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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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
-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
GENDER
Male 178 0 0.0 . - . 47 25.5 18.4-34.1 74 40.6 32.0-49.8 57 33.9 24.9-44.3
Female 320 2 0.7 0.1- 3.4 77 28.6 22.9-35.2 108 32.3 26.6-38.6 133 38.4 32.4-44.6
RACE
White 232 0 0.0 . - . 84 36.8 29.1-45.2 88 35.2 27.8-43.5 60 28.0 19.5-38.4
Other 262 2 0.7 0.1- 3.2 40 19.1 13.4-26.4 93 37.5 30.6-45.0 127 42.8 35.7-50.2
AGE
18-44 134 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 37 30.3 21.1-41.5 43 31.1 22.3-41.6 53 37.8 26.9-50.0
45+ 362 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 85 24.8 19.9-30.4 139 39.7 33.7-46.0 137 35.4 29.6-41.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 310 2 0.6 0.1- 2.7 75 28.9 22.5-36.2 112 34.5 27.9-41.7 121 36.1 28.8-44.1
Some College + 187 0 0.0 . - . 49 24.1 17.9-31.6 69 39.6 31.7-48.1 69 36.3 28.4-45.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 323 2 0.5 0.1- 2.6 78 26.7 20.8-33.7 102 30.5 24.5-37.4 141 42.2 34.8-49.9
$50,000+ 90 0 0.0 . - . 29 34.1 23.9-46.0 38 39.7 29.3-51.1 23 26.3 17.0-38.2

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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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