Percentages of women in each BMI category according to deprivation quintile and rurality
| Underweight | Normal weight | Overweight | Obese I | Obese II | Obese III | ANOVA χ2 | |||||||
| Total (n) | 3147 | 74 041 | 45 098 | 19 097 | 7861 | 3717 | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Northern Ireland multiple deprivation measure | |||||||||||||
| (Most deprived) Q1 | 880 | 2.6 | 15 570 | 45.5 | 9988 | 29.2 | 4723 | 13.8 | 2057 | 6.0 | 1035 | 3.0 | p<0.001 |
| Q2 | 665 | 2.0 | 15 245 | 46.4 | 9800 | 29.8 | 4381 | 13.3 | 1897 | 5.8 | 869 | 2.6 | |
| Q3 | 563 | 1.8 | 15 031 | 48.0 | 9421 | 30.1 | 3943 | 12.6 | 1616 | 5.2 | 769 | 2.5 | |
| Q4 | 568 | 1.9 | 14 865 | 50.1 | 8743 | 29.5 | 3495 | 11.8 | 1343 | 4.5 | 640 | 2.2 | |
| (Least deprived) Q5 | 456 | 1.9 | 12 659 | 53.5 | 6818 | 28.8 | 2442 | 10.3 | 907 | 3.8 | 388 | 1.6 | |
| Rurality | |||||||||||||
| Mixed | 261 | 2.0 | 6426 | 50.1 | 3805 | 29.6 | 1471 | 11.5 | 583 | 4.5 | 288 | 2.2 | p<0.001 |
| Rural | 849 | 1.7 | 24 710 | 48.6 | 15 397 | 30.3 | 6176 | 12.1 | 2549 | 5.0 | 1169 | 2.3 | |
| Urban | 2022 | 2.3 | 42 234 | 47.9 | 25 568 | 29.0 | 11 337 | 12.9 | 4688 | 5.3 | 2244 | 2.5 | |
Underweight <18.5 kg/m2; normal weight 18.5–24.99 kg/m2; overweight 25.00–29.99 kg/m2; obese I 30.00–34.99 kg/m2; obese II 35.00–39.99 kg/m2; obese III ≥40 kg/m2
BMI, body mass index.