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. 2021 Sep 7;181(11):1537–1539. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.4945

Table 1. Demographic Characteristics of Adults With Self-reported Diabetes by Race and Ethnicity in the US, 2011-2018.

Characteristic Overall (N = 3022) Non-Hispanic White (n = 946) Non-Hispanic Black (n = 805) Mexican American (n = 508)a Non-Hispanic Asian (n = 339)
Weighted, No.b 22 844 326 13 613 262 3 295 576 2 252 173 1 334 882
Age, mean (SD)c 61.1 (0.3) 63.1 (0.4) 59.4 (0.5) 55.3 (0.9) 60.4 (1.0)
Women, % 48.3 46.3 57.2 49.5 48.2
Men, % 51.7 53.7 42.8 50.5 51.8
Education, %
Less than high school 21.8 14.2 24.6 55.1 23.4
High school graduate 25.5 26.9 25.8 21.5 15.8
Any college 52.7 58.9 49.6 23.3 60.8
Hypertension, %d 70.2 71.9 77.7 57.3 56.6
Obesity, %d 55.8 59.5 59.9 56.1 16.5
a

Oversampled relative to other Hispanic populations due to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey sampling design.

b

All statistics are weighted to be representative of the US population.

c

At time of survey.

d

Based on self-reported data.