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Underweight | Recommended Range | Overweight | Obese | |||||||||
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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 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Alamance | 434 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.8 | 151 | 35.9 | 30.3-41.9 | 146 | 32.4 | 26.7-38.7 | 130 | 30.3 | 24.9-36.2 |
Buncombe | 438 | 11 | 2.3 | 1.1- 4.9 | 196 | 42.6 | 36.7-48.8 | 121 | 27.1 | 22.0-33.0 | 110 | 27.9 | 22.4-34.3 |
Cabarrus | 396 | 8 | 3.1 | 1.3- 7.0 | 132 | 34.3 | 28.2-40.9 | 150 | 37.8 | 31.8-44.1 | 106 | 24.9 | 20.2-30.3 |
Catawba | 426 | 10 | 2.0 | 1.0- 4.1 | 144 | 34.9 | 29.3-40.9 | 164 | 38.6 | 33.1-44.5 | 108 | 24.5 | 20.0-29.5 |
Cumberland | 439 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.6- 3.4 | 148 | 37.1 | 31.2-43.3 | 159 | 32.6 | 27.7-38.1 | 125 | 28.9 | 23.9-34.4 |
Davidson | 440 | 8 | 0.9 | 0.4- 1.9 | 152 | 35.5 | 29.7-41.8 | 158 | 32.5 | 27.3-38.2 | 122 | 31.1 | 25.1-37.7 |
Durham | 439 | 10 | 2.1 | 1.1- 4.3 | 172 | 38.7 | 33.2-44.6 | 147 | 35.6 | 30.0-41.7 | 110 | 23.5 | 19.0-28.7 |
Forsyth | 429 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.6 | 170 | 39.8 | 33.9-46.1 | 161 | 37.7 | 32.1-43.7 | 94 | 21.5 | 17.1-26.7 |
Gaston | 427 | 9 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.8 | 137 | 32.9 | 26.9-39.6 | 169 | 39.5 | 33.4-46.0 | 112 | 25.7 | 21.0-31.2 |
Guilford | 444 | 8 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.4 | 160 | 35.0 | 29.5-40.9 | 178 | 40.8 | 35.0-46.9 | 98 | 21.9 | 17.6-26.8 |
Iredell | 388 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.9 | 144 | 34.6 | 29.1-40.6 | 138 | 37.0 | 31.2-43.2 | 100 | 27.2 | 22.0-33.0 |
Johnston | 364 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.3 | 118 | 30.8 | 25.0-37.2 | 139 | 41.4 | 34.8-48.3 | 103 | 27.1 | 21.6-33.3 |
Mecklenburg | 839 | 16 | 1.6 | 1.0- 2.7 | 336 | 42.8 | 38.6-47.1 | 287 | 32.3 | 28.7-36.2 | 200 | 23.3 | 20.0-27.0 |
New Hanover | 433 | 6 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.4 | 175 | 38.3 | 32.8-44.2 | 152 | 36.5 | 31.0-42.3 | 100 | 23.5 | 19.0-28.7 |
Onslow | 378 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.3- 6.6 | 102 | 30.4 | 23.9-37.7 | 147 | 39.0 | 32.8-45.6 | 121 | 27.7 | 22.6-33.4 |
Orange | 409 | 6 | 1.4 | 0.5- 4.1 | 195 | 46.9 | 40.5-53.4 | 128 | 32.2 | 26.7-38.3 | 80 | 19.4 | 14.6-25.4 |
Pitt | 422 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.5 | 134 | 33.3 | 27.3-39.9 | 141 | 34.2 | 28.7-40.1 | 139 | 30.8 | 25.6-36.6 |
Randolph | 434 | 10 | 2.9 | 1.2- 6.6 | 165 | 37.2 | 31.8-42.9 | 158 | 36.7 | 31.4-42.4 | 101 | 23.2 | 18.9-28.1 |
Robeson | 427 | 5 | 1.1 | 0.4- 3.0 | 129 | 32.4 | 26.7-38.6 | 139 | 33.0 | 27.3-39.2 | 154 | 33.5 | 28.2-39.3 |
Rowan | 452 | 7 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.8 | 143 | 32.2 | 26.6-38.3 | 166 | 37.1 | 31.6-42.9 | 136 | 29.3 | 24.4-34.7 |
Union | 364 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.8 | 128 | 34.7 | 29.2-40.7 | 138 | 38.4 | 32.7-44.4 | 94 | 26.0 | 20.9-31.8 |
Wake | 813 | 13 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.6 | 304 | 35.1 | 31.0-39.4 | 312 | 42.3 | 38.0-46.8 | 184 | 20.4 | 17.3-23.9 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 447 | 10 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.2 | 152 | 36.6 | 30.8-42.7 | 161 | 36.2 | 30.6-42.1 | 124 | 25.6 | 21.0-30.7 |
Northeast Partnership II | 488 | 6 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.1 | 154 | 32.9 | 27.8-38.3 | 159 | 35.2 | 30.0-40.8 | 169 | 30.8 | 26.1-35.9 |
