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How To... - Interpret Data - Case Studies -
Overweight
Where is the problem?
Surveillance data are analyzed by “place” to determine where a health
problem is occurring in a population and to gain insight into the
geographic variation of the health problem within the population. The
county level or “B” analysis of PedNSS Table 6B, Comparison of Growth and
Anemia Indicators, can be used to compare the prevalence of overweight for
children 2 to 5 years of age from one county with other counties within
the state. This table also ranks the prevalence of overweight for each
county from the best (lowest) to the worst (highest) with the number “1”
indicating the best. The ranking in Table 6B was used to identify the
counties with the highest prevalence of overweight.
Sample: PedNSS Table 6B, Comparison of Growth and Anemia Indicators
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Owen county is ranked best or 1st (1) with the lowest
prevalence of overweight ( 6.0%) among children 2 to 5 years of age.
The county with the worst prevalence is Polk county which ranks as 60th (60) in the
state with a prevalence of 17.0%. |
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The last two lines of the table provide a comparison
to the state WIC program and the national PedNSS. |
Where is the problem?
The worst or highest prevalence of overweight occurred in Polk
county. The prevalence of overweight among children 2 to 5 years of age is
17.0% more than three times the expected rate of 5 percent.
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