Table 6.
Health risk behaviors by Region of Birth
| Region of Birth | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa (Col %) | Southeast Asia (Col %) | Europe/Central Asia (Col %) | Latin America and the Caribbean (Col %) | South Asia (Col %) | Total (Col %) | p-value | |
| Totala | 541 (100) | 634 (100) | 603 (100) | 351 (100) | 6622 (100) | 8751 (100.0) | 0.000 |
| Ever smokea | |||||||
| No | 524 (97.6) | 598 (95.4) | 573 (95.7) | 311 (88.9) | 5943 (90.4) | 7949 (91.5) | |
| Yes | 13 (2.4) | 29 (4.6) | 26 (4.3) | 39 (11.1) | 630 (9.6) | 737 (8.5) | |
| Current smokera | |||||||
| No | 9 (69.2) | 16 (55.2) | 20 (76.9) | 25 (64.1) | 287 (45.6) | 357 (48.4) | 0.002 |
| Yes | 4 (30.8) | 13 (44.8) | 6 (23.1) | 14 (35.9) | 343 (54.4) | 380 (51.6) | |
| One alcohol drinka | |||||||
| No | 526 (98) | 583 (93) | 573 (95.7) | 310 (88.6) | 6277 (95.5) | 8269 (95.2) | 0.000 |
| Yes | 11 (2) | 44 (7) | 26 (4.3) | 40 (11.4) | 296 (4.5) | 417 (4.8) | |
| Elevated glucose | |||||||
| Not elevated | 608 (98.2) | 604 (97.4) | 780 (91.3) | 311 (98.4) | 6840 (93.7) | 9143 (94.2) | 0.000 |
| Elevated | 11 (1.8) | 16 (2.6) | 74 (8.7) | 5 (1.6) | 459 (6.3) | 565 (5.8) | |
aAge ≥ 15 years