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. 2026 Jan 16;13:1696722. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1696722

Table 2.

Comparative analysis of diagnosis frequencies by BMI between 2018–2019 and 2021.

2018–2019
Weight status Gender Age Type of entity
Male Female 0–3 3–6 6–12 >12 Rural Intermediate Urban
Normal weight N 46,137 47,894 18,223 29,624 36,423 9,761 1,161 12,572 80,298
% (CI 95%) 78.7% (78.4–79) 84.9% (84.6–85.2) 90.7% (90.3–91.1) 84.7% (84.3–85.1) 77.7% (77.3–78.1) 74.5% (73.8–75.3) 82.7% (80.6-84.6) 81.5% (80.9-82.1) 81.8% (81.5–82.0)
Overweight N 9,931 6,723 1,587 4,209 8,302 2,556 188 2,238 14,228
% (CI 95%) 16.9% (16.6–17.2) 11.9% (11.6–12.2) 7.9% (7.5–8.3) 12.0% (11.7–12.4) 17.7% (17.4–18.1) 19.5% (18.8–20.2) 13.4% (11.7–15.2) 14.5% (14.0–15.1) 14.5% (14.3–14.7)
Obesity N 2,556 1,810 284 1,139 2,165 778 55 618 3,693
% (CI 95%) 4.4% (4.2–4.5) 3.2% (3.2–3.4) 1.4% (1.3–1.6) 3.3% (3.1–3.4) 4.6% (4.4–4.8) 5.9% (5.5–6.4) 3.9% (3.0–5.0) 4.0% (3.7–4.3) 3.8% (3.6–3.9)
2021
Weight status Gender Age Type of entity
Male Female 0–3 3–6 6–12 >12 Rural Intermediate Urban
Normal weight N 28,791 30,453 14,546 16,077 19,824 8,797 839 7,676 50,729
% (CI 95%) 75.6% (75.1–76) 82.0% (81.6–82.4) 89.3% (88.9–89.8) 80.7% (80.1–81.2) 73.0% (72.4–73.5) 74.1% (73.3–74.8) 78.6% (76.0–80.9) 78.4% (77.6–79.2) 78.8% (78.5–79.1)
Overweight N 6,901 4,982 1,415 2,720 5,541 2,207 172 1,562 10,149
% (CI 95%) 18.1% (17.7–18.5) 13.4% (13.1–13.8) 8.7% (8.3–9.1) 13.6% (13.2–14.1) 20.4% (19.9–20.9) 18.6% (17.9–19.3) 16.1% (14.0–18.4) 15.9% (15.2–16.7) 15.8% (15.5–16.0)
Obesity N 2,406 1,719 321 1,131 1,799 874 57 556 3,512
% (CI 95%) 6.3% (6.1–6.6) 4.6% (4.4–4.8) 2.0% (1.8–2.2) 5.7% (5.4–6) 6.6% (6.3–6.9) 7.4% (6.9–7.8) 5.3% (4.1–6.8) 5.7% (5.2–6.1) 5.5% (5.3–5.6)

Percentage distribution and 95% confidence intervals of normal weight, overweight and obesity in 2018–2019 and 2021, stratified by sex, age group and type of entity (rural, intermediate, urban). Classifications were based on the Orbegozo 2011 growth standards.