Differences in Health and Health Behaviors Between State Employees and Other Employed Adults, Oregon, 2007

Figure 2. Proportion of employed, insured women statewide and women employed by state agencies who were classified by body mass index (BMI) as underweight, healthy weight, overweight, and obese, Oregon, 2007. Statewide data are from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) for Oregon, and data for state agency employees are from the BRFSS Survey of State Employees.

The range for healthy weight is BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m², and the range for overweight is BMI 25.0-29.9 kg/m². Reported BMIs ranged from 15 to 71 kg/m². The largest proportion of employed, insured women statewide, 10%, had a BMI of 21 kg/m², and the largest proportion of women employed by state agencies, 9%, had a BMI of 25 kg/m². Approximately 2% of employed, insured women statewide and of women employed by state agencies had a BMI of 18.5 kg/m². Approximately 7% of employed, insured women statewide had a BMI of 25 kg/m², as do approximately 9% of women employed by state agencies. Approximately 4% of both groups had a BMI of 30 kg/m², the lower limit for the obese range.

Volume 7: No. 5, September 2010