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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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 16,417 284 1.8 1.5- 2.1 5,701 35.5 34.5-36.6 5,926 36.7 35.7-37.8 4,506 25.9 25.1-26.9
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 458 10 1.5 0.7- 3.0 134 28.7 23.9-33.9 164 35.5 30.2-41.1 150 34.4 29.2-40.0
GENDER
Male 155 3 1.6 0.5- 5.2 37 21.2 14.9-29.2 69 44.0 34.7-53.6 46 33.2 24.7-43.0
Female 303 7 1.3 0.6- 2.9 97 34.7 28.4-41.6 95 28.6 23.0-35.0 104 35.4 29.3-42.0
RACE
White 293 9 2.3 1.1- 4.9 103 35.4 29.4-41.9 100 33.5 27.6-40.0 81 28.8 23.1-35.1
Other 163 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 31 20.3 13.5-29.5 64 38.8 29.5-48.9 67 40.5 31.3-50.5
AGE
18-44 165 2 1.1 0.3- 4.2 44 24.0 17.3-32.4 60 36.3 27.6-46.0 59 38.6 29.9-48.2
45+ 291 8 1.8 0.8- 4.1 89 33.1 27.0-39.8 103 34.4 28.6-40.8 91 30.6 25.0-36.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 258 6 1.6 0.6- 3.8 79 30.7 24.2-38.0 88 33.0 26.3-40.5 85 34.8 27.9-42.5
Some College + 199 4 1.3 0.4- 4.2 54 25.8 19.5-33.4 76 38.9 30.8-47.7 65 33.9 26.4-42.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 268 8 2.2 1.0- 4.9 77 29.4 22.9-36.8 96 34.2 27.5-41.6 87 34.2 27.3-41.8
$50,000+ 120 0 0.0 . - . 39 29.0 21.1-38.5 41 35.9 25.9-47.3 40 35.1 25.6-45.9

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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