Table 1.
Characteristics of total population, black and white adults, adjusted for sampling design: BRFSS, 2014.
| Total Percentage 1 (N 2) | Race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | |||
| Percentage 1 (N 2) | Percentage 1 (N 2) | p-Value 3 | ||
| Total | 3794 | 64.1 (2411) | 35.9 (1383) | |
| Gender | 0.03 | |||
| Male | 48.7 (1404) | 50.5 (917) | 45.6 (487) | |
| Female | 51.3 (2390) | 49.5 (1494) | 54.4 (896) | |
| Marital | <0.0001 | |||
| Married | 49.2 (1812) | 59.5 (1375) | 30.7 (437) | |
| Unmarried | 50.8 (1982) | 40.5 (1036) | 69.3 (946) | |
| Age (years) | <0.0001 | |||
| 18–24 | 12.2 (158) | 11.9 (89) | 12.8 (69) | |
| 25–44 | 33.1 (720) | 29.1 (369) | 40.3 (351) | |
| 45–64 | 34.3 (1462) | 34.3 (857) | 34.6 (605) | |
| ≥65 | 20.3 (1454) | 24.8 (1096) | 12.3 (358) | |
| Education | <0.0001 | |||
| <High School | 18.4 (516) | 15.1 (243) | 24.4 (273) | |
| High School | 29.9 (1208) | 27.5 (719) | 34.0 (489) | |
| Some College | 33.3 (1005) | 35.5 (680) | 29.3 (325) | |
| College | 18.4 (1065) | 21.8 (769) | 12.3 (296) | |
| Income | <0.0001 | |||
| <$25,000 | 41.3 (1374) | 30.1 (633) | 61.2 (741) | |
| $25,000–$49,999 | 27.6 (883) | 29.8 (603) | 23.7 (280) | |
| ≥$50,000 | 31.1 (1031) | 40.1 (834) | 15.0 (197) | |
| Employment | <0.0001 | |||
| Employed | 60.7 (1800) | 61.9 (1157) | 58.5 (643) | |
| Retired | 18.2 (1218) | 22.1 (910) | 11.3 (308) | |
| Unemployed | 21.1 (776) | 16.0 (344) | 30.2 (432) | |
| Physical Activity | <0.0001 | |||
| Active | 68.9 (2552) | 72.8 (1669) | 61.9 (883) | |
| Inactive | 31.1 (1240) | 27.2 (742) | 38.1 (498) | |
| BMI | <0.0001 | |||
| Normal | 27.4 (1032) | 30.0 (756) | 22.9 (276) | |
| Overweight | 35.6 (1394) | 37.0 (930) | 33.0 (464) | |
| Obese | 37.0 (1368) | 33.0 (725) | 44.0 (643) | |
1 Percentages are adjusted for the clustered sampling design of and unequal probability of selection into the data set. 2 Numbers are the absolute unadjusted numbers in each stratum. 3 Pearson chi-square test adjusted for the clustered sampling design of and unequal probability of selection into the data set.