Journal of Obesity / 2017 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
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)