Variation in Provider Identification of Obesity by Individual- and Neighborhood-Level Characteristics among an Insured Population

Table 4

Ranges of neighborhood-level variables.

	Range
Proportion of Black residents
Tertile 3 (highest)	2.0%–95.8%
Tertile 2	0.6%–1.9%
Tertile 1 (lowest)	0.0%–0.6%
Median household income
Tertile 3 (highest)	$\$$57,049–$\$$159,538
Tertile 2	$\$$39,543–$\$$56,951
Tertile 1 (lowest)	$\$$0.0–$\$$39,526
Percent high school graduate
Tertile 3 (highest)	60.9%–100.0%
Tertile 2	55.9%–60.8%
Tertile 1 (lowest)	19.8%–55.8%
Percent urban
Tertile 3 (highest)	99.8%–100.0%
Tertile 2	93.5%–99.7%
Tertile 1 (lowest)	0.0%–93.4%

Note: The U.S. Census defines urban as densely settled areas containing at least 50,000 people (urban areas) and densely settled areas with a population of 2,500 to 49,999 (urban clusters).