prevalence of selected unhealthy behavior related characteristics among adults aged >=18 years, by poverty status* national health interview survey, united states, 2005 2007† /

U.
S. adults with the lowest family incomes were more likely than adults with the highest family incomes to be current cigarette smokers (28.3% versus 15.1%),to be physically inactive (57.5% versus 27.8%), to be obese (28.8% versus 22.1%), or to sleep ¡Ü6 hours in a 24-hour period (31.7% versus 25.9%). Smoking and physical inactivity showed the steepest declines with increasing income. In contrast,the percentage of adults who had five or more alcoholic drinks in 1 day in the past year was lowest among adults with family incomes below (17.2%) or near the poverty level (17.3%) and highest among adults in the highest family income group (23.6%).

Source: cdc.gov