Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Data
Health Behaviors among American Indians and Alaskan Natives and All Races
Combined, by Region, using CDC BRFSS data, US--2003-2007
|
US Total |
Selected Health Behavior: |
AI/ANs
Prevalence
% (95% CI) |
All Races
Combined
Prevalence
% (95% CI) |
Percentage of all adults reporting health status as good or better: |
73.4 (72.0-74.7) |
83.7 (83.6-83.8) |
Percentage of all adults that are non-smokers: |
67.8 (66.4-69.2) |
79.5 (79.3-79.6) |
Percentage of all adults that are non-drinkers: |
53.4 (51.9-54.9) |
46.0 (45.9-46.2) |
Percentage of all adults that did not binge1 drink: |
81.1 (79.8-82.3) |
84.8 (84.7-85.0) |
Percentage of all adults that did not heavy2 drink: |
93.3 (92.4-94.1) |
94.8 (94.7-94.9) |
Percentage of all adults neither overweight nor obese (e.g., a BMI < 25.0): |
33.0 (31.5-34.5) |
39.0 (38.9-39.2) |
Percentage of all adults that exercised in the past 30 days: |
71.0 (69.6-72.3) |
75.8 (75.6-75.9) |
Percentage of all adults that were ever told they have diabetes3: |
11.6 (10.4-12.8) |
7.9 (7.8-8.0) |
Percentage of all adults that were ever told they have high blood pressure4: |
26.0 (24.6-27.5) |
26.6 (26.4-26.7) |
1Binge drinking is defined as 5 or more drinks among men and women on one
occasion during 2003-2005 and 5 or more drinks for men and 4 or more drinks for
women during 2006-2007. |
2Heavy drinking is defined as an average of 1 or more drinks per day among
women or 2 or more drinks per day among men in the past 30 days. |
3Does not include gestational diabetes or diabetes identified during pregnancy. |
4Estimates based on data from the following years: 2003, 2005, and 2007. |
Suggested Citation: DW Jarman, "Health Behaviors among American Indians
and Alaskan Natives and All Races Combined, by Region, using CDC BRFSS data,
US--2003-2007." Available at: http://www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/HPDP/ |
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