2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 Demographics

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 4,292 80 2.1 1.6- 2.8 1,265 29.8 28.1-31.6 1,539 35.1 33.3-36.9 1,408 33.0 31.2-34.8
Region 3 359 *** *** *** 98 27.4 22.3-33.2 145 36.8 31.1-42.9 111 33.6 27.8-39.9
GENDER
Male 185 *** *** *** 44 25.4 18.5-33.9 80 39.5 31.3-48.4 58 31.5 23.8-40.4
Female 174 *** *** *** 54 29.6 22.5-37.7 65 33.9 26.4-42.3 53 35.8 27.7-44.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 290 *** *** *** 77 27.0 21.3-33.5 123 40.2 33.8-47.0 85 29.9 24.0-36.6
Non-Hispanic Black 38 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 31 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 113 *** *** *** 35 29.6 20.8-40.3 36 29.2 20.6-39.5 *** *** ***
45-64 122 *** *** *** 27 21.0 14.4-29.6 49 38.6 29.3-48.7 46 40.4 31.0-50.7
65+ 122 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 25 18.0 11.9-26.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 133 *** *** *** 37 31.5 22.8-41.7 52 32.3 24.0-41.9 40 31.4 23.0-41.2
Some Post-H.S. 101 *** *** *** 25 19.5 12.6-28.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 124 *** *** *** 35 30.4 21.8-40.5 49 36.9 27.5-47.5 39 31.9 23.0-42.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 153 *** *** *** 46 26.9 19.6-35.8 59 36.9 28.3-46.4 47 35.0 26.0-45.2
$50,000+ 141 *** *** *** 33 23.7 16.6-32.7 57 37.9 29.0-47.6 48 34.6 25.9-44.5
Don't know/Not Sure 65 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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