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  • Survey: 2019-2020 National Survey of Children's Health
  • Starting Point: Child and Family Health Measures
  • State/Region: North Carolina (quick edit)
  • Topic: Physical, Oral Health and Functional Status
  • Question: Indicator 1.4: Weight status (BMI) in 4 categories, age 10-17 years

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Indicator 1.4: What is the weight status of this child based on Body Mass Index (BMI)-for-age, age 10-17 years?
Underweight (less than 5th percentile)Normal weight (5th to 84th percentile)Overweight (85th to 94th percentile)Obese (95th percentile or above)Total %
%9.157.014.119.8100.0
C.I.6.1 - 13.450.8 - 62.910.2 - 19.115.1 - 25.6
Sample Count494308390
Pop. Est.91,432570,431141,234198,400

C.I. = 95% Confidence Interval.
Percentages and population estimates (Pop.Est.) are weighted to represent child population in US.

DATA ALERT: The majority of measures have missing values for less than 2% (unweighted) of cases. This measure has missing values for >=2% of cases. To learn about the impact of the missing values on the population count estimates click here.

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Data Source: National Survey of Children’s Health, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau. https://mchb.hrsa.gov/data/national-surveys

Citation: Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative. 2019-2020 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) data query. Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). Retrieved [mm/dd/yy] from [www.childhealthdata.org].

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