Table 2.
Prevalence of obesity for the women in 1995 and 2007, by demographic, socio-economic and behavioural factors
|
1995 |
2007 |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Average BMI (SD) | Overweight | Obese | N | Average BMI (SD) | Overweight | Obese | ||
|
Total |
|
5117 |
25.1 (4.4) |
37.3 |
14.3 |
7768 |
25.5 (4.6) |
36.4 |
17.8 |
|
Women | |||||||||
|
All |
|
2649 |
24.4 (4.6) |
28.9 |
13.6 |
3947 |
25.1 (5.0) |
29.3 |
17.7 |
|
Age groups |
16-24 |
180 |
23.0 (4.2) |
15.7 |
9.8 |
469 |
22.0 (3.4) |
15.4 |
4.8 |
| 25-34 |
582 |
23.1 (4.6) |
19.7 |
10.1 |
678 |
23.7 (3.8) |
22.8 |
11.2 |
|
| 35-44 |
527 |
23.9 (5.0) |
23.7 |
12.7 |
859 |
24.9 (5.2) |
23.4 |
16.1 |
|
| 45-54 |
404 |
25.0 (4.2) |
32.8 |
14.7 |
717 |
25.8 (5.2) |
29.9 |
21.9 |
|
| 55-64 |
362 |
26.0 (4.0) |
40.9 |
19.7 |
471 |
26.3 (4.6) |
38.1 |
21.7 |
|
| 65+ |
592 |
25.1 (4.8) |
36.6 |
14.6 |
754 |
27.2 (5.8) |
44.4 |
27.0 |
|
|
Nationality |
Luxembourgers |
1912 |
24.4 (4.7) |
29.6 |
13.9 |
2462 |
25.2 (5.7) |
30.2 |
18.5 |
| Portuguese |
223 |
24.7 (4.1) |
29.9 |
13.3 |
462 |
25.9 (4.1) |
27.3 |
23.5 |
|
| French |
101 |
23.2 (3.7) |
31.5 |
5.6 |
191 |
22.8 (2.7) |
20.1 |
6.4 |
|
| German |
51 |
24.3 (5.1) |
30.3 |
15.2 |
105 |
25.0 (4.5) |
21.5 |
18.7 |
|
| Others |
359 |
24.3 (4.6) |
23.8 |
14.2 |
726 |
24.8 (4.4) |
31.0 |
14.1 |
|
|
Marital status |
Single |
565 |
23.2 (4.8) |
18.7 |
11.5 |
948 |
23.1 (4.4) |
19.8 |
9.5 |
| Married |
1457 |
24.5 (4.4) |
31.5 |
12.7 |
2271 |
25.5 (4.8) |
30.9 |
19.0 |
|
| Divorced/separated |
171 |
24.2 (4.8) |
28.0 |
12.1 |
325 |
25.7 (5.1) |
27.5 |
22.3 |
|
| Widowed |
454 |
25.6 (4.8) |
33.8 |
19.7 |
403 |
27.1 (5.7) |
43.8 |
26.1 |
|
|
Educational level |
Primary |
1491 |
25.3 (4.6) |
33.5 |
18.6 |
1235 |
26.8 (5.4) |
36.6 |
25.2 |
| Secondary |
866 |
23.5 (4.4) |
23.9 |
8.6 |
1901 |
24.8 (5.0) |
27.2 |
16.9 |
|
| Tertiary |
284 |
22.2 (4.2) |
20.0 |
2.8 |
788 |
23.4 (3.6) |
23.5 |
7.7 |
|
|
Profession |
Managers and Intellectual professions |
175 |
22.7 (4.6) |
26.4 |
3.3 |
382 |
24.2 (4.1) |
30.0 |
10.8 |
| Intermediate Professions |
207 |
22.7 (5.0) |
18.5 |
6.8 |
462 |
23.6 (4.7) |
18.2 |
11.4 |
|
| Employed |
268 |
23.0 (4.4) |
14.0 |
9.6 |
500 |
23.9 (4.3) |
26.9 |
10.2 |
|
| Agricultural workers/Craftsmen/Workers/No profession |
1997 |
24.9 (4.5) |
32.2 |
15.8 |
2603 |
25.8 (5.2) |
31.6 |
21.3 |
|
|
Place of residence |
Centre- North |
295 |
24.1 (5.2) |
27.3 |
13.0 |
461 |
25.0 (5.4) |
28.5 |
14.7 |
| Centre- South |
1277 |
24.4 (4.4) |
30.1 |
13.3 |
1933 |
25.3 (4.9) |
29.1 |
19.0 |
|
| East |
285 |
24.9 (5.1) |
25.4 |
19.5 |
402 |
25.4 (4.7) |
29.5 |
20.2 |
|
| North |
73 |
24.2 (3.8) |
30.3 |
10.8 |
225 |
25.1 (5.1) |
33.4 |
15.9 |
|
| West |
198 |
24.7 (4.9) |
28.7 |
15.7 |
249 |
25.4 (5.4) |
24.3 |
22.3 |
|
| Luxembourg-city |
518 |
24.1 (4.6) |
28.6 |
11.1 |
677 |
24.5 (4.7) |
30.5 |
13.5 |
|
|
Physical activity |
Yes |
782 |
23.2 (4.2) |
21.0 |
9.5 |
1973 |
24.0 (4.5) |
25.1 |
11.6 |
| No |
1847 |
24.9 (4.7) |
32.0 |
15.3 |
1974 |
26.2 (5.1) |
33.5 |
23.8 |
|
|
Diet |
Balanced |
2264 |
24.3 (4.4) |
29.3 |
12.4 |
3479 |
25.1 (4.9) |
29.6 |
17.3 |
| Unbalanced |
300 |
25.0 (5.6) |
28.6 |
19.8 |
403 |
25.6 (5.5) |
26.9 |
21.7 |
|
| No know | 80 | 25.4 (6.1) | 18.9 | 26.7 | 57 | 25.3 (4.5) | 26.3 | 19.3 | |