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State Cancer Profiles

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/19/2024 10:50 pm.
* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category.
Data not available for this combination of data selections.
2 2022 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. Data for the US is a median and not a percent.

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

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Screening and Risk Factors Report by State
(Directly Estimated 2022 BRFSS Data)

Obese (BMI >= 30)
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 20+

Sorted by Name
State Percent 2
(95% Confidence Interval)		 Number of Respondents with Screening or Risk Factor
United States 34.2 N/A
Wyoming 35.0 (33.1, 36.9) 1,243
Wisconsin 38.3 (37.0, 39.7) 3,757
West Virginia 41.7 (39.9, 43.4) 1,861
Washington 32.2 (31.4, 33.0) 7,070
Virginia 36.0 (34.6, 37.4) 3,250
Vermont 27.3 (25.9, 28.7) 2,023
Utah 31.8 (30.5, 33.1) 2,693
Texas 36.6 (35.0, 38.2) 4,378
Tennessee 39.3 (37.4, 41.2) 1,757
South Dakota 37.6 (34.2, 41.0) 2,502
South Carolina 35.6 (34.2, 37.0) 3,008
Rhode Island 31.4 (29.5, 33.2) 1,518
Puerto Rico 35.1 (33.3, 36.9) 1,849
Pennsylvania 34.2 (32.0, 36.4) 1,390
Oregon 31.5 (30.0, 33.0) 1,658
Oklahoma 40.5 (38.8, 42.1) 2,083
Ohio 38.6 (37.5, 39.8) 5,824
North Dakota 36.2 (34.3, 38.0) 1,343
North Carolina 34.2 (32.2, 36.2) 1,337
New York 30.4 (29.3, 31.4) 4,530
New Mexico 32.9 (30.9, 34.9) 1,361
New Jersey 29.8 (28.2, 31.3) 1,944
New Hampshire 30.9 (29.1, 32.6) 1,727
Nevada 34.0 (31.4, 36.6) 889
Nebraska 35.8 (34.2, 37.4) 2,541
Montana 31.1 (29.7, 32.5) 2,032
Missouri 37.2 (35.6, 38.8) 2,505
Mississippi 40.7 (38.7, 42.7) 1,603
Minnesota 34.3 (33.2, 35.3) 5,039
Michigan 35.1 (33.8, 36.5) 2,955
Massachusetts 28.0 (26.8, 29.3) 2,688
Maryland 33.8 (32.5, 35.0) 4,783
Maine 33.6 (32.2, 34.9) 3,158
Louisiana 41.2 (39.4, 43.0) 1,963
Kentucky 38.5 (36.3, 40.7) 1,431
Kansas 36.5 (35.2, 37.8) 3,681
Iowa 38.5 (37.1, 39.9) 3,054
Indiana 38.7 (37.4, 40.0) 3,332
Illinois 33.9 (32.0, 35.8) 1,271
Idaho 33.6 (32.1, 35.1) 1,857
Hawaii 26.2 (24.7, 27.7) 1,747
Georgia 37.5 (35.9, 39.1) 2,870
Florida 32.2 (30.4, 34.0) 3,833
District of Columbia 24.7 (22.5, 26.8) 691
Delaware 38.5 (36.2, 40.8) 1,310
Connecticut 31.0 (29.5, 32.5) 2,463
Colorado 25.5 (24.3, 26.6) 2,121
California 28.8 (27.4, 30.2) 2,586
Arkansas 38.2 (36.4, 40.1) 1,702
Arizona 33.8 (32.2, 35.5) 2,887
Alaska 32.9 (31.1, 34.7) 1,686
Alabama 39.1 (37.0, 41.1) 1,653