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State Cancer Profiles

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/24/2024 9:07 am.
* 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
Alabama 39.1 (37.0, 41.1) 1,653
Alaska 32.9 (31.1, 34.7) 1,686
Arizona 33.8 (32.2, 35.5) 2,887
Arkansas 38.2 (36.4, 40.1) 1,702
California 28.8 (27.4, 30.2) 2,586
Colorado 25.5 (24.3, 26.6) 2,121
Connecticut 31.0 (29.5, 32.5) 2,463
Delaware 38.5 (36.2, 40.8) 1,310
District of Columbia 24.7 (22.5, 26.8) 691
Florida 32.2 (30.4, 34.0) 3,833
Georgia 37.5 (35.9, 39.1) 2,870
Hawaii 26.2 (24.7, 27.7) 1,747
Idaho 33.6 (32.1, 35.1) 1,857
Illinois 33.9 (32.0, 35.8) 1,271
Indiana 38.7 (37.4, 40.0) 3,332
Iowa 38.5 (37.1, 39.9) 3,054
Kansas 36.5 (35.2, 37.8) 3,681
Kentucky 38.5 (36.3, 40.7) 1,431
Louisiana 41.2 (39.4, 43.0) 1,963
Maine 33.6 (32.2, 34.9) 3,158
Maryland 33.8 (32.5, 35.0) 4,783
Massachusetts 28.0 (26.8, 29.3) 2,688
Michigan 35.1 (33.8, 36.5) 2,955
Minnesota 34.3 (33.2, 35.3) 5,039
Mississippi 40.7 (38.7, 42.7) 1,603
Missouri 37.2 (35.6, 38.8) 2,505
Montana 31.1 (29.7, 32.5) 2,032
Nebraska 35.8 (34.2, 37.4) 2,541
Nevada 34.0 (31.4, 36.6) 889
New Hampshire 30.9 (29.1, 32.6) 1,727
New Jersey 29.8 (28.2, 31.3) 1,944
New Mexico 32.9 (30.9, 34.9) 1,361
New York 30.4 (29.3, 31.4) 4,530
North Carolina 34.2 (32.2, 36.2) 1,337
North Dakota 36.2 (34.3, 38.0) 1,343
Ohio 38.6 (37.5, 39.8) 5,824
Oklahoma 40.5 (38.8, 42.1) 2,083
Oregon 31.5 (30.0, 33.0) 1,658
Pennsylvania 34.2 (32.0, 36.4) 1,390
Puerto Rico 35.1 (33.3, 36.9) 1,849
Rhode Island 31.4 (29.5, 33.2) 1,518
South Carolina 35.6 (34.2, 37.0) 3,008
South Dakota 37.6 (34.2, 41.0) 2,502
Tennessee 39.3 (37.4, 41.2) 1,757
Texas 36.6 (35.0, 38.2) 4,378
Utah 31.8 (30.5, 33.1) 2,693
Vermont 27.3 (25.9, 28.7) 2,023
Virginia 36.0 (34.6, 37.4) 3,250
Washington 32.2 (31.4, 33.0) 7,070
West Virginia 41.7 (39.9, 43.4) 1,861
Wisconsin 38.3 (37.0, 39.7) 3,757
Wyoming 35.0 (33.1, 36.9) 1,243