Table 1 Age-standardized prevalence of obesity by demographic, occupational, health behavior and clinical characteristics among 136,923 US black and white men and women, National Health Interview Survey, 2004–2011

Overall sample size

136,923

15,277

58,784

10,023

52,839

Obese

30 (29.3–30.1)

46 (45.3–47.6)

27 (26.3–27.4)

35 (34.0–36.5)

29 (28.7–29.7)

 18–49

29 (28.8–29.8)

45 (43.7–46.5)

25 (24.6–26.0)

39 (37.5–40.9)

29 (28.1–29.6)

 50–64

33 (32.3–33.6)

51 (48.9–53.2)

30 (29.3–31.2)

35 (32.4–37.0)

33 (32.0–33.9)

  ≥ 65

25 (24.4–25.6)

41 (39.0–43.7)

24 (23.0–24.8)

29 (26.9–31.8)

24 (22.8–24.7)

  < High school

33 (32.5–33.8)

47 (45.7–49.2)

31 (30.2–32.1)

35 (32.7–37.3)

33 (31.6–33.4)

 High school graduate

37 (35.3–37.8)

53 (50.6–55.8)

35 (32.8–37.0)

37 (34.0–40.1)

34 (31.9–35.3)

 Some college

32 (31.1–32.4)

46 (44.1–48.0)

29 (28.2–30.0)

36 (33.9–38.4)

32 (30.5–32.5)

  ≥ College

22 (21.9–23.0)

40 (37.3–42.4)

19 (18.4–20.0)

34 (30.4–37.5)

23 (22.5–24.1)

 Married

29 (28.7–29.6)

46 (44.2–47.9)

26 (24.8–26.2)

38 (36.2–40.1)

31 (30.0–31.2)

 Divorced/separated/widowed

31 (30.3–31.6)

47 (45.4–49.0)

29 (28.3–30.1)

34 (32.1–36.4)

28 (26.7–28.8)

 Never married

31 (29.8–31.8)

46 (43.7–48.5)

33 (31.0–34.4)

33 (29.5–36.0)

25 (23.3–26.2)

Living in poverty

38 (36.4–38.6)

51 (48.7–53.1)

38 (35.9–39.4)

34 (31.2–37.0)

31 (28.7–32.9)

Household income < $35,000

35 (34.0–35.3)

50 (48.2–51.0)

35 (33.6–35.5)

34 (32.2–35.4)

30 (28.7–30.8)

 Private wage

30 (29.6–30.5)

46 (45.1–47.8)

28 (27.0–28.3)

34 (32.9–35.8)

29 (28.8–30.1)

 Government

30 (29.8–31.1)

47 (45.0–49.2)

26 (25.0–26.9)

39 (36.1–41.2)

31 (29.5–32.0)

 Self employed

26 (24.7–26.6)

41 (35.5–46.0)

22 (20.7–23.5)

34 (29.0–39.2)

27 (25.2–27.8)

 Professional/management

26 (25.5–26.9)

42 (38.8–45.3)

24 (22.5–24.5)

35 (31.8–38.6)

27 (25.6–27.5)

 Support services

28 (27.9–28.9)

46 (44.9–47.7)

26 (25.5–26.8)

34 (31.5–36.8)

27 (26.1–28.2)

 Laborers

34 (33.2–34.3)

49 (46.6–50.7)

33 (31.6–33.9)

36 (34.4–37.2)

32 (31.4–32.8)

 Manufacturing/construction

31(30.5–31.6)

47 (44.0–49.6)

28 (26.6–28.9)

35 (33.4–36.9)

31 (30.1–31.6)

 Retail

30 (28.6–30.6)

44 (39.7–47.5)

28 (26.4–29.3)

33 (27.8–38.2)

29 (27.7–31.0)

 Finances/information

27 (26.0–28.1)

42 (38.0–46.1)

26 (24.9–28.1)

32 (26.7–37.7)

25 (23.6–26.7)

 Profess/admin/man

27 (26.0–28.1)

43 (39.4–47.0)

25 (23.4–26.3)

32 (27.4–36.2)

27 (24.9–28.1)

 Education

26 (25.0–26.8)

46 (42.8–49.0)

22 (20.9–23.3)

38 (33.4–42.8)

28 (25.6–29.5)

 Health care

32 (31.3–33.1)

51 (48.5–52.9)

