Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cancer Mortality, Incidence, and Survival in the United States, 1950–2014: Over Six Decades of Changing Patterns and Widening Inequalities
Table 5
Prevalence (%) of current smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, fruit/vegetable intake, and cancer screening by race/ethnicity, education, and income/poverty level in the United States: The 2014-2015 National Health Interview Survey.
Current smoking male
Current smoking female
Obesity male
Obesity female
Physical inactivity male
Physical inactivity female
Fruit/vegetable intake <1 time per day male
Fruit/vegetable intake <1 time per day female
Mammogram within the past 2 years1
Pap test within the past 3 years1
Ever had a Colonoscopy1
Race/ethnicity
All races
17.9
14.4
31.6
30.8
29.5
32.6
33.7
25.3
73.2
82.7
65.3
Non-Hispanic White
18.2
16.6
31.9
28.6
27.4
29.8
33.4
24.9
72.4
81.5
69.2
Non-Hispanic Black
23.0
14.4
36.5
47.7
33.4
42.1
39.8
31.0
77.8
86.1
61.3
American Indian/Alaska Native
27.4
29.7
45.7
51.1
39.5
35.4
35.5
32.4
68.5
74.0
51.3
Asian/Pacific Islander
14.1
3.8
11.2
12.2
23.5
28.2
23.9
15.1
70.8
85.3
50.8
Hispanic
14.0
7.8
33.8
34.1
38.0
39.4
34.5
26.4
74.9
84.3
48.8
Educational attainment (years)
<High school
27.2
20.1
31.7
37.1
51.1
53.4
35.4
27.9
63.1
74.1
50.6
High school graduate
25.7
20.1
36.0
34.8
38.0
43.3
37.9
29.3
68.7
76.2
62.6
Some college/associate degree
19.7
17.0
37.0
35.2
28.0
31.2
35.4
26.6
73.7
82.4
66.4
≥College graduate
7.2
5.7
23.8
21.8
15.7
17.8
29.7
20.5
80.2
89.0
73.4
Poverty status (ratio of family income to poverty threshold)
<100%
34.1
26.4
31.7
40.4
46.2
47.8
38.5
29.3
64.1
76.8
48.0
100–200%
26.2
19.5
31.5
38.2
41.0
44.1
37.3
28.6
64.3
77.9
55.4
200–300%
19.8
15.9
33.9
33.1
34.9
36.2
33.4
25.9
69.1
80.5
64.4
300–400%
18.9
12.3
33.8
32.3
27.6
28.9
36.9
25.7
74.3
83.3
69.8
400–500%
13.3
9.4
31.7
26.7
24.7
25.4
34.6
24.5
78.0
87.4
70.7
Above 500%
9.7
7.8
30.0
21.6
16.1
16.9
29.5
21.0
81.0
88.2
73.7
Note: ages were ≥40 years for mammography, 25–64 years for Pap test, ≥50 years for colonoscopy, and ≥25 years for smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, and fruit/vegetable intake. Differences in prevalence for each risk factor or screening variable across race/ethnicity, education, and poverty level were statistically significant at . 12015 National Health Interview Survey, Cancer Control Supplement.
