European Health Survey RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEIGHT AND HEIGHT Body Mass Index of the adult population, according to sex, age group and educational level. Population aged 18 years old and over Units: percentage ,Total,Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2),Normal weight (18.5 - 24.9 Kg/m2),Overweight (25.0 - 29.9 kg/m2),Obesity (>=30 kg/m2), Both sexes, Total, Total,100.00,2.07,44.28,37.65,16.00, Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education,100.00,1.22,28.15,42.20,28.43, Complete primary education,100.00,1.10,34.55,42.26,22.09, Secondary education, 1st stage,100.00,3.03,46.26,35.96,14.75, Secondary education, 2nd stage,100.00,2.50,50.69,36.11,10.70, Advanced professional training or the equivalent,100.00,1.97,50.20,34.30,13.53, University education,100.00,2.47,55.89,33.35,8.29, From 18 to 44 years old, Total,100.00,3.35,54.34,31.34,10.96, Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education,100.00,2.82,45.50,31.90,19.77, Complete primary education,100.00,2.11,45.99,34.08,17.81, Secondary education, 1st stage,100.00,4.17,51.67,31.64,12.52, Secondary education, 2nd stage,100.00,3.49,55.43,32.32,8.76, Advanced professional training or the equivalent,100.00,2.60,53.88,31.20,12.33, University education,100.00,3.54,62.16,27.96,6.34, From 45 to 64 years old, Total,100.00,0.54,36.63,43.11,19.72, Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education,100.00,0.27,25.12,43.15,31.46, Complete primary education,100.00,0.49,29.29,44.92,25.30, Secondary education, 1st stage,100.00,0.96,37.50,43.14,18.40, Secondary education, 2nd stage,100.00,0.56,42.60,42.77,14.07, Advanced professional training or the equivalent,100.00,0.09,42.57,42.10,15.24, University education,100.00,0.54,46.40,40.80,12.25, 65 years old and over, Total,100.00,1.10,29.61,45.76,23.53, Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education,100.00,1.30,25.88,43.90,28.92, Complete primary education,100.00,0.83,29.28,47.63,22.26, Secondary education, 1st stage,100.00,0.59,30.40,47.93,21.08, Secondary education, 2nd stage,100.00,1.46,40.50,43.42,14.62, Advanced professional training or the equivalent,100.00,2.11,30.70,42.43,24.76, University education,100.00,0.97,39.75,49.97,9.31, Male, Total, Total,100.00,0.66,36.50,45.53,17.31, Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education,100.00,0.92,31.01,43.67,24.40, Complete primary education,100.00,0.58,29.57,46.72,23.13, Secondary education, 1st stage,100.00,1.25,38.84,43.21,16.70, Secondary education, 2nd stage,100.00,0.64,39.74,46.63,12.99, Advanced professional training or the equivalent,100.00,0.22,40.74,42.25,16.79, University education,100.00,0.24,40.80,47.23,11.74, From 18 to 44 years old, Total,100.00,0.96,45.51,40.22,13.31, Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education,100.00,2.20,51.53,30.05,16.22, Complete primary education,100.00,1.20,43.18,38.47,17.15, Secondary education, 1st stage,100.00,1.60,45.12,38.40,14.87, Secondary education, 2nd stage,100.00,0.87,46.62,41.98,10.53, Advanced professional training or the equivalent,100.00,0.05,44.60,39.04,16.31, University education,100.00,0.28,45.65,43.59,10.49, From 45 to 64 years old, Total,100.00,0.13,26.37,51.38,22.12, Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education,100.00,0.24,25.67,43.30,30.79, Complete primary education,100.00,0.13,21.16,50.74,27.97, Secondary education, 1st stage,100.00,0.43,26.31,51.92,21.33, Secondary education, 2nd stage,100.00,0.00,25.42,56.82,17.76, Advanced professional training or the equivalent,100.00,0.14,31.53,49.58,18.75, University education,100.00,0.00,34.03,51.16,14.80, 65 years old and over, Total,100.00,0.73,27.13,51.24,20.90, Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education,100.00,0.86,27.25,48.21,23.67, Complete primary education,100.00,0.36,22.47,52.80,24.37, Secondary education, 1st stage,100.00,0.68,22.10,59.33,17.89, Secondary education, 2nd stage,100.00,0.97,33.95,48.69,16.39, Advanced professional training or the equivalent,100.00,2.90,39.95,44.56,12.60, University education,100.00,0.79,35.35,55.19,8.67, Female, Total, Total,100.00,3.46,51.98,29.85,14.71, Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education,100.00,1.45,26.00,41.08,31.47, Complete primary education,100.00,1.64,39.81,37.56,20.99, Secondary education, 1st stage,100.00,4.93,54.20,28.21,12.66, Secondary education, 2nd stage,100.00,4.40,61.82,25.41,8.37, Advanced professional training or the equivalent,100.00,4.22,62.35,24.08,9.35, University education,100.00,4.52,69.79,20.56,5.12, From 18 to 44 years old, Total,100.00,5.90,63.71,21.92,8.47, Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education,100.00,3.72,36.78,34.59,24.90, Complete primary education,100.00,3.47,50.19,27.54,18.80, Secondary education, 1st stage,100.00,7.19,59.36,23.68,9.76, Secondary education, 2nd stage,100.00,6.17,64.46,22.42,6.95, Advanced professional training or the equivalent,100.00,5.43,64.18,22.48,7.91, University education,100.00,6.02,74.75,16.05,3.18, From 45 to 64 years old, Total,100.00,0.95,46.91,34.82,17.32, Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education,100.00,0.30,24.63,43.02,32.05, Complete primary education,100.00,0.84,37.33,39.17,22.66, Secondary education, 1st stage,100.00,1.41,47.06,35.65,15.89, Secondary education, 2nd stage,100.00,1.09,58.86,29.47,10.57, Advanced professional training or the equivalent,100.00,0.00,62.27,28.76,8.97, University education,100.00,1.17,60.94,28.62,9.26, 65 years old and over, Total,100.00,1.40,31.62,41.31,25.67, Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education,100.00,1.57,25.04,41.25,32.14, Complete primary education,100.00,1.20,34.63,43.57,20.60, Secondary education, 1st stage,100.00,0.49,39.62,35.24,24.64, Secondary education, 2nd stage,100.00,2.07,48.80,36.74,12.38, Advanced professional training or the equivalent,100.00,..,..,..,.., University education,100.00,1.30,47.52,40.73,10.45, Notes: 1) Body Mass Index = [Weight (kg) / Height (m squared)] The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which is not collected The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an error of division by zero The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error. Source: National Statistics Institute