Obese
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with the majority of the population being overweight or obese. (1) Poor diet and physical inactivity are contributing to the rising rates of overweight and obesity, the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States after tobacco. (2) This epidemic has serious implications for women’s health, since being overweight or obese is associated with a greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, respiratory problems, and some types of cancer, and of exacerbating conditions such as arthritis. (3)
What percentage of women are obese?
The Report Card benchmark is the Healthy People 2010 goal of reducing the percentage of adults who are obese to 15 percent (when applied to women) [Healthy People 2010 Objective 19-2].
Data Source: Obese (%), 2005
EXPLANATION:
This measure includes women age 18 and older who have a body mass index (BMI) of 30.0 or greater. Body mass index is a measure that adjusts body weight for height. It is calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared.
SOURCE:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data (BRFSS), 2005, available at http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/index.asp. The national number is the median of all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data for race/ethnicity include women age 20 and older and are three-year averages from 2003-2005. Note that data for race/ethnicity reported in the Asian/Pacific Islander column reflect only Asian data for 49 states and the District of Columbia and reflect only Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander data for Hawaii. Data reported in the 18-44 age group column include women ages 20-44. These data are age-adjusted to the 2000 standard population. The 2004 data from Hawaii are not available as part of the 2004 BRFSS aggregate dataset. For Hawaii, data for race/ethnicity and age are reported as two-year averages from 2003 and 2005. National Center for Health Statistics, Health Data for All Ages: Health Care Access and Use, Health Status and Disability, and Health Conditions and Risk Factors Tables, available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/health_data_for_all_ages.htm.
| ALABAMA |
28.8% |
F |
47 |
| ALASKA |
28.4% |
F |
46 |
| ARIZONA |
20.6% |
U |
11 |
| ARKANSAS |
28.2% |
F |
44 |
| CALIFORNIA |
23.1% |
F |
20 |
| COLORADO |
18.0% |
S- |
2 |
| CONNECTICUT |
19.2% |
U |
4 |
| DELAWARE |
22.7% |
F |
16 |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
25.4% |
F |
34 |
| FLORIDA |
21.6% |
U |
12 |
| GEORGIA |
27.3% |
F |
43 |
| HAWAII |
16.7% |
S- |
1 |
| IDAHO |
23.1% |
F |
20 |
| ILLINOIS |
26.3% |
F |
38 |
| INDIANA |
26.0% |
F |
36 |
| IOWA |
24.3% |
F |
31 |
| KANSAS |
24.2% |
F |
28 |
| KENTUCKY |
28.8% |
F |
47 |
| LOUISIANA |
29.8% |
F |
49 |
| MAINE |
22.3% |
U |
15 |
| MARYLAND |
24.1% |
F |
27 |
| MASSACHUSETTS |
18.8% |
S- |
3 |
| MICHIGAN |
25.7% |
F |
35 |
| MINNESOTA |
24.2% |
F |
28 |
| MISSISSIPPI |
31.5% |
F |
51 |
| MISSOURI |
26.0% |
F |
36 |
| MONTANA |
20.5% |
U |
9 |
| NEBRASKA |
24.9% |
F |
33 |
| NEVADA |
19.5% |
U |
6 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE |
21.9% |
U |
13 |
| NEW JERSEY |
20.5% |
U |
9 |
| NEW MEXICO |
23.3% |
F |
23 |
| NEW YORK |
22.2% |
U |
14 |
| NORTH CAROLINA |
26.6% |
F |
41 |
| NORTH DAKOTA |
23.2% |
F |
22 |
| OHIO |
24.6% |
F |
32 |
| OKLAHOMA |
26.4% |
F |
40 |
| OREGON |
23.4% |
F |
24 |
| PENNSYLVANIA |
24.0% |
F |
26 |
| RHODE ISLAND |
19.3% |
U |
5 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA |
28.2% |
F |
44 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA |
22.8% |
F |
18 |
| TENNESSEE |
27.1% |
F |
42 |
| TEXAS |
26.3% |
F |
38 |
| UTAH |
20.2% |
U |
8 |
| VERMONT |
20.0% |
U |
7 |
| VIRGINIA |
24.2% |
F |
28 |
| WASHINGTON |
22.8% |
F |
18 |
| WEST VIRGINIA |
30.2% |
F |
50 |
| WISCONSIN |
23.5% |
F |
25 |
| WYOMING |
22.7% |
F |
16 |
| |
| S (Satisfactory): |
0 |
|
| S- (Satisfactory Minus): |
3 |
|
| U (Unsatisfactory): |
12 |
|
| F (Fail): |
36 |
|