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QuickStats: Prevalence of Selected Unhealthy Behavior-Related Characteristics Among Adults Aged ≥18 Years, by Poverty Status* --- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2005--2007†
U.S. adults with the lowest family incomes were more likely than adults with the highest family incomes to be current cigarette smokers (28.3% versus 15.1%), to be physically inactive (57.5% versus 27.8%), to be obese (28.8% versus 22.1%), and to sleep ≤6 hours in a 24-hour period (31.7% versus 25.9%). Smoking and physical inactivity showed the steepest declines with increasing income. In contrast, the percentage of adults who had five or more alcoholic drinks in 1 day in the past year was lowest among adults with family incomes below (17.2%) or near the poverty level (17.3%) and highest among adults in the highest family income group (23.6%).
Source: Schoenborn CA, Adams PF. Health behaviors of adults: United States 2005--2007. Vital Health Stat 2010;10(245).
Alternate Text: The figure above shows the prevalence of selected unhealthy behavior-related characteristics among adults aged ≥18 years, by poverty status, in the United States, during 2005-2007. U.S. adults in with the lowest family incomes were more likely than adults with the highest family incomes to be current cigarette smokers (28.3% versus 15.1%), to be physically inactive (57.5% versus 27.8%), to be obese (28.8% versus 22.1%), and to sleep 6 hours or less in a 24-hour period (31.7% versus 25.9%). Smoking and physical inactivity showed the steepest declines with increasing family income. In contrast, the percentage of adults who had five or more alcoholic drinks in 1 day in the past year was lowest among adults with family incomes below (17.2%) or near the poverty level (17.3%) and highest among adults in the highest family income group (23.6%).
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