Table 1.
Sociodemographic and health characteristics by racial/ethnic group from the 2009 California Health Interview Survey. Means and percentages are weighted to be representative of the target populations in California. All cell values are percentages unless otherwise indicated.
| NHW (n = 31,085) | African American (n = 1,848) | Hispanic (n = 8,222) | Total Asian (n = 4,791)* | Vietnamese (n = 1,403) | Chinese (n = 1,006) | Korean (n = 930) | Filipino (n = 425) | South Asian (n = 398) | Japanese (n = 364) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean, years | 49.2 | 46.3 | 40.1 | 43.4 | 42.1 | 45.2 | 38.3 | 45.1 | 38.5 | 57.1 |
| Female | 50.6 | 54.3 | 48.5 | 52.7 | 49.0 | 51.3 | 71.1 | 51.6 | 40.0 | 60.3 |
| Nativity | ||||||||||
| US | 91.0 | 89.5 | 42.2 | 27.9 | 20.0 | 21.3 | 34.6 | 31.6 | 14.8 | 76.8 |
| Asia | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 70.8 | 79.9 | 76.8 | 65.4 | 67.8 | 82.1 | 22.0 |
| Other | 6.2 | 9.4 | 57.7 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.9 | – | 0.6 | 3.1 | 1.2 |
| Years lived in the US for foreign born | ||||||||||
| ≤1–4 | 7.1 | 31.7 | 5.7 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 18.0 | 6.9 | 11.5 | 7.0 |
| 5–9 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 10.0 | 11.9 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 18.2 | 10.8 | 24.4 | 4.2 |
| 10–14 | 9.6 | 7.3 | 16.1 | 14.7 | 7.3 | 18.2 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 20.2 | 11.0 |
| 15+ | 76.5 | 55.2 | 68.2 | 64.5 | 76.5 | 65.8 | 53.3 | 71.5 | 44.0 | 77.7 |
| Language spoken at home | ||||||||||
| English | 89.8 | 91.0 | 19.7 | 24.3 | 9.1 | 14.6 | 12.1 | 35.0 | 20.7 | 75.6 |
| Asian | – | – | – | 19.7 | 33.2 | 36.4 | 34.7 | 3.2 | 5.9 | 1.3 |
| English and Asian | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 48.0 | 54.1 | 37.7 | 47.5 | 54.3 | 72.0 | 1.3 |
| Body mass index, mean, kg/m2 | 26.5 | 27.9 | 28.1 | 23.9 | 23.2 | 23.2 | 22.7 | 25.5 | 23.6 | 24.6 |
| Tobacco use | ||||||||||
| Current | 14.3 | 16.6 | 12.9 | 10.3 | 14.8 | 5.0 | 20.8 | 11.6 | 9.4 | 9.0 |
| Prior | 30.2 | 20.1 | 17.4 | 12.4 | 17.0 | 9.6 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 5.1 | 25.1 |
| Never | 55.5 | 63.2 | 69.7 | 77.3 | 68.3 | 85.4 | 63.7 | 73.1 | 85.5 | 65.9 |
| Type 2 diabetes | 5.4 | 10.8 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 12.7 | 4.9 | 10.1 |
| Hypertension | 27.6 | 36.4 | 24.4 | 22.5 | 21.3 | 20.1 | 13.1 | 34.9 | 10.4 | 35.3 |
| Heart disease | 7.4 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 9.2 |
US = United States; “–” represents 0; NHW = non-Hispanic White;
*
total Asian population also includes other Asian subgroups and respondents with more than one Asian ethnicity.