Table 2.
Prevalence of abdominal obesity and general obesity in women and men, by background characteristics, India, 2019–21.
| S.No. | Background characteristics | Women |
Men |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WC > 0.80 cm (95% CI) | N | BMI ≥ 25 (95% CI) | N | WC > 0.94 cm (95% CI) | N | BMI ≥ 25 (95% CI) | N | ||
| 1 | Age | ||||||||
| 15–19 | 12.7 (12.5–12.9) | 111,870 | 5.1 (5–5.3) | 111,720 | 2.5 (2.3–2.8) | 14,945 | 6.2 (5.8–6.6) | 14,942 | |
| 20–29 | 32.2 (32–32.4) | 200,810 | 16.3 (16.1–16.4) | 199,734 | 7.4 (7.1–7.8) | 25,979 | 17.2 (16.8–17.7) | 25,833 | |
| 30–39 | 49.3 (49–49.5) | 183,796 | 30.7 (30.5–30.9) | 181,526 | 16 (15.5–16.5) | 24,093 | 29.4 (28.9–30) | 23,892 | |
| 40–49 | 56.7 (56.5–57) | 158,852 | 35.5 (35.2–35.7) | 156,441 | 19.7 (19.2–20.3) | 20,360 | 31.3 (30.6–31.9) | 20,258 | |
| 2 | Place of residence | ||||||||
| Urban | 49.5 (49.3–49.7) | 208,886 | 31.7 (31.5–31.9) | 205,565 | 15.7 (15.3–16.1) | 28,901 | 28.6 (28–29.1) | 28,592 | |
| Rural | 35 (34.8–35.1) | 446,442 | 19 (18.9–19.1) | 443,857 | 10 (9.8–10.3) | 56,477 | 18.8 (18.4–19.1) | 56,333 | |
| 3 | Level of education | ||||||||
| No education | 39.5 (39.2–39.7) | 150,314 | 20.9 (20.6–21.1) | 149,411 | 8.4 (7.9–9) | 9074 | 17.3 (16.5–18) | 9050 | |
| Primary | 42.6 (42.3–43) | 78,242 | 25 (24.7–25.3) | 77,438 | 9.7 (9.1–10.3) | 9987 | 17.2 (16.5–17.9) | 9955 | |
| Secondary | 37.3 (37.1–37.5) | 328,074 | 22.4 (22.3–22.6) | 324,859 | 11.7 (11.4–12) | 49,945 | 21.4 (21.1–21.8) | 49,659 | |
| Higher | 45.1 (44.7–45.4) | 98,699 | 26.7 (26.4–27) | 97,714 | 15.9 (15.3–16.5) | 16,371 | 29.7 (29–30.4) | 16,261 | |
| 4 | Religion | ||||||||
| Hindu | 38.3 (38.2–38.5) | 536,425 | 22.3 (22.2–22.4) | 531,741 | 12 (11.8–12.2) | 67,900 | 22.1 (21.7–22.4) | 67,539 | |
| Muslim | 44.1 (43.8–44.5) | 85,730 | 24.9 (24.6–25.2) | 84,897 | 9.6 (9.1–10.1) | 13,115 | 20.2 (19.5–20.9) | 13,039 | |
| Christian | 48.1 (47.3–48.8) | 15,437 | 29.8 (29.1–30.6) | 15,222 | 16.9 (15.5–18.6) | 2250 | 27.8 (25.9–29.7) | 2234 | |
| Sikh | 61.8 (60.8–62.7) | 9864 | 37.5 (36.5–38.5) | 9732 | 21.1 (18.3–24.3) | 729 | 27.7 (24.6–31.1) | 725 | |
| Buddhist | 31.6 (30.2–33.1) | 4142 | 20.2 (19–21.5) | 4123 | 17.9 (15.6–20.5) | 929 | 27.2 (24.4–30.1) | 936 | |
| Jain | 43.1 (40.4–45.8) | 1263 | 29.8 (27.3–32.4) | 1247 | 17.6 (13.1–23.3) | 218 | 22.6 (17.5–28.6) | 217 | |
| Others | 25.6 (24–27.4) | 2468 | 13 (11.7–14.4) | 2460 | 15.2 (11.2–20.4) | 237 | 34.3 (28.6–40.6) | 236 | |
| 5 | Caste/Tribe | ||||||||
| Schedule Caste | 37.7 (37.5–38) | 143,968 | 20.7 (20.5–20.9) | 143,003 | 11.2 (10.7–11.6) | 17,554 | 19.9 (19.3–20.5) | 17,479 | |
| Schedule Tribe | 24.4 (24.1–24.8) | 61,555 | 12.2 (11.9–12.4) | 61,362 | 6.1 (5.6–6.7) | 7961 | 14.4 (13.6–15.1) | 7946 | |
| Other backward class | 39.5 (39.3–39.7) | 281,304 | 23.6 (23.4–23.7) | 278,579 | 12.6 (12.3–12.9) | 35,701 | 23.4 (23–23.9) | 35,563 | |
| Other | 48.2 (47.9–48.4) | 132,764 | 29.6 (29.3–29.8) | 131,075 | 15.4 (14.9–16) | 17,434 | 26.5 (25.9–27.2) | 17,248 | |
| 6 | Wealth Index | ||||||||
| Poorest | 23.7 (23.5–23.9) | 121,596 | 9.7 (9.5–9.9) | 121,271 | 4 (3.7–4.3) | 14,616 | 9.1 (8.6–9.6) | 14,574 | |
| Poorer | 31.8 (31.6–32.1) | 132,914 | 15.9 (15.7–16.1) | 132,383 | 6.7 (6.3–7) | 17,275 | 14.4 (13.9–14.9) | 17,237 | |
| Middle | 39.5 (39.3–39.8) | 136,570 | 22.9 (22.7–23.2) | 135,588 | 11.1 (10.6–11.5) | 18,423 | 21.2 (20.6–21.8) | 18,372 | |
| Richer | 46.7 (46.5–47) | 136,763 | 29.2 (29–29.5) | 135,112 | 16.6 (16.1–17.2) | 18,870 | 28.9 (28.3–29.6) | 18,765 | |
| Richest | 55.3 (55–55.6) | 127,485 | 36.8 (36.6–37.1) | 125,066 | 20.2 (19.6–20.8) | 16,194 | 35.1 (34.4–35.9) | 15,978 | |
| 7 | Type of diet | ||||||||
| Vegetarian/Occasionally non-vegetarian | 36.4 (36.2–36.6) | 304,945 | 20.9 (20.8–21.1) | 302,469 | 11.7 (11.4–12.1) | 28,707 | 20.6 (20.1–21) | 28,560 | |
| Non-vegetarian | 42.4 (42.2–42.5) | 350,383 | 24.8 (24.7–25) | 346,952 | 12 (11.8–12.3) | 56,670 | 22.8 (22.5–23.2) | 56,365 | |
| Total | 39.6 (39.5–39.7) | 655,328 | 23 (22.9–23.1) | 649,421 | 11.9 (11.7–12.1) | 85,377 | 22.1 (21.8–22.3) | 84,925 | |