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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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