2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina 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 4,480 70 1.7 1.3- 2.3 1,368 31.3 29.5-33.2 1,601 34.9 33.0-36.8 1,441 32.1 30.3-33.9
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 751 20 3.7 1.9- 7.1 241 29.6 25.2-34.5 275 34.9 30.2-40.0 215 31.7 26.9-36.9
Region 3 & 5 839 14 1.9 1.1- 3.3 272 31.7 28.0-35.5 306 37.2 33.3-41.4 247 29.2 25.7-33.1
Region 4 605 *** *** *** 198 30.2 26.2-34.5 205 35.4 31.2-39.9 192 32.7 28.6-37.2
Region 6 & 7 936 11 1.0 0.5- 2.0 276 32.5 28.6-36.7 341 34.2 30.5-38.1 308 32.3 28.6-36.2
Region 8 659 *** *** *** 183 31.9 27.5-36.6 243 33.5 29.2-38.1 227 32.9 28.6-37.6
Region 9 & 10 691 *** *** *** 198 31.5 27.0-36.3 232 30.6 26.5-35.1 252 36.6 32.2-41.2
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,807 23 1.5 0.9- 2.5 499 31.1 28.2-34.2 643 32.3 29.5-35.1 642 35.1 32.2-38.1
Piedmont 1,798 25 1.5 1.0- 2.3 596 31.9 29.4-34.5 626 35.7 33.1-38.5 551 30.9 28.4-33.5
Western NC 876 22 3.4 1.9- 6.1 273 29.1 25.1-33.4 333 36.8 32.4-41.4 248 30.8 26.5-35.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 676 18 3.7 1.8- 7.4 218 31.6 26.8-37.0 254 34.6 29.7-39.8 186 30.1 25.2-35.5
Northwest 572 *** *** *** 162 24.8 20.8-29.3 208 37.9 33.0-43.0 194 35.8 31.0-40.9
Charlotte 492 *** *** *** 168 31.9 27.4-36.7 170 35.7 31.0-40.7 146 30.7 26.2-35.6
Greensboro 342 *** *** *** 116 32.6 27.0-38.7 123 37.1 31.0-43.6 97 28.6 23.3-34.6
Southern Regional 648 *** *** *** 168 30.4 25.0-36.5 248 36.9 31.9-42.2 223 30.6 26.0-35.5
Southeast 281 *** *** *** 89 34.6 28.3-41.4 101 33.0 27.0-39.6 88 30.4 24.6-36.9
Wake 575 *** *** *** 192 34.5 30.0-39.3 198 34.0 29.6-38.8 177 30.1 25.8-34.6
Area L & Eastern 895 *** *** *** 255 31.4 27.3-35.7 300 29.7 26.0-33.7 330 37.9 33.7-42.3

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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 30 or greater.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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