Trends and Disparities in the Prevalence of Childhood Obesity in South Texas between 2009 and 2015

Table 1

Prevalence of overweight (≥85th and <95th percentile) and obesity (≥95th percentile) by age group, race, and ethnicity, data from all years (2009–2015) combined.

	Age 2–17 years	Age 2–5 years	Age 6–11 years	Age 12–17 years
Overweight
All groups	16.2 (16.0–16.5)	13.4 (13.1–13.8)	16.7 (16.3–17.0)	18.5 (18.1–18.9)
Male	15.2 (14.9–15.5)	13.4 (12.9–13.9)	15.5 (15.0–16.0)	16.5 (16.0–17.0)
Female	17.4 (17.1–17.7)	13.5 (13.0–14.0)	17.9 (17.3–18.4)	20.4 (19.9–21.0)
Hispanic	17.0 (16.7–17.2)	14.2 (13.8–14.6)	17.2 (16.7–17.6)	19.4 (19.0–19.8)
Male	15.7 (15.4–16.1)	14.1 (13.5–14.6)	15.9 (15.3–16.5)	17.2 (16.6–17.8)
Female	18.2 (17.9–18.6)	14.4 (13.8–14.9)	18.5 (17.8–19.1)	21.5 (20.9–22.1)
White	14.0 (13.5–14.6)	10.7 (9.8–11.6)	15.3 (14.3–16.4)	15.9 (14.9–16.9)
Male	13.3 (12.5–14.1)	11.0 (9.8–12.4)	14.4 (13.1–15.9)	14.3 (13.0–15.8)
Female	14.8 (14.0–15.7)	10.3 (9.1–11.6)	16.2 (14.8–17.8)	17.3 (15.9–18.8)
Black	14.3 (13.5–15.1)	11.7 (10.5–13.1)	15.3 (13.9–16.8)	15.8 (14.5–17.2)
Male	13.5 (12.5–14.7)	12.0 (10.3–13.9)	14.7 (12.8–16.8)	13.9 (12.2–15.9)
Female	15.1 (14.0–16.4)	11.4 (9.6–13.3)	16.0 (13.9–18.3)	17.6 (15.7–19.7)
Asian	9.9 (8.8–11.1)	7.9 (6.3–9.8)	12.4 (10.4–14.8)	9.4 (7.5–11.7)
Male	11.0 (9.4–12.9)	9.2 (6.9–12.2)	13.6 (10.6–17.4)	10.6 (7.8–14.2)
Female	8.8 (7.3–10.5)	6.4 (4.4–9.2)	11.4 (8.7–14.6)	8.4 (6.1–11.5)
Obese
All groups	23.4 (23.2–23.7)	14.5 (14.2–14.9)	26.8 (26.4–27.3)	28.6 (28.1–29.0)
Male	24.8 (24.5–25.2)	15.1 (14.6–15.6)	29.1 (28.5–29.8)	30.3 (29.7–30.9)
Female	22.0 (21.6–22.3)	13.5 (13.0–14.0)	24.4 (23.8–25.1)	27.0 (26.4–27.6)
Hispanic	25.3 (25.1–25.6)	15.9 (15.5–16.4)	29.5 (29.0–30.0)	30.3 (29.8–30.8)
Male	27.1 (26.7–27.5)	16.6 (16.0–17.2)	32.3 (31.5–32.0)	32.4 (31.7–33.1)
Female	23.6 (23.2–24.0)	15.2 (14.6–15.8)	26.6 (25.9–27.3)	28.4 (27.7–29.1)
White	16.6 (16.0–17.2)	9.6 (8.7–10.5)	16.3 (15.3–17.4)	23.1 (22.0–24.3)
Male	17.5 (16.6–18.3)	9.8 (8.7–11.1)	17.5 (16.0–19.1)	24.7 (23.0–26.5)
Female	15.8 (14.9–16.6)	9.2 (8.1–10.5)	15.0 (13.6–16.6)	21.6 (20.1–23.2)
Black	18.2 (17.3–19.1)	8.9 (7.8–10.1)	19.8 (18.3–21.5)	24.9 (23.3–26.6)
Male	16.8 (15.6–18.0)	9.2 (7.7–10.9)	18.1 (16.0–20.3)	22.7 (20.5–25.0)
Female	19.6 (18.4–21.0)	8.6 (7.1–10.4)	21.9 (19.5–24.5)	27.1 (24.8–29.5)
Asian	8.5 (7.4–9.6)	7.2 (5.7–9.1)	11.9 (9.8–14.2)	6.2 (4.7–8.1)
Male	10.8 (9.2–12.7)	9.6 (7.3–12.6)	15.1 (12.0–19.0)	7.5 (5.2–10.7)
Female	6.2 (5.0–7.7)	4.5 (2.9–7.0)	8.9 (6.6–11.9)	5.0 (3.2–7.5)