Northeast Partnership I | 498 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.7 | 124 | 27.0 | 22.3-32.4 | 182 | 36.5 | 31.3-42.0 | 190 | 36.1 | 30.6-42.1 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 409 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.7 | 114 | 25.9 | 20.8-31.6 | 167 | 44.2 | 37.9-50.6 | 126 | 29.6 | 24.2-35.5 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 501 | 11 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.3 | 138 | 31.5 | 25.8-37.9 | 194 | 38.9 | 33.4-44.7 | 158 | 27.3 | 22.8-32.4 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 411 | 8 | 1.9 | 0.9- 4.1 | 144 | 34.9 | 29.6-40.6 | 147 | 35.9 | 30.6-41.5 | 112 | 27.3 | 22.2-33.0 |
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 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 500 | 10 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.6 | 198 | 37.2 | 32.4-42.4 | 189 | 39.2 | 34.1-44.6 | 103 | 21.4 | 17.1-26.3 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 620 | 9 | 1.8 | 0.8- 3.8 | 183 | 31.9 | 26.4-38.1 | 222 | 36.1 | 31.1-41.4 | 206 | 30.2 | 25.8-35.0 |
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 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 388 | 10 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.3 | 143 | 37.2 | 31.0-43.8 | 144 | 37.2 | 31.3-43.4 | 91 | 23.7 | 19.1-29.1 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 487 | 11 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.8 | 174 | 36.1 | 30.8-41.7 | 171 | 34.4 | 29.5-39.8 | 131 | 27.5 | 22.7-33.0 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 731 | 17 | 2.7 | 1.5- 4.8 | 263 | 39.1 | 34.2-44.2 | 257 | 33.8 | 29.6-38.4 | 194 | 24.4 | 20.5-28.8 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 1,137 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.5- 2.0 | 337 | 33.2 | 29.5-37.1 | 393 | 35.3 | 31.7-39.0 | 396 | 30.6 | 27.3-34.1 |
No | 15,280 | 273 | 1.8 | 1.5- 2.1 | 5,364 | 35.7 | 34.6-36.8 | 5,533 | 36.8 | 35.8-37.9 | 4,110 | 25.7 | 24.8-26.6 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 5,304 | 76 | 1.5 | 1.1- 1.9 | 1,667 | 33.0 | 31.2-34.8 | 1,907 | 36.8 | 35.1-38.6 | 1,654 | 28.7 | 27.1-30.3 |
Piedmont | 9,197 | 166 | 1.8 | 1.4- 2.2 | 3,311 | 36.0 | 34.6-37.4 | 3,364 | 37.6 | 36.3-39.0 | 2,356 | 24.6 | 23.4-25.8 |
Western NC | 1,916 | 42 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.3 | 723 | 38.7 | 35.7-41.7 | 655 | 33.3 | 30.6-36.1 | 496 | 25.8 | 23.2-28.5 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 1,169 | 28 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.1 | 459 | 40.3 | 36.4-44.2 | 378 | 31.6 | 28.3-35.2 | 304 | 25.5 | 22.3-29.1 |
Northwest | 3,125 | 51 | 1.3 | 0.9- 1.9 | 1,101 | 35.5 | 33.2-37.8 | 1,153 | 36.9 | 34.7-39.1 | 820 | 26.3 | 24.4-28.4 |
Charlotte | 2,423 | 50 | 1.9 | 1.4- 2.7 | 865 | 38.2 | 35.6-41.0 | 890 | 35.1 | 32.6-37.6 | 618 | 24.7 | 22.5-27.1 |
Greensboro | 2,112 | 35 | 1.8 | 1.1- 3.0 | 813 | 36.3 | 33.5-39.3 | 752 | 37.9 | 35.0-41.0 | 512 | 23.9 | 21.6-26.4 |
Southern Regional | 1,717 | 25 | 1.5 | 0.9- 2.3 | 552 | 35.5 | 31.9-39.2 | 601 | 33.6 | 30.5-36.8 | 539 | 29.5 | 26.6-32.6 |
Coastal | 834 | 16 | 2.5 | 1.4- 4.6 | 311 | 35.6 | 31.7-39.7 | 300 | 36.8 | 32.9-40.9 | 207 | 25.1 | 21.6-28.9 |
Wake | 2,294 | 40 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.1 | 789 | 33.6 | 31.0-36.3 | 856 | 40.7 | 37.9-43.6 | 609 | 23.7 | 21.6-26.1 |
Area L | 673 | 4 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.2 | 191 | 28.7 | 24.4-33.4 | 253 | 40.5 | 35.5-45.7 | 225 | 30.0 | 25.6-34.8 |
Eastern | 2,070 | 35 | 1.5 | 1.0- 2.3 | 620 | 32.4 | 29.6-35.2 | 743 | 37.3 | 34.6-40.1 | 672 | 28.8 | 26.5-31.3 |
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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, Edgecombe, 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.
*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson,
Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
****Learn about the NC Area Health Education Centers Program
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