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Obesity Statistics
Estimated Adult Obesity-attributable Percentages and Expenditures by State
(BRFSS 1998 to 2000)
|
State
|
Total population
(%)
|
(Millions $)
|
Medicare population
(%)
|
(Millions $)
|
Medicaid population
(%)
|
(Millions $)
|
|
Alabama
|
6.3
|
$1320
|
7.7
|
$341
|
9.9
|
$269
|
|
Alaska
|
6.7
|
$195
|
7.7
|
$17
|
8.2
|
$29
|
|
Arizona
|
4.0
|
$752
|
3.9
|
$154
|
13.5*
|
$242
|
|
Arkansas
|
6.0
|
$663
|
7.0
|
$171
|
11.5
|
$180
|
|
California
|
5.5
|
$7675
|
6.1
|
$1738
|
10.0
|
$1713
|
|
Colorado
|
5.1
|
$874
|
5.1
|
$139
|
8.7
|
$158
|
|
Connecticut
|
4.3
|
$856
|
6.5
|
$246
|
11.0
|
$419
|
|
Delaware
|
5.1
|
$207
|
9.8
|
$57
|
13.8
|
$66
|
|
District of Columbia
|
6.7
|
$372
|
6.5
|
$64
|
12.5
|
$114
|
|
Florida
|
5.1
|
$3987
|
6.1
|
$1290
|
11.6
|
$900
|
|
Georgia
|
6.0
|
$2133
|
7.1
|
$405
|
10.1
|
$385
|
|
Hawaii
|
4.9
|
$290
|
4.8
|
$30
|
11.2
|
$90
|
|
Idaho
|
5.3
|
$227
|
5.6
|
$40
|
12.0
|
$69
|
|
Illinois
|
6.1
|
$3439
|
7.8
|
$805
|
12.3
|
$1045
|
|
Indiana
|
6.0
|
$1637
|
7.2
|
$379
|
15.7
|
$522
|
|
Iowa
|
6.0
|
$783
|
7.5
|
$165
|
9.4
|
$198
|
|
Kansas
|
5.5
|
$657
|
6.4
|
$138
|
10.2*
|
$143
|
|
Kentucky
|
6.2
|
$1163
|
7.5
|
$270
|
11.4
|
$340
|
|
Louisiana
|
6.4
|
$1373
|
7.4
|
$402
|
12.9
|
$525
|
|
Maine
|
5.6
|
$357
|
5.7
|
$66
|
10.7
|
$137
|
|
Maryland
|
6.0
|
$1533
|
7.7
|
$368
|
12.9
|
$391
|
|
Massachusetts
|
4.7
|
$1822
|
5.6
|
$446
|
7.8
|
$618
|
|
Michigan
|
6.5
|
$2931
|
7.8
|
$748
|
13.2
|
$882
|
|
Minnesota
|
5.0
|
$1307
|
6.6
|
$227
|
8.6
|
$325
|
|
Mississippi
|
6.5
|
$757
|
8.1
|
$223
|
11.6
|
$221
|
|
Missouri
|
6.1
|
$1636
|
7.1
|
$413
|
11.9
|
$454
|
|
Montana
|
4.9
|
$175
|
6.2
|
$41
|
9.8
|
$48
|
|
Nebraska
|
5.8
|
$454
|
7.0
|
$94
|
10.3
|
$114
|
|
Nevada
|
4.8
|
$337
|
5.0
|
$74
|
10.1*
|
$56
|
|
New Hampshire
|
5.0
|
$302
|
5.4
|
$46
|
8.6*
|
$79
|
|
New Jersey
|
5.5
|
$2342
|
7.1
|
$591
|
9.8
|
$630
|
|
New Mexico
|
4.8
|
$324
|
4.6
|
$51
|
8.5
|
$84
|
|
New York
|
5.5
|
$6080
|
6.7
|
$1391
|
9.5
|
$3539
|
|
North Carolina
|
6.0
|
$2138
|
7.0
|
$448
|
11.5
|
$662
|
|
North Dakota
|
6.1
|
$209
|
7.7
|
$45
|
11.7
|
$55
|
|
Oklahoma
|
6.0
|
$854
|
7.0
|
$227
|
9.9
|
$163
|
|
Ohio
|
6.1
|
$3304
|
7.7
|
$839
|
10.3
|
$914
|
|
Oregon
|
5.7
|
$781
|
6.0
|
$145
|
8.8
|
$180
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
6.2
|
$4138
|
7.4
|
$1187
|
11.6
|
$1219
|
|
Puerto Rico
|
7.4
|
|
8.1
|
|
10.1
|
|
|
Rhode Island
|
5.2
|
$305
|
6.5
|
$83
|
7.7
|
$89
|
|
South Carolina
|
6.2
|
$1060
|
7.7
|
$242
|
10.6
|
$285
|
|
South Dakota
|
5.3
|
$195
|
5.9
|
$36
|
9.9
|
$45
|
|
Tennessee
|
6.4
|
$1840
|
7.6
|
$433
|
10.5
|
$488
|
|
Texas
|
6.1
|
$5340
|
6.8
|
$1209
|
11.8
|
$1177
|
|
Utah
|
5.2
|
$393
|
5.8
|
$62
|
9.0
|
$71
|
|
Vermont
|
5.3
|
$141
|
6.9
|
$29
|
8.6
|
$40
|
|
Virginia
|
5.7
|
$1641
|
6.7
|
$320
|
13.1
|
$374
|
|
Washington
|
5.4
|
$1330
|
6.0
|
$236
|
9.9
|
$365
|
|
West Virginia
|
6.4
|
$588
|
7.3
|
$140
|
11.4
|
$187
|
|
Wisconsin
|
5.8
|
$1486
|
7.7
|
$306
|
9.1
|
$320
|
|
Wyoming
|
4.9
|
$87
|
5.9
|
$15
|
8.5
|
$23
|
|
Total
|
5.7
|
$75,051
|
6.8
|
$17,701
|
10.6
|
$21,329
|
|
*Estimates based on fewer than 20 observations.
Source: Obesity Research, Vol. 12, No. 1, January 2004
Finkelstein, et al, pages 22-23
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