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Table 2 Health status by educational attainment (N and weighted percentages)

From: An average/deprivation/inequality (ADI) analysis of chronic disease outcomes and risk factors in Argentina

 

N

Educational Attainment

Overall

  

High

Medium-high

Medium-low

Low

 

Self-reported health status *

      

Excellent

3,647

16.6

9.7

6.5

3.3

9.2

Very good

10,158

42.3

26.2

15.5

11.3

25.4

Good

18,141

34.7

48.6

50.9

45.9

45.5

Fair

8,260

7.8

13.8

23.5

32.1

17.3

Poor

1,129

0.6

1.6

3.6

7.4

2.6

Diet in the past week *

      

Consumed fruits and vegetables

12,743

35.8

28.8

27.9

26.0

29.9

Consumed some fruits but no vegetables

5,184

13.2

13.1

13.0

14.2

13.2

Consumed some vegetables but no fruit

10,036

22.2

20.9

21.1

24.2

21.7

Consumed neither fruit nor vegetables in five days of the last week

13,372

28.9

37.2

38.1

35.6

35.3

Obesity *

      

BMI < 25

18,740

61.7

53.1

42.3

38.8

50.9

25 = < BMI <30 (overweight)

13,161

29.4

33.2

38.9

39.9

34.5

BMI > = 30 (obese)

6,009

8.9

13.7

18.8

21.4

14.7

Diabetes *

      

Yes

3,670

5.1

6.5

11.4

14.7

8.5

No

37,494

94.5

93.5

88.6

85.4

91.5

  1. Notes: * Chi-square test significant at p < 0.001.