Table 1.
Prevalence (%) of Health-Related Risk Factors by Age, Education, Income, and, Race-Ethnicity.
| Age |
Education |
Household Income |
Race-ethnicity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 25−44 | 45−64 | 65+ | HS or less | BA or more | Bottom Quartile | Top Quartile | NH White | NH Black | Hispanic | |
| Risk factors: | |||||||||||
| Hypertension | 33 | 14 | 35*** | 59*** | 39*** | 26 | 46*** | 25 | 33 | 44*** | 23*** |
| Diabetes | 12 | 4 | 14*** | 23*** | 15*** | 9 | 18*** | 8 | 11 | 16*** | 14* |
| Asthma | 11 | 12 | 10** | 9*** | 11* | 10 | 15*** | 9 | 11 | 13** | 9** |
| Hospitalization | 10 | 7 | 9** | 17*** | 12*** | 7 | 18*** | 6 | 10 | 12* | 9 |
| Cancer | 9 | 2 | 7*** | 21*** | 9 | 9 | 11** | 8 | 10 | 6*** | 5*** |
| Lung disease | 6 | 3 | 6*** | 11*** | 9*** | 3 | 12*** | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3*** |
| Heart disease | 6 | 1 | 5*** | 14*** | 7*** | 4 | 11*** | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2*** |
| Severe obesity | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4* | 6*** | 3 | 7*** | 3 | 4 | 9*** | 5 |
| Heart attack | 4 | 1 | 4*** | 10*** | 6*** | 2 | 7*** | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2*** |
| Stroke | 3 | 1 | 3*** | 8*** | 4*** | 2 | 7*** | 2 | 3 | 6*** | 2* |
| Neurological conditions | 3 | 1 | 2*** | 5*** | 4*** | 1 | 6*** | 0 | 3 | 2** | 2*** |
| Chronic Kidney Disorder | 1 | <1 | 1** | 1*** | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | <1* |
| Number of Risk Factors: | |||||||||||
| 0 | 47 % | 64 % | 46 % | 20 % | 42 % | 54 % | 30 % | 56 % | 45 % | 40 % | 57 % |
| 1 | 27 % | 25 % | 28 % | 29 % | 26 % | 28 % | 27 % | 28 % | 28 % | 26 % | 24 % |
| 2 | 13 % | 7% | 14 % | 22 % | 15 % | 11 % | 19 % | 10 % | 13 % | 16 % | 12 % |
| 3+ | 13 % | 3% | 12 % | 28 % | 17 % | 7% | 24 % | 6% | 13 % | 18 % | 7% |
| N | 13,150 | 6,808 | 4,392 | 1,950 | 5,262 | 4,406 | 2,550 | 3,774 | 7,082 | 4,158 | 1,464 |
Data Source: 2017 Wave, PSID. Sample: PSID heads and spouses, 25+ years old. Weights: PSID individual cross-section weights. Notes: Household income quartiles calculated with family weights. Asterisks (*) are for tests of risk factors of a subgroup being significantly different from base group: * P-value ≤ 0.10; ** P-value ≤ 0.05; *** P-value ≤ 0.01. Base groups are 25−44, BA or more, top income quartile, NH White.