Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of adults by survey year of the National Health and Nutrition Survey
From: Trends in the dietary patterns of Mexican adults by sociodemographic characteristics
Characteristics | Survey year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
2006 n = 14,040%(95% IC) | 2012 n = 2027% (95% IC) | 2016 n = 5729% (95% IC) | |
Age | |||
20–39 y | 56.3 (54.7–57.8) | 55.5 (51.9–58.9) | 58.5 (56.1–60.7) |
40–59 y | 43.7 (42.1–45.2) | 44.5 (41.0–48.0) | 41.5 (39.2–43.8) |
Sex | |||
Males | 38.7 (37.0–40.3) | 47.0 (43.7–50.2) | 46.9 (44.5–49.1) |
Females | 61.3 (59.6–62.9) | 53.0 (49.7–56.2) | 53.1 (50.8–55.4) |
Socioeconomic status | |||
Low | 30.0 (28.2–31.9) | 25.6 (23.3–28.0) | 22.3 (19.8–24.9) |
Medium | 35.0 (33.2–36.7) | 32.1 (28.6–35.8) | 30.5 (28.2–32.9) |
High | 35.0 (32.8–37.7) | 42.3 (38.6–45.9) | 47.2 (44.0–50.3) |
Area | |||
Urban | 81.1 (79.3–82.7) | 76.8 (74.7–78.6) | 74.7 (71.6–77.4) |
Rural | 18.9 (17.2–20.6) | 23.2 (21.3–25.2) | 25.3 (22.5–28.3) |
Region | |||
North | 19.5 (17.2–22.0) | 20.9 (19.3–22.6) | 26.6 (23.7–29.7) |
Center | 29.6 (26.4–32.9) | 31.3 (29.1–33.5) | 30.0 (26.6–33.6) |
Mexico City | 21.4 (17.2–26.1) | 16.8 (14.7–19.1) | 15.6 (13.2–18.1) |
South | 29.5 (26.4–32.6) | 31.0 (28.8–33.1) | 27.8 (24.7–31.1) |