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Table 6 Prevalence of overweight and obesity and increased WC NBPW 2009*

From: Need for weight management in Switzerland: findings from National Blood Pressure Week 2009

  

BMI ≥ 25

  

WC ≥ 94 (80)

 
 

age

N

%

95% CI

N

%

95% CI

female

18-29

99,419

18.0

13.2-24.2

258,489

46.9

38.5-55.6

 

30-39

146,208

26.7

20.1-34.5

326,156

59.6

51.5-67.2

 

40-49

219,151

35.9

30.6-41.6

418,736

68.6

62.9-73.8

 

50-59

170,268

34.5

29.7-39.7

360,498

73.1

68.5-77.2

 

60-69

177,773

43.7

39.7-47.8

327,520

80.5

76.5-84.0

 

70-79

146,953

48.7

43.5-54.0

255,637

84.8

80.9-88.0

 

> = 80

92,298

39.8

33.0-47.0

203,825

87.9

82.3-91.8

male

18-29

197,188

35.3

20.0-54.3

197,188

35.3

20.0-54.3

 

30-39

323,725

59.4

47.7-70.1

332,244

60.9

49.7-71.2

 

40-49

334,317

53.8

46.3-61.1

361,529

58.1

50.5-65.4

 

50-59

298,879

60.3

52.9-67.3

320,748

64.7

57.5-71.3

 

60-69

256,188

66.5

60.6-72.0

287,326

74.6

69.1-79.5

 

70-79

142,569

60.7

53.8-67.2

185,700

79.1

73.1-84.0

 

> = 80

53,459

44.7

34.6-55.3

95,664

80.0

69.0-87.8

total

 

2,658,395

43.6

40.5-46.7

3,931,259

64.4

60.8-67.9

female

 

1,052,071

33.5

30.8-36.3

2,150,861

68.4

65.2-71.5

male

 

1,606,324

54.3

48.9-59.6

1,780,398

60.1

54.4-65.6

  1. * N: estimated number of subjects with BMI≥25 and WC≥94(80) respectively; %: estimated prevalence of BMI≥25 and WC≥94(80) respectively; CI: confidence intervals; WC: waist circumference. All figures are population corrected (weighted). Sources: National Blood Pressure Week 2009, pharmaSuisse & Swiss Heart Foundation; Swiss Health Survey 2007, Federal Office of Public Health.