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: thousands of persons 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) No data recorded Both sexes Total Total 37,377.2 729.3 15,618.3 13,282.3 5,645.7 2,101.6 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 5,494.5 56.9 1,309.6 1,963.3 1,322.8 841.9 Complete primary education 8,372.5 86.0 2,714.5 3,320.0 1,735.4 516.5 Secondary education, 1st stage 6,225.4 180.1 2,751.2 2,138.6 877.0 278.5 Secondary education, 2nd stage 8,464.9 205.6 4,165.4 2,967.4 879.3 247.2 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 2,245.1 43.4 1,105.2 755.0 298.0 43.5 University education 6,540.5 157.3 3,563.6 2,126.0 528.8 164.8 No data recorded 34.4 0.0 8.8 12.0 4.4 9.2 18 to 44 years old Total 18,464.5 598.2 9,689.9 5,588.0 1,954.5 634.0 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 638.6 16.5 266.3 186.7 115.7 53.4 Complete primary education 2,580.5 52.4 1,138.8 843.7 441.0 104.6 Secondary education, 1st stage 4,046.8 161.6 2,001.2 1,225.3 485.0 173.8 Secondary education, 2nd stage 5,437.2 184.0 2,924.0 1,705.1 462.2 162.0 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 1,615.2 41.0 850.5 492.4 194.6 36.7 University education 4,140.2 142.7 2,509.2 1,128.7 255.9 103.6 No data recorded 6.0 .. .. .. .. .. 45 to 64 years old Total 11,357.5 58.8 3,981.8 4,685.9 2,143.9 487.1 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 1,355.7 3.3 304.9 523.8 381.9 141.8 Complete primary education 3,362.8 15.5 933.9 1,432.2 806.6 174.6 Secondary education, 1st stage 1,748.3 16.1 631.5 726.5 309.8 64.3 Secondary education, 2nd stage 2,419.3 13.3 1,010.2 1,014.4 333.6 47.9 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 541.5 0.5 227.7 225.2 81.5 6.6 University education 1,918.4 10.1 868.6 763.8 229.4 46.4 No data recorded 11.5 .. .. .. .. .. 65 years old and over Total 7,555.2 72.3 1,946.7 3,008.3 1,547.3 980.6 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 3,500.2 37.1 738.5 1,252.7 825.3 646.6 Complete primary education 2,429.2 18.2 641.8 1,044.0 487.8 237.3 Secondary education, 1st stage 430.3 2.3 118.5 186.9 82.2 40.4 Secondary education, 2nd stage 608.4 8.3 231.2 247.9 83.5 37.4 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 88.4 1.9 27.1 37.4 21.8 0.3 University education 482.0 4.5 185.7 233.5 43.5 14.8 No data recorded 16.8 .. .. .. .. .. Males Total Total 18,304.9 116.5 6,408.1 7,993.5 3,039.6 747.2 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 2,251.1 18.3 619.8 873.0 487.8 252.2 Complete primary education 4,210.9 23.4 1,191.8 1,883.4 932.4 179.9 Secondary education, 1st stage 3,218.2 38.3 1,193.8 1,328.1 513.4 144.5 Secondary education, 2nd stage 4,231.5 26.5 1,646.6 1,932.0 538.2 88.2 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 1,256.1 2.7 504.3 522.9 207.8 18.3 University education 3,114.2 7.2 1,246.9 1,443.4 358.8 57.9 No data recorded 22.9 .. .. .. .. .. 18 to 44 years old Total 9,474.9 87.6 4,175.3 3,690.4 1,221.3 300.2 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 369.6 7.6 178.3 104.0 56.1 23.6 Complete primary education 1,549.4 17.9 639.8 570.0 254.2 67.5 Secondary education, 1st stage 2,194.1 33.6 944.4 803.7 311.2 101.2 Secondary education, 2nd stage 2,729.7 23.4 1,245.1 1,121.3 281.1 58.8 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 845.5 0.4 370.5 324.3 135.5 14.8 University education 1,780.5 4.8 797.1 761.1 183.2 34.3 No data recorded 6.0 .. .. .. .. .. 