Table 1.
Participant Sociodemographic by NHANES Cycle, 1999–2000 to 2017–2018
| Characteristics | N (Survey-Weighted %)a | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2000 (n=1,737) |
2001–2002 (n=2,078) |
2003–2004 (n=1,874) |
2005–2006 (n=1,824) |
2007–2008 (n=2,329) |
2009–2010 (n=2,585) |
2011–2012 (n=2,287) |
2013–2014 (n=2,368) |
2015–2016 (n=2,244) |
2017–2018 (n=2,274) |
|
| Age group | ||||||||||
| 20–44 | 711 (51.8) | 870 (48.8) | 747 (49.3) | 762 (45.9) | 895 (45.8) | 1062(46.3) | 1009(45.7) | 985 (45.9) | 884 (43.7) | 827 (42.3) |
| 45–64 | 566 (31.8) | 680 (35.6) | 575 (34.6) | 596 (36.6) | 821 (37.2) | 898 (35.4) | 779 (36.6) | 844 (35.3) | 793 (35.9) | 863 (37.2) |
| ≥65 | 460 (16.3) | 528 (15.6) | 552 (16.1) | 466 (17.5) | 613 (17.0) | 625 (18.3) | 499 (17.7) | 539 (18.8) | 567 (20.4) | 584 (20.5) |
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male | 865 (49.1) | 1050(49.1) | 946 (48.9) | 956 (48.8) | 1144(48.9) | 1220(49.0) | 1145(48.3) | 1139(48.6) | 1093(48.6) | 1093(48.7) |
| Female | 872 (50.9) | 1028(50.9) | 928 (51.1) | 868 (51.2) | 1185(51.1) | 1365(51.1) | 1142(51.7) | 1229(51.4) | 1151(51.4) | 1181(51.3) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 787 (70.5) | 1123(73.5) | 1022(72.1) | 932 (72.3) | 1130(70.3) | 1224(68.3) | 884 (66.7) | 1058(66.5) | 765 (63.8) | 757 (61.9) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 314 (10.8) | 365 (10.0) | 349 (11.2) | 415 (11.0) | 436 (10.9) | 426 (11.0) | 527 (11.4) | 435 (11.4) | 454 (11.4) | 515 (11.3) |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 332 (5.29) | 287 (5.25) | 260 (5.82) | 326 (5.65) | ||||||
| Hispanic | 593 (15.2) | 526 (11.9) | 423 (10.9) | 401 (11.2) | 676 (13.0) | 794 (13.7) | 483 (14.1) | 532 (14.8) | 688 (15.0) | 548 (16.3) |
| Others | ||||||||||
| Weight Categories | ||||||||||
| Underweight | 29 (2.50) | 29 (1.58) | 24 (1.50) | 33 (1.98) | 34 (1.60) | 36 (1.79) | 47 (1.67) | 42 (1.58) | 43 (2.35) | 30 (1.27) |
| Normal weight | 561 (36.8) | 624 (32.6) | 541 (31.7) | 516 (30.9) | 626 (31.2) | 677 (29.3) | 659 (29.3) | 681 (28.1) | 557 (24.8) | 561 (26.5) |
| Overweight | 592 (31.5) | 764 (37.2) | 660 (34.2) | 587 (32.0) | 808 (34.6) | 871 (32.5) | 722 (32.8) | 754 (33.0) | 725 (32.0) | 716 (31.9) |
| Obese | 545 (29.1) | 578 (28.6) | 621 (32.6) | 654 (35.1) | 821 (32.6) | 978 (36.4) | 833 (36.2) | 869 (37.3) | 902 (40.8) | 930 (40.3) |
| Education | ||||||||||
| <High school | 666 (24.1) | 616 (19.3) | 542 (18.3) | 483 (17.1) | 693 (19.4) | 746 (18.7) | 534 (17.5) | 521 (16.2) | 525 (15.1) | 474 (11.8) |
| High school graduate or GED | 380 (26.7) | 476 (25.4) | 462 (26.3) | 452 (26.2) | 581 (24.8) | 573 (22.3) | 481 (19.8) | 511 (20.9) | 489 (21.7) | 539 (28.0) |
| Some college | 404 (26.9) | 586 (31.9) | 511 (31.5) | 542 (32.2) | 581 (28.1) | 727 (30.2) | 665 (31.5) | 718 (32.4) | 654 (31.7) | 726 (30.8) |
| ≥College | 283 (22.3) | 395 (23.4) | 356 (24.0) | 344 (24.5) | 472 (27.7) | 533 (28.8) | 606 (31.2) | 616 (30.5) | 576 (31.5) | 533 (29.4) |
| Income levels | ||||||||||
| Low | 280 (13.2) | 332 (14.1) | 301 (12.1) | 283 (9.98) | 413 (13.6) | 519 (14.6) | 506 (16.3) | 508 (17.4) | 472 (15.1) | 365 (12.9) |
| Middle | 806 (49.9) | 1020 49.2) | 1000 52.4) | 986 (54.2) | 1176 48.6) | 1243(51.3) | 1080(50.2) | 1127(48.4) | 1071(49.2) | 1100(50.3) |
| High | 426 (36.9) | 587 (36.7) | 467 (35.5) | 473 (35.9) | 548 (37.8) | 576 (34.1) | 515 (33.5) | 575 (34.1) | 483 (35.7) | 512 (36.8) |
| Food Security Status | ||||||||||
| Very low | 63 (3.13) | 73 (3.59) | 92 (4.64) | 86 (3.60) | 116 (3.50) | 180 (4.74) | 164 (6.16) | 156 (5.67) | 191 (6.62) | - |
| Low | 167 (6.52) | 168 (5.44) | 149 (6.36) | 172 (6.31) | 252 (8.04) | 334 (9.76) | 303 (10.5) | 254 (9.17) | 357 (11.8) | - |
| Marginal | 115 (5.22) | 132 (5.16) | 123 (4.80) | 182 (8.23) | 226 (7.42) | 276 (7.77) | 274 (9.79) | 262 (9.93) | 296 (11.1) | - |
| Full | 1368(85.1) | 1591(85.8) | 1432(84.2) | 1370(81.9) | 1723(81.0) | 1764(77.7) | 1536(73.5) | 1680(75.2) | 1340(70.5) | - |
| Insurance status | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1369(83.1) | 1668(83.6) | 1479(80.4) | 1427(80.8) | 1780(82.1) | 1901(78.4) | 1751(80.0) | 1868(82.0) | 1835(85.7) | 1921(85.9) |
| No | 348(16.9) | 387(16.4) | 382(19.6) | 395(19.2) | 545(17.9) | 682(21.6) | 535 (20.0) | 497 (18.0) | 402 (14.3) | 349 (14.2) |
Abbreviation: GED, general equivalency diploma; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
a
Data were weighted to be nationally representative.