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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Derived Variables and 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 14,228 243 1.4 1.2- 1.6 5,108 35.5 34.5-36.5 5,194 37.9 36.9-39.0 3,683 25.2 24.3-26.1
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 398 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5 137 34.2 29.0-39.8 145 35.2 30.1-40.5 112 29.7 24.9-35.1
GENDER
Male 160 0 0.0 . - . 44 29.5 21.9-38.4 66 38.3 30.6-46.7 50 32.2 24.8-40.5
Female 238 4 1.9 0.7- 5.2 93 39.4 32.8-46.3 79 31.7 25.7-38.4 62 27.1 21.3-33.7
RACE
White 308 4 1.2 0.4- 3.3 114 35.2 29.6-41.4 117 37.0 31.3-43.0 73 26.6 21.4-32.6
Other 89 0 0.0 . - . 23 31.1 19.8-45.2 28 29.4 19.8-41.2 38 39.5 28.4-51.8
AGE
18-44 141 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 54 40.0 30.9-49.8 48 33.6 25.6-42.8 38 25.8 18.7-34.4
45+ 254 3 1.1 0.3- 3.7 82 30.7 24.7-37.3 95 35.8 29.6-42.5 74 32.4 26.2-39.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 201 4 1.7 0.6- 4.9 62 30.9 23.9-39.0 72 33.9 27.0-41.6 63 33.4 26.3-41.3
Some College + 196 0 0.0 . - . 74 37.5 30.2-45.4 73 36.6 29.5-44.2 49 25.9 19.7-33.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 229 4 1.6 0.5- 4.3 74 32.8 26.0-40.4 84 35.8 29.1-43.1 67 29.8 23.5-37.0
$50,000+ 79 0 0.0 . - . 29 34.1 23.6-46.4 32 39.4 28.5-51.5 18 26.5 16.9-38.9

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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 defining overweight and obesity. 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 30.0

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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

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