Table 2. Sex-Specific and Race and Ethnicity–Specific Weighted Prevalence for Each Modifiable Risk Factor Using the US Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Data, 2018.
| Risk factor | No. (weighted %) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Female | Male | American Indian and Alaska Nativea | Asiana | Blacka | Hispanica | Whitea | |
| Hearing loss | 34 374 (6.5) | 14 789 (5.1) | 19 585 (8.0) | 890 (11.8) | 307 (3.3) | 1726 (4.6) | 1541 (4.9) | 28 740 (7.4) |
| Diabetes | 52 566 (11.4) | 27 702 (11.0) | 24 864 (11.7) | 1472 (17.1) | 882 (9.1) | 6222 (15.1) | 3626 (11.3) | 38 647 (10.8) |
| Low education | 27 210 (12.8) | 14 250 (12.1) | 12 960 (13.5) | 966 (20.4) | 251 (4.8) | 3251 (13.7) | 7635 (34.6) | 14 229 (7.8) |
| Current smoking | 55 743 (15.7) | 28 140 (13.8) | 27 603 (17.7) | 1959 (29.2) | 700 (8.0) | 5031 | 3746 (12.7) | 41 852 (16.3) |
| Depression | 72 312 (18.7) | 48 301 (23.5) | 24 011 (13.6) | 1597 (25.4) | 687 (7.6) | 4860 (16.3) | 4679 (14.9) | 57 745 (20.6) |
| Physical inactivity | 93 743 (23.9) | 55 760 (26.3) | 37 983 (21.4) | 2047 (29.0) | 1591 (18.7) | 9458 (28.3) | 8230 (29.6) | 69 681 (22.1) |
| Midlife hypertensionb | 67 430 (37.1) | 33 922 (33.4) | 33 508 (40.9) | 1836 (47.4) | 1006 (25.9) | 8402 (51.9) | 4543 (32.7) | 49 690 (35.8) |
| Midlife obesity | 56 499 (36.0) | 29 130 (35.4) | 27 369 (36.5) | 1426 (42.5) | 441 (13.2) | 6529 (46.2) | 4200 (38.7) | 42 028 (34.9) |
a
Race and ethnicity data were self-reported by participants according to BRFSS. Ethnicity was assessed using the question, “Are you Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish origin? [One or more categories may be selected.]” and race was assessed using a multiple choice question: “Which one or more of the following would you say is your race? (If 40 [Asian] or 50 [Pacific Islander] is selected read and code subcategories underneath major heading.) [Select all that apply.]” Other data are not reported in this table owing to small numbers.
b
Midlife hypertension data were collected in 2017 because information on hypertension was not recorded in the 2018 survey.