Prevalence estimates of selected chronic disease risk behaviors among American Indian/Alaska Native and non-Hispanic White adults residing in CHSDA counties—Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2000–2006a
| |
NHW Totala |
AI/AN Totala |
Northern Plainsb |
Alaskac |
Southern Plainsd |
Pacific Coaste |
Eastf |
Southwestg |
| %h |
(95% CI) |
% |
(95% CI) |
% |
(95% CI) |
% |
(95% CI) |
% |
(95% CI) |
% |
(95% CI) |
% |
(95% CI) |
% |
(95% CI) |
| 5+ servings per day of fruits and vegetablesi |
| All |
24.0 |
(23.6–24.3) |
22.2 |
(20.3–24.3) |
22.0 |
(18.9–25.5) |
24.6 |
(21.5–28.0) |
16.5 |
(14.0–19.3) |
20.8 |
(16.4–26.1) |
28.4 |
(22.9–34.7) |
25.6 |
(22.5–28.9) |
| Male |
19.0 |
(18.6–19.5) |
19.6 |
(16.9–22.7) |
16.9 |
(13.1–21.6) |
24.5 |
(20.4–29.1) |
14.3 |
(10.7–18.8) |
17.7 |
(12.0–25.3) |
28.5 |
(20.8–37.8) |
21.6 |
(17.7–26.0) |
| Female |
28.6 |
(28.2–29.1) |
24.8 |
(22.2–27.6) |
26.6 |
(22.2–31.6) |
25.2 |
(21.1–29.8) |
18.7 |
(15.6–22.2) |
24.6 |
(18.5–31.8) |
28.1 |
(21.2–36.3) |
28.1 |
(24.0–32.7) |
| No leisure-time physical activity |
| All |
19.6 |
(19.4–19.9) |
31.3 |
(29.4–33.2) |
30.2 |
(27.5–33.1) |
31.7 |
(29.3–34.3) |
32.3 |
(30.2–34.4) |
32.7 |
(28.0–37.8) |
33.7 |
(29.4–38.3) |
25.9 |
(23.7–28.2) |
| Male |
18.2 |
(17.8–18.5) |
29.5 |
(26.6–32.5) |
27.2 |
(23.2–31.6) |
27.4 |
(24.2–30.9) |
28.2 |
(25.3–31.3) |
34.3 |
(27.8–41.4) |
31.0 |
(25.2–37.4) |
23.7 |
(20.5–27.2) |
| Female |
20.8 |
(20.5–21.1) |
33.1 |
(30.9–35.3) |
32.7 |
(29.3–36.3) |
35.6 |
(32.2–39.2) |
36.0 |
(33.3–38.9) |
31.5 |
(25.9–37.7) |
38.0 |
(32.0–44.4) |
27.9 |
(25.0–31.1) |
| Overweight (25.0 kg/m² ≤ BMI ≤ 29.9 kg/ m²)j |
| All |
36.0 |
(35.7–36.3) |
37.4 |
(35.4–39.4) |
35.3 |
(32.1–38.6) |
37.6 |
(35.0–40.4) |
35.4 |
(33.2–37.7) |
39.2 |
(34.4–44.2) |
39.7 |
(34.5–45.1) |
36.1 |
(33.4–39.0) |
| Male |
45.2 |
(44.7–45.6) |
43.0 |
(40.0–46.1) |
38.7 |
(33.7–43.8) |
43.1 |
(39.3–47.0) |
41.8 |
(38.3–45.4) |
45.6 |
(38.7–52.7) |
44.7 |
(37.3–52.3) |
41.0 |
(36.9–45.2) |
| Female |
27.1 |
(26.8–27.5) |
31.5 |
(29.2–33.9) |
32.6 |
(28.8–36.8) |
32.8 |
(29.3–36.5) |
29.0 |
(26.3–32.0) |
30.4 |
(24.7–36.8) |
33.0 |
(27.0–39.6) |
32.7 |
(29.0–36.6) |
| Obese (BMI ≥ 30.0 kg/m²)j |
| All |
20.5 |
(20.3–20.8) |
32.8 |
(30.9–34.8) |
35.4 |
(32.2–38.8) |
29.4 |
(27.1–31.9) |
32.0 |
(29.9–34.2) |
34.2 |
(29.8–39.0) |
28.5 |
(24.3–33.1) |
31.3 |
(28.8–34.0) |
| Male |
21.6 |
(21.3–22.0) |
33.5 |
(30.6–36.5) |
35.6 |
(30.7–40.9) |
25.0 |
(21.9–28.4) |
33.7 |
(30.5–37.1) |
35.3 |
(28.8–42.4) |
29.4 |
(23.8–35.7) |
30.9 |
(27.2–34.9) |
| Female |
19.4 |
(19.1–19.7) |
32.2 |
(29.9–34.7) |
34.9 |
(31.4–38.6) |
33.6 |
(30.2–37.2) |
30.2 |
(27.6–32.8) |
32.6 |
(27.3–38.5) |
27.4 |
(22.0–33.6) |
31.7 |
(28.4–35.1) |
| Binge Drinkerk |
| All |
17.0 |
(16.7–17.3) |
17.4 |
(15.7–19.3) |
21.7 |
(18.8–24.8) |
18.7 |
(16.7–20.9) |
15.8 |
(13.6–18.2) |
17.8 |
(13.9–22.5) |
17.5 |
(13.1–22.9) |
14.9 |
(12.8–17.3) |
| Male |
24.3 |
(23.8–24.8) |
25.5 |
(22.6–28.7) |
28.9 |
(24.0–34.2) |
22.4 |
(19.2–26.0) |
24.0 |
(20.6–27.8) |
26.7 |
(20.4–34.2) |
23.4 |
(16.7–31.7) |
23.3 |
(19.8–27.3) |
| Female |
9.6 |
(9.3–9.9) |
9.0 |
(7.8–10.4) |
14.0 |
(11.5–17.1) |
15.2 |
(12.9–17.8) |
7.6 |
(5.7–10.2) |
7.7 |
(5.2–11.3) |
9.2 |
(5.8–14.5) |
7.2 |
(5.3–9.7) |
| Heavy Drinkerl |
| All |
6.5 |
(6.3–6.7) |
6.2 |
(5.0–7.7) |
5.9 |
(4.3–8.0) |
