Skip Navigation Links
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 CDC Home Search Health Topics A-Z

Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice and Policy

View Current Issue
Issue Archive
Archivo de números en español








Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal
MMWR


 Home 

Volume 3: No. 3, July 2006

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Prevalence of Overweight Among Elementary and Middle School Students in Mississippi Compared With Prevalence Data From the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

Group CAYPOS, % (95% CI) YRBSS, % (95% CI)
White male 29.7 (19.1-40.3) 23.6 (18.2-29.0)
Nonwhite male 31.0 (20.8-41.1) 22.6 (16.1-29.2)
White female 12.2 (5.8-18.6) 6.9 (3.8-10.0)
Nonwhite female 27.1 (19.5-34.7) 20.0 (15.4-24.5)

Figure 1. Comparison of 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for prevalence of overweight among students in grades 6 through 8 from the Child and Youth Prevalence of Overweight Survey (CAYPOS) and the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), by sex and race, Mississippi, 2003.

Return to article

Group CAYPOS, % (95% CI) YRBSS, % (95% CI)
White male 13.8 (8.5-19.1) 22.2 (16.9-27.6)
Nonwhite male 8.8 (4.0-13.6) 22.0 (14.2-25.9)
White female 16.2 (9.2-23.1) 16.3 (12.0-20.6)
Nonwhite female 22.2 (15.4-28.9) 23.3 (18.5-28.1)

Figure 2. Comparison of 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for prevalence of at risk for becoming overweight among students in grades 6 through 8 from the Child and Youth Prevalence of Overweight Survey (CAYPOS) and the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), by sex and race, Mississippi, 2003.

Return to article

 




 



The opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors’ affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.


 Home 

Privacy Policy | Accessibility

CDC Home | Search | Health Topics A-Z

This page last reviewed October 25, 2011

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
 HHS logoUnited States Department of
Health and Human Services