45 to 64 years old Total 5,594.6 7.3 1,434.6 2,795.4 1,203.4 154.0 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 609.8 1.4 145.6 245.7 174.7 42.3 Complete primary education 1,625.8 2.0 335.3 804.1 443.3 41.0 Secondary education, 1st stage 800.4 3.4 204.1 402.6 165.4 24.9 Secondary education, 2nd stage 1,173.0 0.0 293.2 655.4 204.8 19.7 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 346.3 0.5 108.1 170.0 64.3 3.5 University education 1,028.9 0.0 344.3 517.5 149.7 17.3 No data recorded 10.5 .. .. .. .. .. 65 years old and over Total 3,235.3 21.5 798.2 1,507.8 614.9 293.0 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 1,271.7 9.4 295.8 523.3 256.9 186.4 Complete primary education 1,035.8 3.5 216.7 509.2 235.0 71.4 Secondary education, 1st stage 223.6 1.4 45.4 121.8 36.7 18.3 Secondary education, 2nd stage 328.8 3.1 108.3 155.3 52.3 9.7 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 64.3 1.9 25.7 28.6 8.1 0.0 University education 304.8 2.3 105.5 164.7 25.9 6.3 No data recorded 6.4 .. .. .. .. .. Females Total Total 19,072.3 612.9 9,210.3 5,288.7 2,606.0 1,354.4 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 3,243.4 38.6 689.9 1,090.3 835.1 589.7 Complete primary education 4,161.5 62.7 1,522.6 1,436.6 803.0 336.6 Secondary education, 1st stage 3,007.2 141.7 1,557.4 810.5 363.6 134.0 Secondary education, 2nd stage 4,233.4 179.1 2,518.8 1,035.4 341.0 159.0 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 988.9 40.6 600.9 232.1 90.1 25.2 University education 3,426.3 150.1 2,316.7 682.6 170.0 106.8 No data recorded 11.5 .. .. .. .. .. 18 to 44 years old Total 8,989.6 510.5 5,514.6 1,897.6 733.1 333.7 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 268.9 8.9 87.9 82.7 59.5 29.9 Complete primary education 1,031.1 34.5 499.0 273.7 186.9 37.0 Secondary education, 1st stage 1,852.7 128.0 1,056.8 421.6 173.7 72.5 Secondary education, 2nd stage 2,707.5 160.6 1,678.8 583.8 181.1 103.2 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 769.7 40.6 479.9 168.1 59.2 21.8 University education 2,359.7 137.9 1,712.2 367.6 72.7 69.3 No data recorded 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. 45 to 64 years old Total 5,762.9 51.6 2,547.2 1,890.6 940.5 333.1 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 746.0 1.9 159.2 278.1 207.2 99.5 Complete primary education 1,737.0 13.5 598.6 628.1 363.3 133.6 Secondary education, 1st stage 947.9 12.8 427.5 323.8 144.4 39.4 Secondary education, 2nd stage 1,246.3 13.3 717.0 359.0 128.8 28.2 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 195.2 0.0 119.6 55.2 17.2 3.1 University education 889.5 10.1 524.4 246.3 79.6 29.1 No data recorded 1.1 .. .. .. .. .. 65 years old and over Total 4,319.9 50.8 1,148.5 1,500.6 932.4 687.6 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 2,228.6 27.7 442.7 729.5 568.4 460.3 Complete primary education 1,393.4 14.7 425.1 534.8 252.9 165.9 Secondary education, 1st stage 206.6 0.9 73.1 65.0 45.5 22.1 Secondary education, 2nd stage 279.6 5.2 122.9 92.6 31.2 27.7 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 24.1 .. .. .. .. .. University education 177.2 2.2 80.2 68.7 17.6 8.5 No data recorded 10.5 .. .. .. .. .. 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