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Screening and Risk Factors Report

Overweight or obese (body mass index greater than or equal to 25.0 kg/m2)
2006, All Races, Both Sexes, Ages 18+
Healthy People 2010 Objective Number: n/a
1

Sorted by Percent
State
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Met Objective?1
Percent
(95% Confidence Interval)
2
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Number of Respondents with Screening or Risk Factor
West Virginia n/a1 67.0 (65.1, 68.9) 2,454
Mississippi n/a1 66.7 (65.0, 68.4) 3,907
Kentucky n/a1 66.4 (64.4, 68.3) 3,919
South Carolina n/a1 65.4 (64.0, 66.8) 5,680
Tennessee n/a1 65.3 (63.1, 67.4) 2,739
Alabama n/a1 64.9 (62.5, 67.3) 2,077
Michigan n/a1 64.8 (63.1, 66.4) 3,522
Oklahoma n/a1 64.7 (63.2, 66.2) 4,326
North Dakota n/a1 64.5 (62.5, 66.4) 2,993
Alaska n/a1 64.2 (61.1, 67.2) 1,340
South Dakota n/a1 64.2 (62.4, 65.8) 4,116
Nebraska n/a1 63.9 (62.1, 65.6) 5,081
Ohio n/a1 63.9 (61.3, 66.4) 3,714
Arkansas n/a1 63.8 (62.2, 65.5) 3,426
Delaware n/a1 63.8 (61.6, 66.0) 2,477
Nevada n/a1 63.6 (61.0, 66.1) 2,179
Wisconsin n/a1 63.4 (61.5, 65.4) 2,985
Iowa n/a1 63.0 (61.2, 64.6) 3,323
Louisiana n/a1 63.0 (61.5, 64.5) 4,167
Missouri n/a1 62.9 (60.6, 65.2) 3,454
North Carolina n/a1 62.9 (61.7, 64.0) 9,569
Indiana n/a1 62.8 (61.2, 64.3) 4,036
Minnesota n/a1 62.7 (60.8, 64.5) 2,619
Kansas n/a1 62.3 (60.8, 63.7) 5,017
Texas n/a1 62.3 (60.0, 64.6) 4,105
Georgia n/a1 61.8 (60.1, 63.4) 4,563
Virginia n/a1 61.8 (59.6, 64.0) 3,320
Illinois n/a1 61.7 (59.9, 63.5) 3,066
Pennsylvania n/a1 61.3 (59.6, 63.1) 8,219
Wyoming n/a1 61.3 (59.6, 63.1) 2,921
Rhode Island n/a1 61.0 (59.0, 63.0) 2,587
Maryland n/a1 60.7 (59.1, 62.2) 5,184
New Hampshire n/a1 60.7 (59.0, 62.3) 3,457
Oregon n/a1 60.7 (58.9, 62.4) 2,851
Washington n/a1 60.7 (59.7, 61.6) 14,008
New Jersey n/a1 59.9 (58.6, 61.1) 7,622
Idaho n/a1 59.7 (57.9, 61.6) 3,150
Maine n/a1 59.7 (57.7, 61.6) 2,308
New Mexico n/a1 59.7 (58.0, 61.4) 3,879
Arizona n/a1 59.6 (56.7, 62.5) 2,751
Florida n/a1 59.5 (58.1, 61.0) 6,187
Montana n/a1 59.3 (57.6, 61.1) 3,508
California n/a1 58.8 (57.0, 60.6) 3,207
Connecticut n/a1 58.8 (57.3, 60.2) 4,668
New York n/a1 58.4 (56.6, 60.1) 3,329
Hawaii n/a1 56.1 (54.3, 57.7) 3,489
Vermont n/a1 56.0 (54.5, 57.5) 3,846
Massachusetts n/a1 55.5 (54.0, 56.9) 7,056
Colorado n/a1 54.9 (53.4, 56.5) 3,194
Utah n/a1 54.9 (52.9, 56.9) 2,954
District of Columbia n/a1 54.6 (52.5, 56.7) 2,046
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/30/2009 5:11 pm.
1n/a - There is not a specific Healthy People 2010 Objective for this data item.
2 2006 BRFSS Survey Data is the source for this data collected by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

BRFSS Prevalence estimates presented here may vary from other published estimates due to differences in the methodology used to generate estimates.
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