Body Weight Based on BMI (New definition)

State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1998

Demographic Characteristics	Underweight       (BMI<18.5)             N          %        95% C.I.	Recommended range(18.5<=BMI<25)   N          %        95% C.I.	Overweight      (25<=BMI<30)            N          %        95% C.I.	Obese             (BMI>=30)                    N          %        95% C.I.	Total
TOTAL	77      3.7     ( 2.8- 4.8)	1065     48.0     (45.2-50.8)	676     31.9     (29.3-34.6)	335     16.4     (14.4-18.7)	2153
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	10      8.2     ( 4.3-15.3)	104     59.9     (49.6-69.4)	36     25.2     (17.1-35.5)	9      6.7     ( 2.8-15.0)	159
25-34 Years	15      3.4     ( 1.9- 6.0)	206     46.6     (40.5-52.9)	131     36.8     (30.8-43.1)	51     13.2     ( 9.4-18.3)	403
35-44 Years	15      2.3     ( 1.2- 4.2)	250     47.6     (42.2-53.0)	136     27.7     (23.0-33.0)	97     22.4     (18.0-27.6)	498
45-54 Years	-	207     42.8     (37.2-48.7)	168     35.8     (30.4-41.6)	93     20.8     (16.4-25.9)	471
55-64 Years	6      2.9     ( 1.2- 7.2)	115     47.0     (38.6-55.5)	80     32.2     (24.7-40.7)	42     17.9     (11.8-26.1)	243
65+ Years	28      6.5     ( 4.2-10.0)	176     47.7     (40.8-54.7)	120     31.5     (25.4-38.4)	43     14.2     ( 9.4-20.9)	367
Unknown/Refused	-	7     63.2     (24.0-90.3)	5     36.8     ( 9.7-76.0)	-	--
GENDER
Male	10      1.1     ( 0.5- 2.4)	388     40.4     (36.3-44.6)	386     40.3     (36.1-44.5)	149     18.3     (15.0-22.0)	933
Female	67      6.3     ( 4.7- 8.4)	677     55.8     (52.2-59.4)	290     23.3     (20.4-26.6)	186     14.5     (12.1-17.3)	1220
ETHNICITY
White	30      3.7     ( 2.3- 5.8)	429     47.4     (42.9-52.0)	271     34.2     (29.8-38.8)	117     14.8     (11.7-18.5)	847
Hawaiian	-	93     28.1     (22.0-35.2)	110     33.7     (27.0-41.1)	98     36.9     (29.7-44.7)	305
Filipino	5      1.3     ( 0.4- 4.6)	127     53.5     (45.0-61.7)	78     37.5     (29.6-46.1)	22      7.7     ( 4.2-13.7)	232
Japanese	26      6.0     ( 3.8- 9.2)	264     55.7     (50.0-61.3)	134     28.5     (23.5-34.0)	51      9.9     ( 6.9-13.9)	475
Others	12      4.7     ( 2.4- 9.0)	152     51.9     (44.8-59.0)	83     25.6     (20.0-32.2)	47     17.7     (12.7-24.2)	294
MARITAL STATUS
Married	36      2.7     ( 1.8- 3.9)	557     47.2     (43.6-50.9)	363     32.7     (29.3-36.3)	198     17.4     (14.8-20.4)	1154
Unmarried	41      5.1     ( 3.5- 7.5)	506     49.0     (44.6-53.4)	313     30.8     (26.8-35.1)	136     15.1     (11.9-18.9)	996
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	9      3.8     ( 1.8- 7.8)	64     35.2     (25.6-46.1)	49     36.9     (26.7-48.5)	35     24.1     (15.7-35.2)	157
High School	18      3.1     ( 1.8- 5.3)	297     42.2     (37.4-47.3)	225     35.1     (30.3-40.2)	112     19.5     (15.4-24.4)	652
Some College	20      4.0     ( 2.3- 6.8)	304     50.0     (44.8-55.2)	195     31.7     (27.0-36.7)	88     14.4     (11.3-18.2)	607
College	30      4.1     ( 2.6- 6.2)	398     55.3     (50.7-59.9)	207     27.5     (23.4-31.9)	100     13.1     (10.4-16.5)	735
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	36      2.6     ( 1.7- 3.8)	729     46.4     (43.1-49.7)	479     33.8     (30.6-37.1)	242     17.3     (14.8-20.1)	1486
Unemployed	-	42     45.4     (31.6-59.9)	27     33.5     (20.0-50.3)	18     15.8     ( 9.0-26.3)	91
Student/homemaker	12      7.4     ( 3.9-13.8)	97     67.8     (57.6-76.5)	23     12.8     ( 8.0-19.9)	18     12.0     ( 6.0-22.5)	150
Retired/Can't Work	25      5.7     ( 3.6- 9.1)	197     46.0     (39.8-52.4)	147     32.9     (27.2-39.1)	57     15.3     (10.8-21.4)	426
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	15      5.5     ( 3.1- 9.6)	124     48.2     (39.9-56.7)	73     23.7     (17.4-31.3)	53     22.6     (15.9-31.0)	265
$15,000-24,999	15      4.4     ( 2.3- 8.2)	169     47.2     (40.5-53.9)	117     32.9     (26.7-39.8)	56     15.5     (11.4-20.8)	357
$25,000-49,999	19      3.0     ( 1.7- 5.2)	312     44.4     (39.4-49.5)	220     33.9     (29.3-38.9)	109     18.7     (14.6-23.5)	660
$50,000-74,999	8      3.1     ( 1.3- 7.2)	167     46.2     (39.6-52.9)	103     34.6     (28.3-41.4)	53     16.2     (11.8-21.8)	331
>=$75,000	-	140     52.9     (45.2-60.4)	89     32.0     (25.3-39.6)	30     13.4     ( 8.9-19.6)	263
Unknown/Refused	16      5.7     ( 3.1-10.2)	153     54.0     (45.9-62.0)	74     28.8     (21.7-37.0)	34     11.5     ( 7.0-18.3)	277
COUNTY
Honolulu	42      4.0     ( 2.9- 5.6)	512     48.6     (45.0-52.2)	297     31.5     (28.2-35.0)	147     15.8     (13.3-18.8)	998
Hawaii	14      2.4     ( 1.4- 4.2)	224     40.4     (35.7-45.3)	205     39.0     (34.3-43.9)	86     18.2     (14.4-22.7)	529
Kauai	9      3.4     ( 1.7- 6.9)	117     56.6     (48.2-64.6)	53     27.2     (20.2-35.6)	31     12.7     ( 8.7-18.3)	210
Maui	12      2.8     ( 1.4- 5.4)	212     48.5     (42.6-54.4)	121     28.2     (23.2-33.7)	71     20.5     (15.8-26.3)	416

The symbol -- means cell size less than 50. The symbol - means cell size less than 5.

N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, 95% C.I. = Confidence Interval at 95 percent probability level.

Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.