Obesity Statistics in the United States
Updated: August 2012
2011 State Obesity Rates | Prevalence of Overweight Among Children and Adolescents | State-Level Estimated Annual Medical Costs of Obesity | Obesity and Disease
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2011.
2011 State Obesity Rates
State
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%
|
State
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%
|
State
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%
|
State
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%
|
|
Alabama
|
32.0
|
Illinois
|
27.1
|
Montana
|
24.6 |
Rhode Island
|
25.4
|
|
Alaska
|
27.4
|
Indiana
|
30.8
|
Nebraska
|
28.4
|
South Carolina
|
30.8 |
|
Arizona
|
24.7
|
Iowa
|
29.0
|
Nevada
|
24.5
|
South Dakota
|
28.1
|
|
Arkansa
|
30.9
|
Kansas
|
29.6
|
New Hampshire
|
26.2
|
Tennessee
|
29.2
|
|
California
|
23.8
|
Kentucky
|
30.4 |
New Jersey
|
23.7
|
Texas
|
30.4
|
|
Colorado
|
20.7
|
Louisiana
|
33.4 |
New Mexico
|
26.3
|
Utah
|
24.4
|
|
Connecticut
|
24.5
|
Maine
|
27.8
|
New York
|
24.5
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Vermont
|
25.4
|
|
Delaware
|
28.8
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Maryland
|
28.3
|
North Carolina
|
29.1
|
Virginia
|
29.2
|
|
District of Columbia
|
23.7 |
Massachusetts
|
22.7
|
North Dakota
|
27.8
|
Washington
|
26.5
|
|
Florida
|
26.6
|
Michigan
|
31.3
|
Ohio
|
29.6
|
West Virginia
|
32.4
|
|
Georgia
|
28.0
|
Minnesota
|
25.7
|
Oklahoma
|
31.1
|
Wisconsin
|
27.7
|
|
Hawaii
|
21.8
|
Mississippi
|
34.9
|
Oregon
|
26.7
|
Wyoming
|
25.0
|
|
Idaho
|
27.0
|
Missouri
|
30.3 |
Pennsylvania
|
28.6
|
|
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Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2011.
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Prevalence of overweight among children and adolescents ages 2-19 years
|
Age (years)1
|
1963-65
1966-702
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1971-74
|
1976-80
|
1988-94
|
1999-2000
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2001-02
|
2003-04
|
|
2-5
|
-
|
5%
|
5%
|
7.2%
|
10.3%
|
10.6%
|
13.9%
|
|
6-11
|
4.2%
|
4%
|
6.5%
|
11.3%
|
15.1%
|
16.3%
|
18.8%
|
|
12-19
|
4.6%
|
6.1%
|
5%
|
10.5%
|
14.8%
|
16.7%
|
17.4%
|
1Excludes pregnant women starting with 1971-74. Pregnancy status not available for 1963-65 and 1966-70.
2Data for 1963-65 are for children 6-11 years of age; data for 1966-70 are for adolescents 12-17 years of age, not 12-19 years.
Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention, NHANES
State-Level Estimated Annual Obesity-Attributable Expenditures, by State (2009).
|
State
|
(Millions $)
|
|
Alabama
|
$2505
|
|
Alaska
|
$459
|
|
Arizona
|
$2113
|
|
Arkansas
|
$1254
|
|
California
|
$15223
|
|
Colorado
|
$1637
|
|
Connecticut
|
$1719
|
|
Delaware
|
$592
|
|
District of Columbia
|
$500
|
|
Florida
|
$8079
|
|
Georgia
|
$4226
|
|
Hawaii
|
$470
|
|
Idaho
|
$550
|
|
Illinois
|
$6368
|
|
Indiana
|
$3520
|
|
Iowa
|
$1435
|
|
Kansas
|
$1327
|
|
Kentucky
|
$2372
|
|
Louisiana
|
$2383
|
|
Maine
|
$767
|
|
Maryland
|
$3032
|
|
Massachusetts
|
$3511
|
|
Michigan
|
$5349
|
|
Minnesota
|
$2800
|
|
Mississippi
|
$1586
|
|
Missouri
|
$3196
|
|
Montana
|
$379
|
|
Nebraska
|
$1002
|
|
Nevada
|
$1048
|
|
New Hampshire
|
$594
|
|
New Jersey
|
$4447
|
|
New Mexico
|
$663
|
|
New York
|
$11,114
|
|
North Carolina
|
$4599
|
|
North Dakota
|
$371
|
|
Ohio
|
$6896 |
|
Oklahoma
|
$1721
|
|
Oregon
|
$1678
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
$6997
|
|
Puerto Rico
|
|
|
Rhode Island
|
$566
|
|
South Carolina
|
$2291
|
|
South Dakota
|
$409
|
|
Tennessee
|
$3656
|
|
Texas
|
$10,262
|
|
Utah
|
$953
|
|
Vermont
|
$291
|
|
Virginia
|
$3387
|
|
Washington
|
$2977
|
|
West Virginia
|
$1171
|
|
Wisconsin
|
$3078
|
|
Wyoming
|
$203
|
Source: Trogdon, Finkelstein, Feagan, and Cohen, 2011.
Reference:
Trogdon, JG, Finkelstein, EA, Feagan, CW, Cohen JW. State- and payer-specific estimates of annual medical expenditures attributable to obesity.Obesity (Silver Spring). 2012 Jan;20(1):214-20. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.169. Epub 2011 Jun 16.
Overweight and obese individuals are at increased risk for many diseases and health chronic conditions, including the following:
Hypertension (high blood pressure)
Osteoarthritis (a degeneration of cartilage and its underlying bone within a joint)
Dyslipidemia (for example, high total cholesterol or high levels of triglycerides)
Type 2 diabetes
Heart disease
Stroke
Gallbladder disease
Sleep apnea and respiratory problems
Some cancers (pancreas, kidney, prostate, endometrial, breast, and colon)
Reference:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Surgeon General's call to action to prevent and decrease overweight and obesity. [Rockville, MD]: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General, [2001]. Available from: US GPO, Washington.
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