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Weight Control
Obesity
Denominator includes all respondents except those with do not know/refused/missing responses.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
|
|
Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
All Adults |
10671 |
42.8 |
41.7-43.8 |
57.3 |
56.1-58.4 |
Overweight/Obese by Age
|
Age Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
18-24 |
521 |
63.3 |
58.6-67.9 |
36.7 |
32.3-41.2 |
25-34 |
1482 |
49.5 |
46.6-52.4 |
50.5 |
47.6-53.4 |
35-44 |
2296 |
41.5 |
39.4-43.7 |
58.4 |
56.2-60.7 |
45-54 |
2243 |
36.5 |
34.2-38.7 |
63.5 |
61.2-65.8 |
55-64 |
1608 |
32.4 |
29.9-35.0 |
67.5 |
64.9-70.2 |
65+ |
2392 |
39.5 |
37.3-41.8 |
60.5 |
58.2-62.7 |
Overweight/Obese by Sex
|
Gender Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
Male |
4397 |
34.0 |
32.3-35.7 |
66.0 |
64.3-67.8 |
Female |
6274 |
51.2 |
49.8-52.6 |
48.8 |
47.4-50.2 |
Overweight/Obese by Income
|
Income Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
< $15,000 |
670 |
39.4 |
34.8-44.0 |
60.6 |
55.8-65.4 |
$15,000-24,999 |
1357 |
38.9 |
35.7-42.1 |
61.1 |
57.9-64.4 |
$25,000-34,999 |
960 |
38.6 |
34.9-42.3 |
61.4 |
57.7-65.2 |
$35,000-49,999 |
1414 |
42.2 |
39.1-45.3 |
57.8 |
54.7-60.9 |
$50,000-74,999 |
1576 |
38.3 |
35.6-41.0 |
61.7 |
59.0-64.5 |
$75,000+ |
3265 |
45.8 |
43.9-47.8 |
54.2 |
52.2-56.1 |
Overweight/Obese by Education
|
Education Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
Less than H.S. |
823 |
35.7 |
31.8-39.7 |
64.3 |
60.1-68.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
2929 |
39.0 |
36.9-41.1 |
61.0 |
58.8-63.1 |
Some Post-H.S. |
2480 |
41.6 |
39.3-43.9 |
58.4 |
56.0-60.7 |
College Graduate |
4416 |
48.0 |
46.3-49.7 |
52.0 |
50.3-53.7 |
Overweight/Obese by Race/Ethnicity
|
Racial/ Ethnic Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
White/ Non-Hispanic
|
8083 |
43.5 |
42.3-44.7 |
56.5 |
55.2-57.8 |
Black or African American/ Non-Hispanic
|
978 |
31.7 |
28.3-35.1 |
68.3 |
64.8-71.8 |
Other Race/ Non-Hispanic
|
515 |
60.0 |
55.2-64.9 |
39.9 |
35.1-44.8 |
Multiracial/ Non-Hispanic
|
56 |
36.5 |
22.7-50.2 |
63.5 |
49.0-78.0 |
Hispanic |
919 |
38.9 |
35.4-42.4 |
61.1 |
57.4-64.8 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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