Table 1. Characteristics of US adults participating in the 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (n = 270,612) and US states (50 states and the District of Columbia).
| Unweighted n | Weighted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Level Characteristics | percentage | |||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 104,849 | 39.7 | ||
| Female | 165,763 | 60.3 | ||
| Age, years | ||||
| 18–24 | 4,358 | 2.5 | ||
| 25–34 | 14,520 | 5.5 | ||
| 35–44 | 29,716 | 11.8 | ||
| 45–54 | 48,481 | 20.3 | ||
| 55–64 | 70,275 | 25.9 | ||
| ≥65 | 103,262 | 34.0 | ||
| Racial Background | ||||
| White | 223,778 | 78.8 | ||
| African American | 21,083 | 8.4 | ||
| Native | 4,092 | 0.8 | ||
| Asian | 3,901 | 2.2 | ||
| Hispanic | 12,017 | 7.9 | ||
| Other | 5,741 | 1.9 | ||
| Household Income | ||||
| Less than 15,000 | 28,820 | 9.4 | ||
| 15,000 to 25,000 | 46,681 | 15.5 | ||
| 25,000 to 35,000 | 31,149 | 10.4 | ||
| 35,000 to 50,000 | 40,390 | 14.1 | ||
| Greater than 50,000 | 123,572 | 50.6 | ||
| Education | ||||
| Less than High School | 18,821 | 7.7 | ||
| High School | 75,958 | 26.2 | ||
| Some College | 73,392 | 26.2 | ||
| College | 102,441 | 39.9 | ||
| Marital Status | ||||
| Couple | 156,144 | 67.1 | ||
| Single | 114,468 | 32.9 | ||
| Setting | ||||
| Urban | 132,808 | 62.8 | ||
| Suburban | 41,025 | 17.3 | ||
| Rural | 96,779 | 19.9 | ||
| State Level Characteristics (n = 51) | Mean (SD) | Median | Interquartile Range | Range |
| Gini Coefficient | 0.45 (0.02) | 0.45 | 0.028 | 0.419–0.529 |
| State Median Income, USD | 51,189 (8,524) | 49,687 | 12210 | 37,838–70,976 |
| Proportion of Black | 12.1 (11.1) | 8.7 | 13.3 | 0.8–52.2 |
| Proportion of Poor | 14.8 (3.2) | 14.6 | 4.8 | 8.3–22.4 |
| State Population | 6,053,834 (6,823,984) | 4,339,367 | 5,156,958 | 563,626–37,253,956 |