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2011 | Edwards, Kansas | Adult obesity

Summary Information

Range in Kansas
(Min-Max):
23-36%
Overall in Kansas: 29%
National Benchmark: 25% (90th percentile)

Ranking Methodology

Summary Measure: Health Factors - Health Behaviors (Diet and Exercise)
Weight in Health Factors: 10%
Years of Data Used: 2008
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The adult obesity measure represents the percent of the adult population (age 20 and older) that has a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2.

Estimates of obesity prevalence by county were calculated by the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Diabetes Translation, using multiple years of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data. BRFSS data are representative of the total non-institutionalized U.S. population over 18 years of age living in households with a land-line telephone.

Obesity is often the end result of an overall energy imbalance due to poor diet and limited physical activity. Obesity increases the risk for health conditions such as coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, hypertension, dyslipidemia, stroke, liver and gallbladder disease, sleep apnea and respiratory problems, and osteoarthritis.

More Information

Scroll down for details on this measure for all of the counties in this state.

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% Obese Percent of adults that report BMI >= 30
Error Margin 95% confidence interval reported by BRFSS
Z-Score (Measure - Average of KS counties)/(Standard Deviation)
Place% ObeseError MarginZ-Score
Allen31%27-370.96
Anderson30%25-35-0.36
Atchison32%27-361.10
Barber31%26-370.52
Barton31%27-360.88
Bourbon31%26-360.37
Brown31%26-360.37
Butler31%27-340.30
Chase31%25-370.45
Chautauqua30%25-36-0.14
Cherokee31%27-360.59
Cheyenne29%24-35-0.65
Clark30%24-36-0.29
Clay30%25-35-0.07
Cloud30%25-35-0.14
Coffey31%26-370.45
Comanche30%24-36-0.14
Cowley30%27-350.23
Crawford31%27-350.66
Decatur30%25-360.01
Dickinson31%26-350.37
Doniphan30%25-36-0.07
Douglas27%24-30-2.56
Edwards30%25-36-0.07
Elk30%25-36-0.14
Ellis30%25-34-0.36
Ellsworth29%25-35-0.51
Finney32%28-371.47
Ford31%27-360.81
Franklin31%27-360.96
Geary28%24-32-1.39
Gove30%24-35-0.43
Graham29%24-35-0.58
Grant31%25-370.45
Gray30%25-360.08
Greeley31%25-38NR
Greenwood30%25-35-0.21
Hamilton30%24-36-0.21
Harper30%25-35-0.21
Harvey29%25-33-1.09
Haskell30%25-370.15
Hodgeman31%25-38NR
Jackson30%26-350.23
Jefferson32%28-371.47
Jewell30%25-36NR
Johnson23%22-25-4.91
Kearny30%25-360.01
Kingman30%25-35-0.29
Kiowa30%24-36-0.29
Labette31%27-360.59
Lane30%24-36NR
Leavenworth31%28-340.52
Lincoln30%25-36-0.21
Linn30%25-35-0.29
Logan30%25-370.23
Lyon30%26-34-0.29
Marion30%26-360.23
Marshall31%26-370.81
McPherson29%25-33-0.95
Meade30%25-360.08
Miami29%25-33-0.65
Mitchell29%24-35-0.58
Montgomery30%27-350.23
Morris30%25-360.01
Morton29%24-35-0.58
Nemaha29%24-34-1.09
Neosho32%27-361.03
Ness29%24-35-0.95
Norton30%25-35-0.36
Osage32%28-371.54
Osborne30%25-360.23
Ottawa30%25-35-0.29
Pawnee30%25-360.08
Phillips30%25-35-0.21
Pottawatomie30%26-34-0.14
Pratt31%26-370.59
Rawlins30%25-36-0.21
Reno31%28-350.96
Republic30%25-360.23
Rice31%26-370.45
Riley26%23-30-2.78
Rooks29%24-35-0.58
Rush29%24-35-0.73
Russell29%24-35-0.65
Saline32%29-361.62
Scott31%25-370.37
Sedgwick29%28-31-0.73
Seward33%28-392.42
Shawnee31%28-330.37
Sheridan29%24-35-0.65
Sherman30%25-35-0.36
Smith29%24-35-0.58
Stafford31%25-360.37
Stanton30%25-37NR
Stevens29%24-35-0.51
Sumner31%27-360.74
Thomas31%26-370.59
Trego30%24-36-0.21
Wabaunsee30%25-35-0.29
Wallace30%24-37NR
Washington29%24-34-0.87
Wichita30%25-37NR
Wilson30%25-360.01
Woodson30%24-36-0.43
Wyandotte36%33-394.18

NR in Z-Score column indicates county "not ranked"