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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Med. 2014 May;56(5):516–528. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000133

TABLE 3.

Age-Adjusted Prevalence of Obesity Among Non-Hispanic Black Adults by 23 Major and Selected Minor Occupational Groups

Occupational Group Black Male Workers
Black Female Workers
Sample Size
2004–11		 Prevalence*
2004–11		 Prevalence*
2004–07		 Prevalence*
2008–11		 Prevalence*
Difference† 		Sample Size
2004–11		 Prevalence*
2004–11		 Prevalence*
2004–07		 Prevalence*
2008–11		 Prevalence*
Difference†
All non-Hispanic Male 7,652 31.7 30.2 33.2 3.01 10,661 39.5 37.6 42.2 4.61
  1. Management 466 31.4 31.0 31.7 0.7 541 36.2 28.1 43.9 15.81
  2. Business and financial operations 247 32.6 37.7 29.2 −8.5 495 38.5 31.1 44.9 13.81
  3. Computer and Mathematics 192 33.1 25.4 38.6 13.2 112 28.3 21.9 34.8 12.9
  4. Architecture and Engineering 100 33.9 29.8§ 34.4 22 31.4§
  5. Life, physical, and social science 46 38.1§ ‖ 56 35.2 ‖
  6. Community and social services 168 36.3 28.0 49.6 21.61 383 44.7 37.7 51.4 13.71
  7. Legal 34 34.7§ ‖ 98 28.4 30.6§ 27.1 ‖
  8. Education, training, and library 211 30.3 28.2 33.1 4.9 774 39.1 38.6 39.5 0.9
  9. Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 126 21.6 17.0§ 26.2 ‖ 83 34.6 38.1§ 27.3§ ‖
10. Health care practitioners and technicians 157 26.8 22.0 29.1 7.1 767 40.2 38.2 41.4 3.2
 Health diagnosing and treating practitioners 82 19.4 14.6§ 20.8§ ‖ 423 41.4 39.4 43.2 3.8
 Health technologists and technicians 73 36.7 30.3§ 41.5§ ‖ 340 38.4 37.0 39.0 2.0
11. Health care support 114 30.0 29.1 31.1 2.0 896 49.2 49.9 48.2 −1.7
 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides 85 29.8 24.4§ 33.8§ ‖ 741 51.1 51.4 50.2 −1.2
12. Protective service 385 42.6 36.4 48.0 11.61 253 45.8 44.4 46.7 2.3
 Firefighting and prevention workers 19 61.7§ ‖ 2 0.0§ ‖
 Law enforcement workers 134 49.9 44.3 57.1 12.8 100 47.6 55.1 41.0 −14.1
 Others protective service 198 38.7 34.8 38.9 4.1 131 50.0 42.9 55.6 12.7
13. Food preparation and serving related 370 31.4 22.6 35.8 13.21 604 44.1 45.5 43.0 −2.5
 Supervisors 59 36.3 40.4§ 35.4§ ‖ 103 52.2 46.2 48.2§ ‖
 Cooks and food preparation workers 187 35.2 26.2 39.3 13.1 256 48.1 50.9 46.2 −4.7
 Food and beverage serving working 83 31.1 8.4§ 38.5 ‖ 196 38.1 36.3 38.7 2.4
14. Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 496 31.8 28.4 34.0 5.6 465 40.0 39.4 40.9 1.5
 Supervisors 33 21.7§ ‖ 34 53.4§ ‖
 Building cleaning and pest control workers 366 32.8 27.9 36.4 8.5 427 38.3 35.2 41.9 6.7
 Grounds maintenance workers 97 31.2 31.7 30.0 ‖ 4 46.1§ ‖
15. Personal care and service 175 24.8 19.7 28.8 9.1 717 45.9 40.1 50.6 10.5‡
16. Sales and related 533 28.0 28.9 27.3 −1.6 973 33.6 31.0 35.9 4.9
 Supervisors 154 27.7 31.3 24.6 −6.7 190 31.9 28.1 33.3 5.2
 Retail sales workers 207 31.9 38.7 24.8 −13.9 618 35.6 32.7 38.3 5.6
17. Office and administrative support 767 31.6 29.7 33.0 3.3 2,149 40.0 38.5 41.3 2.8
18. Farming, fishing, and forestry 31 13.5§ ‖ 10 44.0§ ‖
 Agricultural workers 19 9.6§ ‖ 10 44.0§ ‖
19. Construction and extraction 528 30.1 30.8 29.8 −1.0 21 50.0§ ‖
 Supervisors 33 38.6§ ‖ 4 26.0§ ‖
 Construction trades workers 459 29.9 31.9 27.8 −4.1 15 48.5§ ‖
20. Installation, maintenance, and repair 386 30.4 32.7 28.3 −4.4 35 14.7§ ‖
21. Production 692 33.9 31.3 36.9 5.6 519 40.5 38.0 44.5 6.5
22. Transportation and material moving 1,129 33.8 32.1 34.9 2.8 279 46.6 45.6 47.6 2.0
 Motor vehicle operators 547 40.7 42.6 37.9 −4.7 151 64.0 57.5 73.9 16.4
 Material moving workers 491 29.1 23.1 34.2 11.1‡ 109 32.3 32.4 37.9 5.5
23. Military specific 14 60.2§ ‖ 11 35.2§ ‖
*

The unit of prevalence of obesity is percent (%).

†

Prevalence difference between 2008–2011 and 2004–2007.

‡

Statistically significant difference (P <0.05) between prevalence in 2008–2011 and prevalence in 2004–2007.

§

The obesity estimate is unreliable because the relative standard error of the estimate is larger than 30% or the sample size is less than 50.15

‖

(Percent change is not calculated because the prevalence in either 2004–2007 or 2008–2011 is unreliable or no data exist.

Rate of prevalence of obesity for 2004–2007 (or 2008–2011) is not estimated because the prevalence rate for 2004–2011 is unreliable.