HEALTH5: Overweight: Percentage of children ages 6–17 who are overweight by gender, and race, and Hispanic origin, 1976–1980, 1988–1994, 1999–2000, 2001–2002, and 2003

HEALTH5 Overweight: Percentage of children ages 6–17 who are overweight by gender, and race, and Hispanic origin, 1976–1980, 1988–1994, 1999–2000, 2001–2002, and 2003–2004

	Total					Male					Female
	1976–1980	1988–1994	1999–2000	2001–2002	2003–2004	1976–1980	1988–1994	1999–2000	2001–2002	2003–2004	1976–1980	1988–1994	1999–2000	2001–2002	2003–2004
Ages 6–17
Total^a	5.7	11.2	15.0	16.5	18.0	5.5	11.8	15.7	18.0	19.1	5.8	10.6	14.3	15.1	16.8
Race and Hispanic origin^b
White, non-Hispanic	4.9	10.5	11.2	14.6	17.3	4.7	11.3	11.9	16.0	18.8	5.1	9.6	10.5	13.2	15.7
Black, non-Hispanic	8.2	14.0	21.1	20.4	21.7	5.8^c	11.5	19.2	17.7	18.3	10.7	16.5	23.1	23.3	25.3
Mexican American	—	15.4	24.1	21.5	19.6	—	16.1	28.0	25.2	22.3	—	14.7	20.0	17.6	16.6
Ages 6–11
Total^a	6.5	11.3	15.1	16.3	18.8	6.7	11.6	15.7	17.5	19.9	6.4	11.0	14.3	14.9	17.6
Race and Hispanic origin^b
White, non-Hispanic	5.7	10.2	11.7	14.8	17.7	6.1	10.7	11.9	15.5	18.5	5.2	9.8	11.6	14.1	16.9
Black, non-Hispanic	9.0	14.6	19.6	19.9	22.0	6.8^c	12.3	17.1	16.9	17.5	11.2	17.0	22.4	23.1	26.5
Mexican American	—	16.4	23.4	20.1	22.5	—	17.5	26.7	26.0	25.3	—	15.3	19.8	13.6	19.4
Ages 12–17
Total^a	5.0	11.1	14.9	16.8	17.2	4.5	12.0	15.6	18.4	18.3	5.4	10.2	14.2	15.2	16.0
Race and Hispanic origin^b
White, non-Hispanic	4.3	10.8	10.7	14.4	16.9	3.6	12.0	12.0	16.5	19.0	5.0	9.5	9.3	12.4	14.6
Black, non-Hispanic	7.5	13.3	22.7	21.0	21.5	*	10.7	21.6	18.6	19.1	10.3	16.0	23.5	23.4	24.1
Mexican American	—	14.2	24.9	23.1	16.3	—	14.4	29.8	24.2	18.8	—	14.0	20.3	22.0	13.4
— Not available.
* Estimates are considered unreliable (relative standard error greater than 40 percent)
^a Totals include data for racial and ethnic groups not shown separately.
^b From 1976 to 1994, the 1977 OMB Standards for Data on Race and Ethnicity were used to classify persons into one of the following four racial groups: White, Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native, or Asian or Pacific Islander. For data from 1999 to 2004, the revised 1997 OMB standards were used. Persons could select one or more of five racial groups: White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Data from 1999 onward are not directly comparable with data from earlier years. Persons of Mexican origin may be of any race. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) sample was designed to provide estimates specifically for persons of Mexican origin and not for all persons of Hispanic origin.
^c Estimates are unstable because they are based on a small number of persons (relative standard error greater than 30 percent).
NOTE: Overweight is defined as body mass index (BMI) at or above the 95th percentile of the 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BMI–for–age growth charts (http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts).
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.