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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2009
 
CLV_12 Three-categories of Body Mass Index (BMI) (_BMI4CAT)
Denominator is all respondents to the question.

Categories Neither overweight
nor obese
Overweight

Obese

Total
% % % N
Age Group: 57.0 23.3 19.7 286
      18-24
      25-34 36.4 35.6 28.0 816
      35-44 34.4 35.9 29.8 1,158
      45-54 27.7 37.3 35.0 1,878
      55-64 23.5 37.3 39.2 1,941
      65-74 25.1 42.6 32.3 1,528
      75 + 44.0 35.3 20.7 1,204
      Unk/Ref 46.2 29.7 24.1 52
Sex: 30.6 39.7 29.7 3,455
      Male
      Female 39.1 30.7 30.2 5,408
Race/Ethnicity: 35.2 35.0 29.8 7,196
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 28.8 36.8 34.5 1,109
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic       37.3 42.4 20.3 199
      Hispanic 38.8 29.0 32.2 258
      Unk/Ref 19.2 47.1 33.7 101
Income Group: 41.9 25.6 32.5 1,010
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 33.9 34.1 31.9 1,575
      $25-$49,999 30.5 34.8 34.7 2,248
      $50-$74,999 29.0 42.1 28.9 1,236
      >=$75,000 35.5 36.9 27.6 1,613
      Unk/Ref 44.0 32.3 23.6 1,181
Education Level: 38.8 30.7 30.5 872
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 34.8 34.4 30.8 3,399
      Some college/Tech school 35.2 35.2 29.6 2,219
      College graduate 33.1 37.9 29.0 2,362
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 11
Marital Status: 30.0 38.0 32.1 4,648
      Married
      Unmarried 41.9 31.1 27.0 4,198
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 17
Employment Status: 33.2 37.0 29.9 4,298
      Employed
      Not employed 34.5 29.5 36.0 656
      Student/Homemaker 51.4 29.0 19.6 828
      Retired/Unable to work 29.5 36.5 34.0 3,052
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 29
Grand Totals 34.8 35.2 30.0 8,863

SOURCE: 2009 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

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