Table 2.
Prevalence of normal weight, overweight and obesity according to sociodemographic factors among women (n 20 870) aged 18–45 years, Denmark, 2004–2005
| Normal weight | Overweight | Obesity | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (BMI = 18·5–24·9 kg/m2) | (BMI = 25·0–29·9 kg/m2) | (BMI ≥ 30·0 kg/m2) | ||||||||
| Total* | n | % | 95 % CI | n | % | 95 % CI | n | % | 95 % CI | |
| Total | 20 870 | 13 789 | 66·1 | 65·4, 66·7 | 4187 | 20·1 | 19·5, 20·6 | 2028 | 9·7 | 9·3, 10·1 |
| Age | ||||||||||
| 18–24 years | 5492 | 3951 | 71·9 | 70·8, 73·1 | 805 | 14·7 | 13·7, 15·6 | 328 | 6·0 | 5·4, 6·6 |
| 25–29 years | 3254 | 2201 | 67·6 | 66·0, 69·3 | 595 | 18·3 | 17·0, 19·6 | 322 | 9·9 | 8·9, 10·9 |
| 30–34 years | 3683 | 2389 | 64·9 | 63·3, 66·4 | 768 | 20·9 | 19·5, 22·2 | 406 | 11·0 | 10·0, 12·0 |
| 35–39 years | 3896 | 2470 | 63·4 | 61·9, 64·9 | 896 | 23·0 | 21·7, 24·3 | 434 | 11·1 | 10·2, 12·1 |
| 40–45 years | 4545 | 2778 | 61·1 | 59·7, 62·5 | 1123 | 24·7 | 23·5, 26·0 | 538 | 11·8 | 10·9, 12·8 |
| Level of schooling | ||||||||||
| High (≥11 years) | 13 586 | 9584 | 70·5 | 69·8, 71·3 | 2429 | 17·9 | 17·2, 18·5 | 978 | 7·2 | 6·7, 7·6 |
| Middle (10 years) | 5598 | 3274 | 58·5 | 57·2, 59·8 | 1343 | 24·0 | 22·9, 25·1 | 774 | 13·8 | 12·9, 14·7 |
| Low (≤9 years) | 1686 | 931 | 55·2 | 52·9, 57·6 | 415 | 24·6 | 22·6, 26·7 | 276 | 16·4 | 14·6, 18·1 |
| Area of residence | ||||||||||
| Capital centre | 3142 | 2366 | 75·3 | 73·8, 76·8 | 457 | 14·5 | 13·3, 15·8 | 155 | 4·9 | 4·2, 5·7 |
| Northern capital areas | 1126 | 842 | 74·8 | 72·2, 77·3 | 182 | 16·2 | 14·0, 18·3 | 60 | 5·3 | 4·0, 6·6 |
| Southern capital areas | 1043 | 661 | 63·4 | 60·5, 66·3 | 218 | 20·9 | 18·4, 23·4 | 111 | 10·6 | 8·8, 12·5 |
| Large provincial city areas | 3398 | 2408 | 70·9 | 69·9, 72·9 | 578 | 17·0 | 15·3, 17·8 | 254 | 7·5 | 6·4, 8·1 |
| Small provincial city areas | 9295 | 5871 | 63·2 | 62·2, 64·1 | 2025 | 21·8 | 21·0, 22·6 | 1026 | 11·0 | 10·4, 11·7 |
| Rural areas | 2069 | 1191 | 57·6 | 55·4, 59·7 | 511 | 24·7 | 22·8, 26·6 | 310 | 15·0 | 13·5, 16·5 |
| Peripheral rural areas | 797 | 450 | 56·5 | 53·0, 59·9 | 216 | 27·1 | 24·0, 30·2 | 112 | 14·1 | 11·6, 16·5 |
| Marital status | ||||||||||
| Not cohabiting | 6349 | 4405 | 69·4 | 68·3, 70·5 | 1028 | 16·2 | 15·3, 17·1 | 511 | 8·0 | 7·4, 8·7 |
| Married/cohabiting | 14 521 | 9384 | 64·6 | 63·9, 65·4 | 3159 | 21·8 | 21·1, 22·4 | 1517 | 10·4 | 10·0, 11·0 |
*Of the total female study population 866 women were underweight.