Table 6.
BRFSS Descriptive Statistics
| States without tax changes N= 423,750 |
Arkansas N= 7,762 |
Ohio N= 7,537 |
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| Mean | Std Dev | Mean | Std Dev | Mean | Std Dev | |
| BMI | 25.953 | 4.788 | 26.153 | 4.903 | 26.127 | 4.872 |
| Overweight | 0.526 | - | 0.541 | - | 0.548 | - |
| Obese | 0.165 | - | 0.184 | - | 0.178 | - |
| Male | 0.492 | - | 0.490 | - | 0.496 | - |
| Age | 44.558 | 17.691 | 46.143 | 18.159 | 44.995 | 18.095 |
| Black | 0.095 | - | 0.127 | - | 0.082 | - |
| Hispanic | 0.066 | - | 0.018 | - | 0.019 | - |
| High School Grad | 0.682 | - | 0.643 | - | 0.700 | - |
| College Grad | 0.240 | - | 0.176 | - | 0.212 | - |
| State Unemployment rate, lagged | 6.112 | 1.491 | 6.023 | 0.865 | 6.147 | 0.815 |
| State cigarette tax | 25.750 | 13.623 | 28.198 | 5.379 | 20.999 | 3.000 |
| State soft drink tax rate (net of food) | 1.961 | 2.344 | 9.711 | 4.384 | 6.951 | 2.776 |
Notes: Mean estimates are calculated using BRFSS survey weights.
Source: BRFSS, 1991–1996