30 (28.7–30.9)

37 (31.8–41.7)

25 (22.4–26.7)

 Accommodation and food

31 (29.4–32.8)

48 (43.2–51.9)

29 (27.1–31.5)

33 (27.6–39.2)

28 (24.5–30.9)

 Public administration, arts

31 (29.8–31.5)

44 (41.8–46.8)

27 (25.3–27.8)

39 (35.9–42.2)

30 (29.0–32.0)

 Sleep duration

   < 7 h

34 (33.6–34.9)

49 (47.2–50.7)

32 (31.0–33.0)

38 (35.6–39.9)

33 (31.8–33.8)

  7 to 9 h

27 (26.9–27.7)

45 (43.2–46.0)

24 (23.7–24.9)

34 (32.5–35.7)

27 (26.8–28.0)

   > 9 h

37 (35.1–38.9)

51 (46.4–55.7)

36 (32.8–38.5)

34 (28.3–39.0)

35 (32.0–38.4)

 Smoking status

  Never

30 (29.4–30.5)

47 (45.7–48.5)

26 (25.8–27.2)

38 (36.1–40.2)

30 (28.2–29.8)

  Current

32 (31.5–32.9)

53 (50.6–56.2)

29 (27.9–29.9)

39 (36.6–41.5)

33 (31.9–33.7)

  Former

25 (24.5–25.8)

39 (36.2–41.2)

24 (23.3–25.3)

26 (23.9–27.9)

24 (22.9–25.0)

 Alcohol consumption

  Never

34 (32.6–34.4)

47 (45.2–49.2)

31 (29.8–32.3)

35 (31.5–37.9)

30 (28.7–32.0)

  Current

27 (26.6–27.5)

43 (41.2–45.0)

24 (23.0–24.3)

35 (32.8–36.6)

28 (27.2–28.5)

  Former

36 (34.9–36.6)

50 (46.6–52.6)

35 (34.1–36.7)

36 (33.7–39.2)

34 (32.2–35.1)

  Never/unable

36 (34.9–36.1)

48 (46.8–50.0)

34 (33.4–35.4)

36 (32.7–34.5)

34 (32.7–34.5)

  Low

30 (29.2–30.5)

46 (43.8–47.6)

26 (25.6–27.2)

38 (35.6–40.4)

30 (29.3–31.2)

  High

23 (22.7–23.9)

43 (40.6–45.1)

20 (19.2–20.8)

32 (29.3–34.2)

24 (23.0–24.7)

 Hypertension (yes)

45 (44.5–45.8)

58 (56.2–59.4)

43 (42.2–44.5)

47 (45.2–49.2)

44 (42.6–44.6)

 Diabetes (yes)

58 (56.8–59.4)

69 (67.0–72.0

58 (55.7–60.0)

56 (52.4–58.7)

56 (53.4–57.9)

 Heart disease (yes)

36 (34.7–36.9)

55 (51.3–57.7)

33 (31.7–34.9)

43 (38.2–47.3)

35 (33.4–36.8)

 Cancer (yes)

29 (28.1–30.5)

49 (44.2–52.8)

29 (27.0–30.2)

44 (36.2–52.3)

28 (25.5–29.8)

 Excellent/very good

22 (22.0–22.9)

36 (34.3–37.4)

19 (18.7–19.9)

30 (27.9–31.4)

23 (22.7–23.9)

 Good

38 (37.7–39.0)

50 (48.2–51.9)

37 (36.0–38.0)

38 (36.0–40.6)

37 (36.4–38.3)

 Fair/poor

46 (44.6–46.5)

60 (57.6–61.8)

45 (43.4–46.5)

43 (40.2–45.5)

43 (41.1–44.2)

 Northeast

28 (27.2–29.0)

44 (40.3–46.9)

25 (23.7–26.4)

34 (31.2–37.1)

29 (27.7–30.3)

 Midwest

31 (30.4–31.9)

45 (43.0–47.0)

29 (28.3–30.5)

37 (33.7–40.1)

31 (30.1–31.8)

 South

31 (30.6–31.8)

48 (46.5–49.4)

27 (26.1–27.9)

35 (33.5–36.5)

30 (29.0–31.0)

 West

26 (24.8–26.3)

43 (39.0–47.0)

24 (23.2–25.4)

34 (29.4–37.8)

25 (24.1–26.4)