Obesity by socioeconomic disadvantage,
persons aged 16 to 24 years, NSW, 1997-2007
persons aged 16 to 24 years, NSW, 1997-2007
| Sex | Year | 1st Quintile % (95% CI) | 2nd Quintile % (95% CI) | 3rd Quintile % (95% CI) | 4th Quintile % (95% CI) | 5th Quintile % (95% CI) | NSW % (95% CI) |
| Males | 1997 | 3.6 (0.0-8.0) | 2.2 (0.0-4.7) | 6.1 (2.1-10.0) | 4.6 (1.0-8.3) | 9.0 (4.4-13.7) | 5.2 (3.4-7.0) |
| 1998 | 3.5 (0.0-7.0) | 1.4 (0.0-3.0) | 3.5 (0.7-6.2) | 2.9 (0.7-5.2) | 5.2 (1.2-9.2) | 3.3 (2.0-4.7) | |
| 2002 | 0.8 (0.0-2.3) | 7.8 (0.0-16.6) | 4.4 (0.8-8.0) | 10.4 (2.7-18.0) | 3.7 (0.0-7.5) | 5.7 (3.0-8.5) | |
| 2003 | 6.4 (0.0-13.9) | 1.3 (0.0-3.0) | 6.2 (1.8-10.5) | 11.9 (5.5-18.2) | 9.0 (2.8-15.2) | 7.2 (4.7-9.6) | |
| 2004 | 4.7 (0.0-11.4) | 6.8 (0.0-14.2) | 10.0 (2.1-17.8) | 8.1 (0.0-16.5) | 3.4 (0.0-7.3) | 6.7 (3.4-10.0) | |
| 2005 | 9.2 (2.1-16.3) | 9.9 (2.5-17.2) | 10.1 (4.1-16.1) | 5.0 (0.0-11.2) | 5.3 (0.0-10.5) | 8.8 (5.7-11.8) | |
| 2006 | 3.4 (0.0-7.6) | 11.5 (2.0-21.0) | 12.3 (3.7-20.9) | 10.8 (2.0-19.7) | 13.2 (1.4-24.9) | 10.5 (6.4-14.6) | |
| 2007 | 7.4 (0.0-21.1) | 9.0 (0.0-18.1) | 4.2 (0.0-8.4) | 7.3 (0.1-14.6) | 11.1 (2.8-19.4) | 7.5 (3.8-11.2) | |
| Females | 1997 | 0.0 (0.0-0.0) | 3.0 (0.5-5.5) | 4.2 (1.6-6.8) | 3.4 (1.0-5.9) | 3.3 (1.2-5.4) | 2.7 (1.8-3.7) |
| 1998 | 2.3 (0.0-5.0) | 3.2 (0.4-5.9) | 3.4 (0.8-6.1) | 5.1 (1.4-8.8) | 6.8 (0.9-12.6) | 4.0 (2.4-5.6) | |
| 2002 | 0.0 (0.0-0.0) | 3.9 (0.0-7.9) | 2.6 (0.6-4.7) | 4.9 (1.5-8.3) | 4.6 (1.1-8.0) | 3.5 (2.1-4.9) | |
| 2003 | 2.6 (0.0-6.3) | 6.8 (1.8-11.8) | 11.1 (4.5-17.7) | 8.2 (3.2-13.2) | 5.7 (0.0-11.7) | 7.3 (4.8-9.8) | |
| 2004 | 5.6 (0.0-16.2) | 3.1 (0.0-7.6) | 6.7 (1.3-12.2) | 8.6 (1.9-15.4) | 7.0 (1.3-12.7) | 6.1 (3.0-9.1) | |
| 2005 | 6.8 (0.0-14.7) | 5.7 (1.1-10.3) | 3.3 (0.0-7.4) | 5.1 (0.9-9.4) | 8.1 (2.8-13.4) | 6.0 (3.5-8.4) | |
| 2006 | 1.7 (0.0-4.9) | 3.0 (0.0-7.5) | 4.2 (0.0-8.5) | 16.4 (6.0-26.8) | 13.0 (3.9-22.0) | 7.3 (4.3-10.4) | |
| 2007 | 3.7 (0.0-9.2) | 7.7 (0.0-15.7) | 8.6 (2.5-14.8) | 11.4 (0.7-22.0) | 17.0 (5.5-28.5) | 9.9 (5.9-13.8) | |
| Persons | 1997 | 1.7 (0.0-3.9) | 2.6 (0.8-4.3) | 5.2 (2.8-7.6) | 4.0 (1.8-6.3) | 6.3 (3.7-9.0) | 4.0 (3.0-5.0) |
| 1998 | 2.9 (0.7-5.1) | 2.3 (0.7-4.0) | 3.4 (1.5-5.4) | 4.0 (1.8-6.2) | 5.9 (2.5-9.3) | 3.7 (2.6-4.7) | |
| 2002 | 0.4 (0.0-1.3) | 5.7 (1.1-10.2) | 3.6 (1.4-5.7) | 7.9 (3.4-12.3) | 4.1 (1.5-6.7) | 4.7 (3.1-6.2) | |
| 2003 | 4.6 (0.3-8.9) | 4.0 (1.4-6.6) | 8.7 (4.7-12.8) | 10.0 (5.9-14.0) | 7.5 (3.1-11.8) | 7.4 (5.6-9.1) | |
| 2004 | 5.1 (0.0-11.0) | 5.0 (0.7-9.3) | 8.7 (3.5-14.0) | 8.4 (3.1-13.7) | 5.4 (1.8-9.0) | 6.4 (4.2-8.6) | |
| 2005 | 8.0 (2.8-13.3) | 7.7 (3.4-12.0) | 6.8 (3.2-10.5) | 5.1 (1.3-8.8) | 6.8 (3.1-10.5) | 7.3 (5.4-9.3) | |
| 2006 | 2.6 (0.0-5.2) | 7.3 (1.9-12.6) | 8.5 (3.4-13.5) | 13.2 (6.5-20.0) | 13.1 (5.5-20.7) | 9.0 (6.4-11.6) | |
| 2007 | 5.5 (0.0-12.9) | 8.4 (2.3-14.5) | 6.5 (2.7-10.3) | 9.0 (2.8-15.3) | 14.3 (6.9-21.7) | 8.7 (6.0-11.4) |
| Note: | Estimates are based on the following numbers of respondents for NSW: 1997 (1,757), 1998 (1,599), 2002 (1,098), 2003 (1,184), 2004 ( 765), 2005 ( 895), 2006 ( 607), 2007 ( 556). The indicator includes those who are obese ie with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 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). |
| Source: | New South Wales Population Health Survey 2007 (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 June 2008 |