Overweight by year,
Aboriginal adults aged 16 years and over, NSW, 1997-2009
Aboriginal adults aged 16 years and over, NSW, 1997-2009
| Males | Females | Persons | |||||||
| Year | Urban % (95% CI) | Rural % (95% CI) | NSW % (95% CI) | Urban % (95% CI) | Rural % (95% CI) | NSW % (95% CI) | Urban % (95% CI) | Rural % (95% CI) | NSW % (95% CI) |
| 1997-1998 | 21.7 (11.0-32.4) | 32.9 (23.6-42.2) | 28.5 (21.4-35.6) | 18.5 (8.8-28.2) | 22.8 (14.4-31.2) | 21.1 (14.7-27.5) | 20.1 (12.9-27.4) | 28.0 (21.7-34.2) | 24.9 (20.1-29.7) |
| 2002-2005 | 34.7 (22.2-47.1) | 30.6 (22.1-39.2) | 32.1 (25.0-39.2) | 19.9 (12.3-27.6) | 19.7 (13.6-25.7) | 19.8 (15.0-24.5) | 26.7 (19.5-33.9) | 25.4 (20.1-30.7) | 25.9 (21.6-30.2) |
| 2006-2009 | 39.3 (24.3-54.4) | 29.2 (18.8-39.7) | 32.8 (24.0-41.5) | 29.6 (19.6-39.7) | 26.6 (18.3-34.9) | 27.8 (21.4-34.2) | 33.9 (25.1-42.7) | 27.9 (21.3-34.6) | 30.2 (24.8-35.5) |
| Note: | Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 1997-1998 (570), 2002-2005 (857), 2006-2009 (596). The indicator includes those who are overweight: that is, with a Body Mass Index (BMI) from 25.0 to 29.9. The questions used to define the indicator were: How tall are you without shoes? How much do you weigh without clothes or shoes? BMI is calculated as follows BMI = weight(kg)/height²(m). |
| Source: | New South Wales Population Health Survey 2006-2009 (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health. |
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| Produced by: | Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health. |
| Last updated on: | 1 October 2010 |