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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 444 3 0.9 0.2- 3.7 145 30.9 25.8-36.5 171 40.2 34.7-46.0 125 28.0 23.3-33.2
GENDER
Male 172 0 0.0 . - . 44 25.3 17.9-34.5 78 44.5 35.9-53.3 50 30.2 22.9-38.8
Female 272 3 1.8 0.4- 7.3 101 36.6 30.0-43.7 93 35.9 29.1-43.4 75 25.7 20.3-32.0
RACE
White 397 3 1.0 0.2- 4.2 135 31.3 25.9-37.3 156 42.5 36.5-48.7 103 25.2 20.5-30.6
Other 47 0 0.0 . - . 10 27.6 14.5-46.1 15 22.8 12.9-37.2 22 49.6 33.4-65.8
AGE
18-44 162 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1 63 36.4 28.0-45.6 51 36.3 27.9-45.6 47 26.2 19.4-34.3
45+ 281 2 0.6 0.1- 2.2 82 24.9 19.9-30.6 119 44.6 38.0-51.3 78 30.0 24.1-36.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 263 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 81 28.5 22.0-36.1 104 40.8 33.5-48.4 77 30.5 24.1-37.7
Some College + 180 2 1.8 0.3- 9.0 63 33.8 26.1-42.5 67 39.7 31.4-48.6 48 24.7 18.3-32.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 265 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 90 33.1 26.2-40.9 100 40.0 32.8-47.7 74 26.6 20.7-33.4
$50,000+ 111 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 32 27.4 19.2-37.5 49 45.1 34.9-55.7 29 27.1 18.7-37.6

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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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