Table 4. National Demographic Perspective.

	Whites			Blacks			Hispanics			Other
	Females	Males	Total	Females	Males	Total	Females	Males	Total	Females	Males	Total
US Census Population (n)a	9,387,306	9,899,333	19,286,639	2,510,873	2,595,066	5,105,939	3,715,158	3,494,232	7,209,390	1,393,902	1,434,711	2,828,613
Obesity Rate (NHANES) (%)b	7.4	5.9	6.6	12.7	10.7	11.6	8.3	9.2	8.8	0.5	3.3	2.0
Severe Obesity Cases (n)c	694,661	584,061	1,278,722	318,881	277,672	596,553	290,021	341,795	631,816	6,970	47,355	54,315
Ratio of Severe Obesity Cases (compared to Whites)d	-	-	-	0.46	0.48	0.47	0.42	0.59	0.49	0.01	0.08	0.04
Bariatric Procedures (n)e	739	223	962	137	38	175	151	52	203	149	50	199
Ratio of Bariatric Proceduresf	-	-	-	0.19	0.17	0.18	0.20	0.23	0.21	0.20	0.22	0.21
Ratio of ratiosg	-	-	-	2.48	2.79	2.56	2.04	2.51	2.34	0.05	0.36	0.21

^aAdolescent population (age 12-19 years), according to 2013 US Census Population data

^bRates of Severe Obesity (≥120% of 95^th percentile) in Adolescents (age 12-19 years), according to NHANES data, years 2013-2014

^cCalculation of the number of severe obesity cases in adolescents, using US Census and NHANES data

^dRatio of estimated number of severe obesity cases in each race to estimated number of severe obesity cases in White adolescents

^eNumber of bariatric surgical procedures stratified by sex and race

^fRatio of number of bariatric procedures in each race to number of bariatric procedures in White adolescents

^gRatio of ratios (^d/^f)