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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Mecklenburg County

Risk Factors

Body Mass Index Grouping-Underweight, Recommended Range, Overweight and Obese*

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  Total
Respond.#
Underweight Recommended Range Overweight Obese
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,852 140 2.1 1.6- 2.7 2,415 39.1 37.2-41.0 2,014 35.9 34.1-37.9 1,283 22.9 21.2-24.6
Mecklenburg County 407 8 2.0 0.9- 4.6 179 40.9 35.4-46.6 144 38.2 32.7-43.9 76 18.9 15.1-23.5
GENDER
Male 171 2 1.7 0.3- 7.6 67 37.0 29.0-45.8 74 45.0 36.4-53.8 28 16.3 11.3-23.1
Female 236 6 2.5 1.0- 5.7 112 45.1 38.0-52.3 70 30.7 24.4-37.7 48 21.8 16.4-28.4
RACE
White 290 5 1.9 0.6- 5.7 144 44.2 37.6-51.0 97 37.6 31.1-44.5 44 16.4 12.2-21.7
Other 111 3 2.5 0.8- 7.6 32 32.7 22.8-44.3 44 39.2 29.4-50.0 32 25.6 17.8-35.5
AGE
18-44 227 4 2.2 0.7- 6.7 100 40.5 33.1-48.5 84 40.7 33.2-48.7 39 16.6 12.0-22.5
45+ 179 4 1.9 0.7- 5.2 78 40.8 33.1-48.9 60 34.6 27.3-42.7 37 22.8 16.5-30.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 131 3 3.3 0.9-11.7 62 44.4 34.9-54.3 37 27.3 19.7-36.5 29 25.0 17.5-34.4
Some College + 275 5 1.4 0.6- 3.6 117 39.2 32.8-46.0 107 43.5 36.8-50.4 46 15.9 11.7-21.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 184 5 3.3 1.1- 9.3 74 38.8 31.0-47.3 66 37.5 29.8-46.0 39 20.3 14.7-27.5
$50,000+ 157 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3 65 34.6 27.1-42.9 62 44.8 36.1-53.8 28 19.8 13.7-27.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 403 7 1.5 0.7- 3.3 190 46.1 40.6-51.7 130 33.2 28.1-38.7 76 19.2 15.3-23.9
Cumberland 408 4 1.0 0.4- 2.9 168 40.3 34.6-46.2 141 37.3 31.7-43.3 95 21.4 17.2-26.3
Durham 380 4 0.6 0.2- 1.6 159 40.2 33.9-46.8 135 38.5 31.6-46.0 82 20.7 16.1-26.1
Forsyth 432 11 1.5 0.8- 2.9 174 41.5 36.0-47.1 150 35.4 30.4-40.8 97 21.6 17.3-26.6
Gaston 434 9 1.4 0.7- 2.9 157 35.3 30.3-40.5 154 36.8 31.7-42.1 114 26.5 22.1-31.5
Guilford 392 17 3.8 2.1- 6.8 166 40.6 35.2-46.2 124 35.0 29.6-40.9 85 20.6 16.4-25.5
New Hanover 388 14 2.5 1.4- 4.3 175 42.9 36.5-49.5 129 37.7 30.7-45.3 70 16.9 13.0-21.7
Onslow 409 10 3.0 1.5- 5.9 168 39.0 32.5-45.9 138 39.7 32.3-47.6 93 18.3 14.3-23.0
Wake 400 11 2.6 1.3- 5.1 170 43.3 37.7-49.0 139 34.8 29.6-40.5 80 19.2 15.2-24.0
Western NC 581 17 3.3 1.9- 5.7 258 42.8 38.4-47.4 203 35.6 31.3-40.1 103 18.3 15.0-22.1
Piedmont NC 635 15 1.6 0.9- 2.9 241 36.6 32.0-41.4 223 36.1 31.6-41.0 156 25.7 21.7-30.1
Eastern NC 583 13 2.0 1.0- 4.0 210 36.4 31.7-41.5 204 35.0 30.6-39.7 156 26.5 22.4-31.2

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* Body mass index is computed as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared:(kg/ m2). BMI is an intermediate variable used in calculating these measures. Underweight=BMI less than 18.5, Recommended Range=BMI 18.5 to 24.9, Overweight=BMI 25.0 to 29.9 and Obese= BMI greater than 29.9.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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