2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 485 13 3.0 1.5- 5.7 148 28.8 24.3-33.8 171 34.4 29.3-39.9 153 33.8 28.7-39.3
GENDER
Male 239 *** *** *** 60 23.5 17.7-30.5 99 40.2 32.5-48.4 70 31.6 24.6-39.6
Female 246 *** *** *** 88 34.2 27.6-41.5 72 28.6 22.5-35.5 83 36.0 29.1-43.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 338 *** *** *** 114 34.3 28.7-40.4 121 34.4 28.9-40.4 94 28.6 23.4-34.5
Non-Hispanic Black 59 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 88 *** *** *** 26 22.3 14.0-33.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 160 *** *** *** 60 31.0 23.6-39.4 47 32.1 23.7-41.9 48 33.3 25.0-42.7
45-64 149 *** *** *** 33 22.4 15.6-30.9 55 35.4 27.2-44.5 60 41.0 32.2-50.3
65+ 170 *** *** *** 53 32.4 24.3-41.7 65 35.6 27.9-44.2 45 28.1 20.6-37.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 184 *** *** *** 55 27.2 20.4-35.3 65 33.6 26.1-42.2 56 34.4 26.8-43.0
Some Post-H.S. 151 *** *** *** 40 26.4 19.0-35.5 47 32.2 23.1-42.8 62 39.8 30.4-50.1
College Graduate 150 *** *** *** 53 35.6 27.2-44.9 59 39.1 30.3-48.6 35 23.6 16.0-33.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 249 *** *** *** 69 27.0 20.9-34.2 83 30.6 24.3-37.7 91 39.0 32.0-46.5
$50,000+ 159 *** *** *** 53 29.0 21.6-37.9 *** *** *** 39 28.5 19.7-39.3
Don't know/Not Sure 77 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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