5.0 |
(4.0–6.3) |
4.0 |
(3.2–5.1) |
6.8 |
(4.2–10.8) |
8.4 |
(5.1–13.6) |
5.8 |
(4.5–7.3) |
| Male |
7.1 |
(6.8–7.4) |
9.0 |
(6.9–11.8) |
7.5 |
(5.0–11.0) |
4.9 |
(3.6–6.8) |
5.6 |
(4.2–7.5) |
10.9 |
(6.5–17.7) |
11.8 |
(6.6–20.3) |
7.6 |
(5.7–10.2) |
| Female |
5.9 |
(5.6–6.1) |
3.2 |
(2.6–4.0) |
4.1 |
(2.7–6.1) |
5.0 |
(3.7–6.9) |
2.5 |
(1.7–3.7) |
2.2 |
(1.3–3.5) |
4.3 |
(2.0–9.1) |
4.0 |
(2.6–6.2) |
| Current Smokerm |
| All |
22.0 |
(21.7–22.2) |
28.8 |
(27.2–30.4) |
42.7 |
(39.6–45.8) |
40.0 |
(37.6–42.3) |
33.2 |
(31.0–35.5) |
21.9 |
(18.5–25.7) |
36.5 |
(32.3–40.9) |
18.4 |
(16.3–20.8) |
| Male |
22.6 |
(22.2–23.0) |
31.3 |
(28.9–33.9) |
43.6 |
(38.9–48.4) |
43.9 |
(40.6–47.3) |
35.1 |
(31.7–38.6) |
25.8 |
(20.6–31.7) |
38.4 |
(32.4–44.8) |
22.5 |
(19.5–25.8) |
| Female |
21.3 |
(21.0–21.7) |
26.1 |
(24.3–28.0) |
42.1 |
(38.4–46.0) |
36.7 |
(33.5–39.9) |
31.5 |
(28.8–34.3) |
17.5 |
(14.0–21.8) |
33.6 |
(28.3–39.4) |
14.9 |
(12.3–18.0) |
| Former Smokerm |
| All |
26.6 |
(26.4–26.9) |
26.5 |
(24.7–28.4) |
25.9 |
(23.3–28.8) |
28.6 |
(26.2–31.0) |
21.2 |
(19.6–23.0) |
32.6 |
(28.3–37.2) |
25.1 |
(20.8–29.8) |
21.6 |
(19.3–24.1) |
| Male |
30.4 |
(30.0–30.8) |
30.3 |
(27.6–33.1) |
29.3 |
(25.3–33.6) |
30.1 |
(26.8–33.6) |
24.7 |
(22.1–27.6) |
35.2 |
(29.2–41.8) |
28.5 |
(22.6–35.2) |
28.9 |
(25.4–32.6) |
| Female |
23.7 |
(23.4–24.0) |
22.7 |
(20.5–25.1) |
24.1 |
(20.9–27.6) |
27.4 |
(24.3–30.7) |
18.3 |
(16.4–20.3) |
28.8 |
(23.4–34.9) |
21.2 |
(16.3–27.1) |
15.5 |
(12.7–18.7) |
| Never Smokedm |
| All |
51.4 |
(51.1–51.7) |
44.7 |
(42.8–46.7) |
31.4 |
(28.3–34.8) |
31.5 |
(29.1–33.9) |
45.5 |
(43.2–47.8) |
45.5 |
(40.8–50.3) |
38.5 |
(33.7–43.5) |
59.9 |
(57.0–62.8) |
| Male |
47.0 |
(46.5–47.5) |
38.3 |
(35.4–41.4) |
27.1 |
(22.6–32.2) |
26.0 |
(23.0–29.2) |
40.2 |
(36.8–43.6) |
39.0 |
(32.6–45.8) |
33.1 |
(26.8–40.2) |
48.7 |
(44.6–52.8) |
| Female |
55.0 |
(54.6–55.4) |
51.1 |
(48.7–53.6) |
33.8 |
(30.1–37.7) |
36.0 |
(32.7–39.3) |
50.3 |
(47.3–53.2) |
53.7 |
(47.6–59.6) |
45.2 |
(39.1–51.5) |
69.6 |
(65.6–73.3) |
CHSDA indicates Contract Health Service Delivery Areas of the Indian Health Service; NHW, non-Hispanic whites; AI/AN, American Indians/Alaska Natives; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.
a Data from 34 U.S. states (includes states listed in the footnotes below).
b AI/AN in Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
c AI/AN in Alaska.
d AI/AN in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
e AI/AN in California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
f AI/AN in Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and South Carolina.
g AI/AN in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.
h All prevalence estimates are weighted and age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population. "Refused" and "don't know" responses are excluded.
i 2000–2003, 2005.
j In individuals aged ≥20 years.
k 2001–2005; ≥5 drinks on one occasion within the past 30 days.
l 2001–2006: Males, >2 drinks per day within past 30 days; females: >1 drink per day within past 30 days.
m Smoking is defined as having smoked at least 100 cigarettes (5 packs) in entire life.
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Page last reviewed: August 22, 2008
Page last updated: August 22, 2008
Content source: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
