Table 2 |
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Descriptive statistics of sample population with 95% confidence intervals, BRFSS 2000-2006 |
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Metro (n = 1,220,025) |
Nonmetro (n = 552,787) |
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Age (≥ 18 years) |
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Mean (SE) |
44.9 (0.03) |
47.1 (0.05) |
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Sex, % |
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Male |
48.4 [48.2, 48.6] |
48.1 [47.8, 48.3] |
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Female |
51.6 [51.4, 51.8] |
51.9 [51.7, 52.2] |
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Race/ethnicity, % |
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White |
68.6 [68.4, 68.8] |
83.0 [82.8, 83.2] |
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Black |
10.4 [10.3, 10.5] |
6.5 [6.4, 6.6] |
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Hispanic |
12.4 [12.3, 12.6] |
5.0 [4.9, 5.2] |
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Asian |
3.7 [3.6, 3.8] |
0.8 [0.7, 0.9] |
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American Indian |
1.2 [1.1, 1.3] |
1.7 [1.7, 1.8] |
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Other |
3.6 [3.5, 3.7] |
2.9 [2.8, 2.9] |
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Education, % |
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< High school |
11.6 [11.4, 11.7] |
14.9 [14.7, 15.1] |
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High school |
28.3 [28.2, 28.5] |
38.5 [38.3, 38.8] |
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Some college |
27.0 [26.8, 27.1] |
25.9 [25.6, 26.1] |
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College graduate |
32.9 [32.8, 33.1] |
20.6 [20.4, 20.8] |
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No response |
0.2 [0.2, 0.3] |
0.1 [0.1, 0.2] |
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Income, % |
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< $15,000 |
8.9 [8.8, 9.1] |
11.2 [11.1, 11.4] |
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$15,000-$24,999 |
14.2 [14.1, 14.3] |
18.8 [18.6, 19.0] |
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$25,000-$49,999 |
26.0 [25.9, 26.2] |
31.2 [30.9, 31.4] |
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$50,000-$74,999 |
15.6 [15.5, 15.7] |
13.8 [13.6, 13.9] |
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≥ $75,000 |
22.4 [22.2, 22.5] |
11.0 [10.8, 11.1] |
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No response |
12.9 [12.8, 13.0] |
14.0 [13.8, 14.3] |
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Obesity, % |
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BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 |
21.3 [21.2, 21.4] |
24.6 [24.4, 24.8] |
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F/V consumption, % |
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≥ 5 servings per day |
24.2 [24.0, 24.3] |
21.5 [21.2, 21.7] |
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Note: Mean and proportions were weighted. If confidence intervals do not overlap between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, percentages are different. Sample size for F/V consumption in metropolitan and nonmetro counties was 665,410 and 314,505, respectively. |
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Michimi and Wimberly International Journal of Health Geographics 2010 9:49 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-9-49 |
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