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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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 14,090 253 1.8 1.5- 2.2 4,586 33.6 32.3-34.8 5,176 35.9 34.7-37.1 4,075 28.7 27.5-29.9
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 325 7 1.9 0.8- 4.2 103 33.3 25.4-42.3 128 38.4 31.3-46.1 87 26.4 20.5-33.3
Buncombe 341 5 1.5 0.5- 4.9 151 46.5 39.4-53.8 118 32.4 26.2-39.3 67 19.5 14.7-25.5
Cabarrus 340 5 0.8 0.3- 2.1 114 35.4 27.7-43.9 111 31.1 24.8-38.2 110 32.7 25.7-40.5
Catawba 391 7 3.1 1.1- 8.5 131 36.7 29.8-44.2 140 33.9 27.8-40.7 113 26.3 21.0-32.2
Cumberland 361 7 2.1 1.0- 4.5 127 36.4 29.7-43.5 118 36.2 29.7-43.3 109 25.3 19.9-31.7
Davidson 349 5 1.5 0.4- 5.3 111 35.4 27.9-43.7 124 30.9 24.8-37.8 109 32.2 25.7-39.5
Durham 310 11 3.0 1.5- 5.8 104 32.6 26.1-39.9 110 34.8 28.2-42.1 85 29.6 22.8-37.4
Forsyth 362 7 1.2 0.5- 2.9 124 34.0 27.5-41.2 147 41.4 34.6-48.6 84 23.3 18.2-29.5
Gaston 377 4 1.2 0.4- 3.4 128 34.8 28.3-42.0 131 34.8 28.4-41.8 114 29.2 23.6-35.6
Guilford 365 6 1.1 0.4- 2.5 106 30.8 24.3-38.1 151 41.0 34.3-48.1 102 27.2 21.7-33.4
Iredell 372 8 2.6 1.0- 6.5 123 33.8 27.8-40.3 139 32.6 27.0-38.6 102 31.1 24.9-38.0
Johnston 408 9 3.0 1.1- 7.8 104 29.1 20.9-38.9 155 37.8 29.8-46.6 140 30.1 23.9-37.1
Mecklenburg 644 7 0.7 0.3- 1.5 230 39.0 33.9-44.5 237 34.3 29.8-39.1 170 26.0 21.8-30.6
New Hanover 369 7 1.4 0.6- 3.0 143 39.9 31.5-49.0 136 31.3 24.9-38.4 83 27.4 20.9-35.2
Onslow 366 4 0.6 0.2- 1.8 121 32.9 26.7-39.6 122 36.2 29.6-43.4 119 30.3 24.5-36.9
Orange 337 10 2.8 1.2- 6.3 128 41.2 33.5-49.4 139 38.4 30.8-46.6 60 17.6 12.5-24.2
Pitt 356 5 1.6 0.5- 4.6 109 33.3 26.8-40.5 114 32.7 26.7-39.3 128 32.5 26.8-38.8
Randolph 352 7 1.5 0.6- 3.7 110 34.2 27.5-41.7 139 36.6 30.4-43.2 96 27.6 22.1-34.0
Robeson 395 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 105 29.4 23.3-36.4 135 29.7 24.2-35.9 154 40.7 34.2-47.5
Rowan 433 8 2.0 0.7- 5.4 118 26.0 20.9-31.9 165 35.8 30.0-42.0 142 36.2 30.2-42.7
Union 363 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 128 35.5 29.3-42.2 143 40.4 33.8-47.3 91 23.9 18.6-30.1
Wake 575 11 1.5 0.7- 3.1 217 36.6 31.5-41.9 198 33.8 29.0-38.9 149 28.1 23.0-33.9
Wayne 343 7 3.0 0.9- 9.6 111 35.7 28.7-43.3 119 35.2 28.4-42.6 106 26.2 20.7-32.5
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 4,547 87 2.3 1.7- 3.1 1,352 30.6 28.6-32.7 1,613 36.1 34.0-38.2 1,495 31.0 29.0-33.0
Piedmont 6,761 118 1.6 1.2- 2.2 2,256 34.7 32.9-36.5 2,523 35.6 33.9-37.3 1,864 28.2 26.5-29.9
Western NC 2,782 48 1.8 1.2- 2.8 978 35.1 32.6-37.6 1,040 37.1 34.6-39.6 716 26.0 23.9-28.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,845 32 1.6 1.0- 2.7 655 37.1 33.9-40.3 694 36.3 33.3-39.4 464 25.0 22.5-27.8
Northwest 2,967 58 2.8 1.7- 4.6 963 32.1 29.5-34.8 1,101 35.9 33.3-38.6 845 29.2 26.8-31.8
Charlotte 1,944 20 0.7 0.4- 1.2 675 37.3 34.1-40.7 705 34.5 31.6-37.5 544 27.5 24.6-30.5
Greensboro 1,576 32 1.4 0.9- 2.1 513 32.7 29.1-36.4 632 39.1 35.5-42.8 399 26.9 23.8-30.2
Southern Regional 1,299 20 1.4 0.8- 2.3 396 32.9 29.1-37.0 454 36.9 32.9-41.2 429 28.8 25.4-32.4
Coastal 723 14 1.3 0.7- 2.5 231 31.1 25.9-36.9 277 36.6 31.2-42.3 201 31.0 25.6-37.0
Wake 1,492 33 1.9 1.2- 2.9 479 34.0 30.5-37.8 537 34.4 31.0-38.0 443 29.7 26.1-33.6
Area L 377 10 3.7 1.6- 8.4 102 24.8 19.9-30.4 121 32.2 26.5-38.5 144 39.3 32.8-46.1
Eastern 1,867 34 2.8 1.7- 4.5 572 31.8 28.7-35.0 655 36.5 33.4-39.8 606 29.0 26.3-31.9

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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=B MI 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.

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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