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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 |
-Wake County | 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 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 324 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 1.9 | 93 | 28.2 | 22.1-35.1 | 166 | 52.0 | 45.1-58.9 | 64 | 19.6 | 14.9-25.3 |
Female | 489 | 12 | 4.4 | 2.0- 9.3 | 211 | 42.8 | 37.7-48.1 | 146 | 31.4 | 26.6-36.7 | 120 | 21.4 | 17.7-25.5 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 613 | 12 | 2.8 | 1.3- 6.1 | 240 | 37.0 | 32.6-41.7 | 237 | 41.1 | 36.4-45.9 | 124 | 19.1 | 15.7-23.0 |
Other | 192 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 5.8 | 63 | 31.0 | 22.4-41.1 | 70 | 44.5 | 35.0-54.5 | 58 | 23.6 | 17.2-31.5 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-44 | 393 | 8 | 2.9 | 1.2- 6.9 | 158 | 37.5 | 31.7-43.8 | 147 | 42.1 | 36.0-48.5 | 80 | 17.4 | 13.5-22.2 |
45+ | 418 | 5 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.0 | 146 | 31.2 | 26.6-36.3 | 163 | 42.4 | 37.1-47.9 | 104 | 25.2 | 20.7-30.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 199 | 6 | 4.5 | 1.4-13.4 | 64 | 31.8 | 22.9-42.2 | 74 | 42.3 | 32.8-52.3 | 55 | 21.5 | 15.4-29.1 |
Some College + | 612 | 7 | 1.3 | 0.6- 3.0 | 239 | 36.4 | 32.0-40.9 | 238 | 42.4 | 37.7-47.2 | 128 | 19.9 | 16.4-23.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 327 | 5 | 1.3 | 0.4- 3.8 | 125 | 38.2 | 30.8-46.0 | 103 | 36.4 | 29.3-44.2 | 94 | 24.1 | 18.7-30.5 |
$50,000+ | 384 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.0 | 143 | 32.8 | 27.7-38.3 | 165 | 47.0 | 41.2-53.0 | 71 | 18.6 | 14.5-23.5 |
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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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