Chronic Disease and Risk Factor Prevalence in Multiracial Subgroups: California, 2014-2023.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multiracial adults represent a growing U.S. population but are often grouped together or reassigned to single-race categories in public health data. Aggregation can obscure important variation across subgroups, limiting opportunities for targeted prevention.

Methods

We analyzed 2014-2023 California Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data (n=100,177) to estimate prevalence of 28 health indicators across racial and ethnic groups, including disaggregated Multiracial subgroups. We categorized participants based on all self-identified races and aggregated subgroups with N<50. We standardized prevalence by age and sex using 2020 California census data, calculated relative standard errors, and used survey-weighted methods to compare prevalence and subgroup differ

SUBMITTER: Lam-Hine T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12204261 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature