| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2017 |
| CLV08.12 Four-Level Body Mass Index (BMI) Category (_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: | 4.5 | 51.2 | 23.8 | 20.5 | 630 |
| 18-24 | |||||
| 25-34 | 2.2 | 34.8 | 31.5 | 31.4 | 1,106 |
| 35-44 | 1.2 | 27.2 | 35.2 | 36.5 | 1,317 |
| 45-54 | 0.7 | 23.9 | 37.0 | 38.3 | 1,941 |
| 55-64 | 0.9 | 23.0 | 36.8 | 39.3 | 2,806 |
| 65-74 | 1.7 | 22.1 | 37.5 | 38.7 | 2,825 |
| 75 + | 1.9 | 32.0 | 40.5 | 25.7 | 2,217 |
| Unk/Ref | 0.3 | 39.1 | 35.2 | 25.4 | 131 |
| Sex: | 1.1 | 25.6 | 39.9 | 33.5 | 5,736 |
| Male | |||||
| Female | 2.5 | 34.9 | 28.9 | 33.7 | 7,237 |
| Race/Ethnicity: | 1.8 | 30.5 | 34.5 | 33.3 | 10,930 |
| White, Non-Hispanic | |||||
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 1.4 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 43.5 | 862 |
| Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic | 3.5 | 37.6 | 33.5 | 25.4 | 463 |
| Hispanic | 1.7 | 28.2 | 40.8 | 29.3 | 513 |
| Unk/Ref | 2.7 | 28.3 | 41.3 | 27.7 | 205 |
| Income Group: | 2.7 | 29.8 | 27.7 | 39.8 | 1,161 |
| < $15,000 | |||||
| $15-$24,999 | 3.3 | 28.8 | 31.2 | 36.7 | 2,118 |
| $25-$49,999 | 1.0 | 30.4 | 33.2 | 35.4 | 3,143 |
| $50-$74,999 | 1.4 | 26.9 | 37.4 | 34.3 | 1,885 |
| >=$75,000 | 0.9 | 31.5 | 38.9 | 28.6 | 3,318 |
| Unk/Ref | 3.6 | 34.2 | 31.7 | 30.4 | 1,348 |
| Education Level: | 3.4 | 28.6 | 34.0 | 33.9 | 968 |
| < H S Graduate | |||||
| H S Graduate/GED | 2.2 | 29.7 | 33.8 | 34.4 | 4,342 |
| Some college/Tech school | 1.3 | 30.0 | 32.6 | 36.2 | 3,296 |
| College graduate | 1.1 | 32.2 | 38.0 | 28.6 | 4,343 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | ** | ** | 24 |
| Marital Status: | 1.0 | 26.8 | 37.6 | 34.6 | 6,722 |
| Married | |||||
| Unmarried | 2.6 | 33.8 | 31.0 | 32.6 | 6,191 |
| Unk/Ref | 13.2 | 44.7 | 24.6 | 17.4 | 60 |
| Employment Status: | 1.3 | 29.7 | 35.9 | 33.2 | 6,013 |
| Employed | |||||
| Not employed | 3.9 | 31.0 | 24.0 | 41.1 | 462 |
| Student/Homemaker | 3.7 | 44.8 | 28.1 | 23.5 | 1,049 |
| Retired/Unable to work | 1.7 | 24.7 | 35.7 | 37.9 | 5,372 |
| Unk/Ref | 2.6 | 37.1 | 35.2 | 25.2 | 77 |
| Grand Totals | 1.8 | 30.2 | 34.4 | 33.6 | 12,973 |
| SOURCE: 2017 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 September 13, 2018 |