.59 | ||||
| Sample adults (n) | 13,618 | 11,397 | 169,509 | 6,972 | 5,264 | 78,328 |
| Education | ||||||
| 0 to 8 years | 5.98% | 4.54% | 18.24% | 9.94% | ||
| 9 to 11 years | 7.93 | 5.45 | 14.24 | 9.62 | ||
| 12 years | 32.10 | 28.53 | 35.13 | 33.59 | ||
| Some college | 27.14 | 29.30 | 17.23 | 23.86 | ||
| College or more | 26.12 | 31.81 | 13.33 | 22.21 | ||
| Missing | 0.74 | 0.37 | 1.83 | 0.79 | ||
| Never smoked | 45.38 | 54.66 | 48.97 | 50.60 | ||
| Formerly smoked | 28.43 | 23.70 | 38.29 | 39.20 | ||
| Currently smokes | 25.39 | 20.83 | 11.94 | 9.34 | ||
| Missing | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.80 | 0.86 | ||
| BMI<18.5 | 1.25 | 1.06 | 3.19 | 2.18 | ||
| 18.5≤BMI<25 | 35.79 | 28.13 | 41.08 | 33.50 | ||
| 25≤BMI<30 | 37.03 | 35.61 | 36.93 | 36.03 | ||
| 30≤BMI<35 | 15.36 | 19.04 | 12.12 | 16.28 | ||
| 35≤BMI<40 | 4.52 | 7.36 | 2.80 | 5.31 | ||
| BMI≥40 | 2.71 | 4.75 | 1.11 | 2.93 | ||
| Missing | 3.34 | 4.07 | 2.77 | 3.78 | ||