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Hunter & New England
Overweight and obesity by age,
persons aged 16 years and over, NSW, 2001-2006

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Hunter & New EnglandNew South Wales
Age
(years)		 Males Females Persons Males Females Persons
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( 95% CI)
All Ages57.3 (51.3-63.2)44.1 (39.4-48.9)50.7 (46.9-54.6)57.4 (55.0-59.7)43.3 (41.4-45.2)50.4 (48.9-51.9)
16-24 36.1 (16.9-55.2)18.4 (7.5-29.3)27.7 (16.0-39.4)31.3 (25.0-37.6)24.4 (18.9-29.9)28.1 (23.8-32.4)
25-34 54.2 (34.6-73.8)38.8 (24.5-53.2)46.8 (34.2-59.3)53.8 (46.7-60.8)38.6 (33.2-43.9)46.2 (41.8-50.7)
35-44 56.3 (41.6-71.0)44.0 (30.3-57.6)50.1 (40.0-60.3)62.5 (56.8-68.1)41.3 (36.7-46.0)52.2 (48.4-56.0)
45-54 69.3 (56.6-82.1)43.9 (33.3-54.6)56.6 (48.2-65.1)66.2 (61.4-71.0)46.5 (42.2-50.7)56.5 (53.3-59.8)
55-64 74.5 (64.2-84.7)61.3 (52.5-70.0)68.0 (61.1-74.9)69.5 (65.0-74.0)57.2 (53.3-61.2)63.5 (60.5-66.5)
65-74 62.1 (50.3-73.8)55.8 (45.9-65.7)59.0 (51.2-66.7)66.2 (61.4-70.9)56.4 (52.2-60.6)61.2 (58.1-64.4)
75+ 33.5 (18.6-48.4)46.2 (34.5-57.9)40.7 (31.3-50.0)48.2 (42.5-53.9)43.5 (38.9-48.1)45.5 (41.9-49.1)

Note: Estimates are based on 996 respondents in Hunter & New England and 7,668 in NSW. For this indicator 46 (4.41%) were ‘not stated’ (Don't know or Refused) in Hunter & New England and 294 (3.69%) were ‘not stated’ (Don't know or Refused) in NSW.
The indicator includes those with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 or higher. The questions used to define the indicator were: How tall are you without shoes? and How much do you weigh without clothes or shoes? BMI is calculated as follows: BMI = weight (kg)/height²(m). Categories for this indicator include overweight (BMI between 25 and 29.9) and obese (BMI of 30 and over).
Source New South Wales Population Health Survey 2006 (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health.
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Downloadable files: The data contained in the table are available for download as a CSV file and the graph is available for download as an GIF file.
Produced by: Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health.
Last updated on: 1 August 2006
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