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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2012
 
CLV07.18 Four-categories of Body Mass Index (BMI) (_BMI5CAT)
Denominator is all respondents who reported their height and weight. Weighting based on _llcpwt.

Categories Underweight
Normal Weight
Overweight
Obese
Total
% % % % N
Age Group: 3.2 57.3 20.3 19.2 505
      18-24
      25-34 2.1 34.3 30.0 33.6 831
      35-44 1.4 29.0 39.1 30.5 1,067
      45-54 0.8 27.6 35.7 35.8 1,407
      55-64 1.1 25.3 35.3 38.4 1,718
      65-74 1.5 23.1 40.1 35.3 1,458
      75 + 2.2 34.7 41.6 21.6 1,187
      Unk/Ref 0.4 33.4 46.7 19.5 52
Sex: 1.0 26.9 40.2 31.8 3,349
      Male
      Female 2.4 38.7 28.0 30.9 4,876
Race/Ethnicity: 1.7 33.4 34.7 30.2 6,700
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 2.2 25.8 28.3 43.7 883
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic 0.8 38.3 31.1 29.9 246
      Hispanic 1.1 32.5 36.2 30.3 274
      Unk/Ref 3.2 26.6 37.4 32.8 122
Income Group: 3.2 34.9 25.0 36.9 964
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 1.5 32.2 30.8 35.5 1,477
      $25-$49,999 1.3 28.9 36.9 32.9 1,982
      $50-$74,999 1.9 30.7 32.3 35.2 1,135
      >=$75,000 1.3 34.3 40.5 23.8 1,542
      Unk/Ref 1.7 38.7 32.9 26.7 1,125
Education Level: 2.3 31.7 28.5 37.5 815
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 2.1 29.7 36.2 32.1 2,980
      Some college/Tech school 1.2 33.1 33.1 32.6 2,145
      College graduate 1.4 38.3 36.1 24.2 2,268
      Unk/Ref ** ** ** ** 17
Marital Status: 1.2 27.9 38.3 32.7 4,132
      Married
      Unmarried 2.2 38.1 29.7 30.0 4,065
      Unk/Ref ** ** ** ** 28
Employment Status: 1.3 31.0 36.8 31.0 3,947
      Employed
      Not employed 2.4 33.8 26.2 37.7 427
      Student/Homemaker 3.7 51.7 23.1 21.5 833
      Retired/Unable to work 1.4 26.4 36.3 35.9 2,986
      Unk/Ref ** ** ** ** 32
Grand Totals 1.7 32.8 34.1 31.4 8,225

SOURCE: 2012 Indiana BRFSS Statewide Survey Data
 
NOTE:      Percents are based on weighted data; unless otherwise specified, totals are unweighted numbers.
                ** Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.
                Excluding the 'Unknown/Refused' responses
Table produced March 12, 2014

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