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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Overweight or Obese*

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  Total
Respond.#
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 252715 102897 40.6 40.3-41.0 149818 59.4 59.0-59.7
Alabama 3,201 1,206 36.8 34.8-38.8 1,995 63.2 61.2-65.2
Alaska 2,576 974 39.3 36.6-42.0 1,602 60.7 58.0-63.4
Arizona 3,071 1,324 42.9 40.2-45.6 1,747 57.1 54.4-59.8
Arkansas 4,027 1,556 38.0 36.3-39.8 2,471 62.0 60.2-63.7
California 4,322 1,864 40.7 38.9-42.4 2,458 59.3 57.6-61.1
Colorado 3,915 1,943 48.6 46.8-50.4 1,972 51.4 49.6-53.2
Connecticut 4,992 2,277 45.2 43.6-46.8 2,715 54.8 53.2-56.4
Delaware 3,819 1,454 39.8 37.7-41.9 2,365 60.2 58.1-62.3
District of Columbia 1,951 1,013 47.9 45.0-50.7 938 52.1 49.3-55.0
Florida 4,780 1,941 41.4 39.3-43.6 2,839 58.6 56.4-60.7
Georgia 7,302 2,771 39.4 37.8-41.1 4,531 60.6 58.9-62.2
Hawaii 5,018 2,523 46.8 45.1-48.6 2,495 53.2 51.4-54.9
Idaho 4,738 1,947 41.0 39.3-42.8 2,791 59.0 57.2-60.7
Illinois 4,951 2,019 40.0 38.1-41.9 2,932 60.0 58.1-61.9
Indiana 5,234 2,026 38.3 36.8-39.8 3,208 61.7 60.2-63.2
Iowa 4,785 1,773 38.4 36.7-40.1 3,012 61.6 59.9-63.3
Kansas 4,379 1,695 39.5 37.8-41.3 2,684 60.5 58.7-62.2
Kentucky 7,164 2,637 36.9 35.2-38.7 4,527 63.1 61.3-64.8
Louisiana 4,836 1,846 38.9 37.2-40.5 2,990 61.1 59.5-62.8
Maine 2,262 950 41.8 39.5-44.2 1,312 58.2 55.8-60.5
Maryland 4,212 1,737 41.0 39.1-42.9 2,475 59.0 57.1-60.9
Massachusetts 7,135 3,287 47.0 45.6-48.5 3,848 53.0 51.5-54.4
Michigan 3,439 1,299 38.2 36.3-40.2 2,140 61.8 59.8-63.7
Minnesota 3,760 1,472 39.1 37.3-40.9 2,288 60.9 59.1-62.7
Mississippi 4,212 1,486 35.1 33.4-36.9 2,726 64.9 63.1-66.6
Missouri 4,093 1,629 40.8 38.7-42.9 2,464 59.2 57.1-61.3
Montana 3,854 1,555 43.1 40.9-45.3 2,299 56.9 54.7-59.1
Nebraska 4,735 1,842 39.1 37.5-40.8 2,893 60.9 59.2-62.5
Nevada 2,790 1,160 41.5 38.9-44.2 1,630 58.5 55.8-61.1
New Hampshire 4,760 2,035 43.0 41.4-44.7 2,725 57.0 55.3-58.6
New Jersey 10,671 4,584 42.8 41.6-43.9 6,087 57.2 56.1-58.4
New Mexico 5,258 2,275 43.4 41.7-45.0 2,983 56.6 55.0-58.3
New York 5,241 2,308 43.7 42.1-45.4 2,933 56.3 54.6-57.9
North Carolina 8,893 3,463 39.0 37.4-40.7 5,430 61.0 59.3-62.6
North Dakota 2,885 1,036 37.0 35.0-39.1 1,849 63.0 60.9-65.0
Ohio 3,602 1,409 39.1 37.1-41.2 2,193 60.9 58.8-62.9
Oklahoma 7,290 2,899 39.5 38.1-40.8 4,391 60.5 59.2-61.9
Oregon 3,802 1,593 41.7 40.0-43.6 2,209 58.3 56.4-60.0
Pennsylvania 3,500 1,411 39.8 38.0-41.7 2,089 60.2 58.3-62.0
Rhode Island 3,834 1,662 43.1 41.1-45.0 2,172 56.9 55.0-58.9
South Carolina 5,686 2,288 39.8 38.2-41.3 3,398 60.2 58.7-61.8
South Dakota 5,049 1,917 39.9 38.2-41.5 3,132 60.1 58.5-61.8
Tennessee 2,454 982 39.6 37.3-41.9 1,472 60.4 58.1-62.7
Texas 5,638 2,206 38.5 37.0-40.0 3,432 61.5 60.0-63.0
Utah 3,885 1,668 45.3 43.2-47.5 2,217 54.7 52.5-56.8
Vermont 4,091 1,821 44.5 42.7-46.3 2,270 55.5 53.7-57.3
Virginia 5,218 2,047 42.3 40.4-44.2 3,171 57.7 55.8-59.6
Washington 17,702 7,177 41.5 40.5-42.4 10,525 58.5 57.6-59.5
West Virginia 3,236 1,240 38.3 36.4-40.3 1,996 61.7 59.7-63.6
Wisconsin 3,906 1,507 40.0 38.1-41.9 2,399 60.0 58.1-61.9
Wyoming 3,880 1,655 42.9 41.1-44.7 2,225 57.1 55.3-58.9
Guam 784 340 41.9 38.0-45.9 444 58.1 54.1-62.0
Puerto Rico 3,937 1,422 36.4 34.4-38.4 2,515 63.6 61.6-65.6
Virgin Islands 1,960 746 39.1 36.2-42.1 1,214 60.9 57.9-63.8

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*Body mass index is computed as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared:(kg/ m2).
BMI is an intermediate variable used in defining overweight and obesity. No=BMI less than 25.0, and Yes= BMI greater than 25.0.

#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 and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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