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. 2015 Jan;105(1):e22–e35. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302283

TABLE 2—

Sample Size per Jurisdiction of the US–Affiliated Pacific Region and the 48 Contiguous United States in Literature on Prevalence of Young Child Overweight and Obesity, Published January 2001–April 2014

Jurisdiction No. Aged 0–9 Years in 2010 Census No. Articles or Reports Included No. Children Measured Aged 2–10 Years Since 2000 No. With Proportional Weighting
Alaska 104 883 3 137 040.0 594.7
American Samoa 13 146 5 11 429.3 73.8
Chuuk 11 733 1a 800 66.8
CNMI 9440 2 753.0 53.0
Contiguous US 40 223 509 3 7312.2 228 474.6
Guam 28 273 2 15 037.0 161.4
Hawaii 170 768 10 55 197.5 970.5
Kosrae 1587 1a 812.0 9.2
Pohnpei 8298 1a 580.0 46.1
Yap 11 376 2a 1553.6 64.5
Sum 40 583 013 27 230 514.6 230 514.6

Note. CNMI = Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; US = United States. The sample sizes were adjusted to be proportional to the jurisdiction census counts of children aged 10 years and younger and so that the total sample size equals the number of children across publications included in the model. The jurisdiction adjusted counts were divided into ages proportionally based on the observed counts.

a

Yap had a total of 2 data sources, of which one is a shared data source with Chuuk, Kosrae, and Pohnpei.