Table 2.
Prevalence of obesity by characteristics in the total population, blacks and white subgroups, BRFSS 2014.
| Obesity Prevalence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | White | Black | ||||
| Percentage (N) | p-Value 1 | Percentage (N) | p-Value 1 | Percentage (N) | p-Value 1 | |
| Total | 37.0 (1368) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gender | 0.02 | 0.21 | <0.0001 | |||
| Male | 34.3 (453) | 34.7 (286) | 33.7 (167) | |||
| Female | 39.5 (915) | 31.3 (439) | 52.7 (476) | |||
| Marital | 0.4 | 0.06 | 0.3 | |||
| Married | 37.8 (693) | 35.2 (434) | 47.0 (205) | |||
| Unmarried | 36.1 (729) | 29.8 (291) | 42.7 (438) | |||
| Age (years) | <0.0001 | 0.0004 | 0.0003 | |||
| 18–24 | 23.4 (36) | 22.8 (19) | 24.3 (17) | |||
| 25–44 | 43.6 (318) | 39.2 (129) | 49.2 (189) | |||
| 45–64 | 40 (589) | 36.3 (299) | 46.5 (290) | |||
| ≥65 | 29.2 (425) | 26.0 (278) | 40.6 (147) | |||
| Education | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.9 | |||
| <High School | 40.2 (204) | 35.8 (83) | 45.1 (121) | |||
| High School | 38.4 (464) | 34.6 (229) | 43.9 (235) | |||
| Some College | 37.9 (369) | 35.8 (218) | 42.3 (151) | |||
| College | 29.7 (331) | 24.6 (195) | 46.1 (136) | |||
| Income | 0.003 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||
| <$25,000 | 41.8 (589) | 35.2 (224) | 47.7 (365) | |||
| $25,000–$49,999 | 38.0 (330) | 35.0 (204) | 44.6 (126) | |||
| ≥$50,000 | 32.3 (309) | 30.9 (221) | 39.2 (88) | |||
| Employment | <0.0001 | 0.0007 | 0.03 | |||
| Employed | 36.6 (649) | 33.7 (351) | 41.9 (298) | |||
| Retired | 28.2 (345) | 25.3 (223) | 38.0 (122) | |||
| Unemployed | 45.7 (374) | 40.7 (151) | 50.4 (223) | |||
| Physical Activity | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | 0.03 | |||
| Active | 33.1 (798) | 29.4 (421) | 40.8 (377) | |||
| Inactive | 45.6 (570) | 42.7 (304) | 49.4 (266) | |||
| Race | <0.0001 | - | - | - | - | |
| White | 33.0 (725) | - | - | - | - | |
| Black | 44.0 (643) | - | - | - | - | |
1 Pearson chi-square test adjusted for the clustered sampling design of and unequal probability of selection into the data set.