Table 6 Standardized prevalence estimates of obesity based on BMI ≥ 30.0, ages 45–84, by race/ethnicity

N

% (99% CI)

N

% (99% CI)

N

% (99% CI)

All

Women

Men

All Asian

203,020

14.7% (14.5–14.9)

111,421

13.6% (13.3–13.9)

91,599

15.8% (15.5–16.1)^b

(ref) ^c

(ref) ^c

(ref) ^c

Chinese

62,912

8.3% (8.0–8.6) ^a

34,576

6.8% (6.5–7.2) ^a

28,336

9.9% (9.4–10.4) ^a,b

−6.4

−6.4

−5.9

Korean

6510

7.6% (6.8–8.5) ^a

3817

5.8% (4.8–6.8) ^a

2693

9.6% (8.1–11.0) ^a,b

−7.1

−7.4

− 6.2

Japanese

12,292

19.7% (18.8–20.7) ^a

7257

15.5% (14.3–16.6)

5035

24.3% (22.7–26.0) ^a,b

5.0

1.9

8.5

Southeast Asian

22,378

7.6% (7.1–8.0) ^a

11,278

7.3% (6.6–7.9) ^a

11,100

7.8% (7.2–8.5) ^a

−7.1

−6.3

−8.0

Filipino

66,959

20.8% (20.4–21.2) ^a

38,778

19.0% (18.5–19.5) ^a

28,181

22.6% (22.0–23.3) ^a,b

6.1

5.4

6.8

South Asian

27,113

20.0% (19.4–20.7) ^a

12,581

22.4% (21.4–23.3) ^a

14,532

17.4% (16.6–18.3) ^a,b

5.3

8.8

1.6

Native Hawaiian/

Pacific Islander

5952

43.6% (41.9–45.4) ^a

2885

44.5% (42.0–47.0) ^a

3067

42.7% (40.3–45.0) ^a

28.9

30.9

26.9

White

non-Hispanic

576,700

36.4% (36.2–36.5) ^a

304,556

34.7% (34.4–34.9) ^a

272,144

38.2% (37.9–38.4) ^a,b

21.7

21.1

22.4

African-American/Black

75,277

50.5% (50.0–50.9) ^a

42,325

54.9% (54.2–55.5) ^a

32,952

45.6% (44.9–46.3) ^a,b

35.8

41.3

29.8

Hispanic/

Latino

154,675

44.6 (44.3–44.9) ^a

81,307

44.5% (44.1–45.0) ^a

73,368

44.6% (44.1–45.1) ^a

29.9

30.9

28.8