Obesity trends by industry of employment in the United States, 2004 to 2011

Jackson, Chandra L.; Wee, Christina C.; Hurtado, David A.; Kawachi, Ichiro

doi:10.1186/s40608-016-0100-x

BMC Obesity

Table 3 Age-standardized prevalence of obesity by occupation within industries overall and among 136,923 black and white men and women, National Health Interview Survey, 2004 to 2011

From: Obesity trends by industry of employment in the United States, 2004 to 2011

	Black women (n = 15,277)			White women (n = 58,784)			Black men (n = 10,023)			White men (n = 52,839)
	No.^a	%^b	% Obese	No.^a	%^b	% Obese	No.^a	%^b	% Obese	No.^a	%^b	% Obese
All industries combined, N = 136,923
Professional/management	1549	10	41	9316	16	23	1120	11	36	13,628	26	26
Support services	9195	62	46	38,435	66	26	2641	27	35	14,465	27	27
Laborers	4457	28	48	10,847	18	33	6196	62	37	24,521	47	32
Manufacturing/construction, n = 39,947
Professional/management	151	8	45	1693	18	21	277	7	38	5331	22	28
Support services	591	29	44	3997	41	25	513	13	36	2992	13	30
Laborers	1403	63	48	4082	41	33	3417	80	36	15,359	65	32
Retail, n = 14,779
Professional/management	(47)	(3)	(50)	343	5	25	(16)	(2)	(26)	385	7	24
Support services	1306	87	44	6213	86	28	525	62	32	3356	65	28
Laborers	150	10	40	670	9	33	307	36	35	1426	28	34
Finances/information, n = 12,769
Professional/management	353	30	45	1878	30	24	171	28	32	1959	43	24
Support services	728	62	38	4265	67	27	253	42	30	1823	41	24
Laborers	103	8	42	217	3	39	224	30	34	736	17	29
Professional/administration/management, n = 12,709
Professional/management	206	18	32	1971	40	21	242	24	36	3055	55	25
Support services	573	50	45	2453	49	26	166	16	26	837	16	27
Laborers	396	32	47	584	11	31	620	60	34	1539	29	29
Education, n = 13,858
Professional/management	135	8	34	632	7	24	74	12	42	581	19	26
Support services	1212	71	43	6904	84	20	322	55	36	2057	64	25
Laborers	394	21	57	768	9	37	209	33	45	530	17	40
Health care and social services, n = 18,032
Professional/management	277	6	40	998	9	25	67	10	35	396	18	25
Support services	3280	82	50	9532	86	29	382	62	37	1435	66	23
Laborers	525	12	58	622	5	44	179	29	37	339	16	31
Accommodation and food, n = 7682
Professional/management	70	6	52	489	11	28	51	8	48	412	19	30
Support services	293	26	49	548	15	32	50	10	37	152	8	31
Laborers	818	68	47	2878	74	29	493	83	34	1407	73	26
Public administration/arts, n = 17,147
Professional/management	360	16	43	1312	19	22	222	16	36	1509	23	28
Support services	1212	55	45	4523	66	26	430	30	39	1813	27	28
Laborers	668	29	42	1026	15	29	747	54	42	3185	49	34

Percentages are weighted estimates; the sample sizes are unweighted
^a= Sample size for the entire race-gender subgroup; %
^b= Percentage for the entire race-gender subgroup; () = estimates based on small sample size, which means less than 50 participants

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