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2011 | Ziebach, South Dakota | Adult obesity

Summary Information

Range in South Dakota
(Min-Max):
24-41%
Overall in South Dakota: 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

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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 SD counties)/(Standard Deviation)
Place% ObeseError MarginZ-Score
Aurora28%23-33-0.57
Beadle30%26-340.06
Bennett34%28-411.23
Bon Homme30%25-35-0.03
Brookings28%24-32-0.57
Brown30%26-33-0.11
Brule29%25-34-0.14
Buffalo39%32-482.64
Butte29%24-34-0.40
Campbell27%22-33NR
Charles Mix33%29-381.00
Clark30%25-36-0.03
Clay29%24-34-0.34
Codington29%25-32-0.40
Corson39%32-462.61
Custer28%24-32-0.57
Davison28%24-33-0.43
Day29%25-34-0.29
Deuel28%23-33-0.57
Dewey39%34-452.58
Douglas30%25-35-0.00
Edmunds29%24-34-0.29
Fall River29%25-34-0.17
Faulk28%23-34NR
Grant28%24-33-0.55
Gregory30%25-35-0.06
Haakon28%23-34NR
Hamlin29%24-34-0.26
Hand29%24-34NR
Hanson28%23-35-0.46
Harding29%23-36NR
Hughes30%27-33-0.11
Hutchinson29%25-35-0.17
Hyde31%26-38NR
Jackson32%27-390.72
Jerauld27%22-32-0.95
Jones30%24-36NR
Kingsbury27%22-32-0.89
Lake29%24-34-0.26
Lawrence24%21-27-1.81
Lincoln26%22-29-1.23
Lyman33%28-390.95
Marshall28%23-33-0.57
McCook27%23-33-0.72
McPherson27%23-33-0.72
Meade26%23-29-1.18
Mellette33%27-390.77
Miner28%23-34-0.43
Minnehaha28%26-31-0.49
Moody30%25-35-0.06
Pennington26%24-28-1.15
Perkins29%24-34-0.37
Potter28%23-34-0.55
Roberts33%28-380.77
Sanborn30%25-36NR
Shannon^41%35-483.00
Spink29%25-35-0.14
Stanley29%24-35NR
Sully30%25-37NR
Todd36%31-421.81
Tripp32%28-370.57
Turner28%23-33-0.57
Union30%25-35-0.06
Walworth30%26-35-0.03
Yankton29%25-34-0.20
Ziebach38%31-45NR

NR in Z-Score column indicates county "not ranked"
^Z-Score was capped at -3.0/3.0 due to population < 20,000