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2011 | Borden, Texas | Adult obesity

Summary Information

Range in Texas
(Min-Max):
23-31%
Overall in Texas: 27%
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 TX counties)/(Standard Deviation)
Place% ObeseError MarginZ-Score
Anderson28%23-340.40
Andrews28%22-360.18
Angelina30%25-361.64
Aransas27%21-34-0.71
Archer28%22-34-0.12
Armstrong28%21-36NR
Atascosa27%21-34-0.71
Austin28%23-350.18
Bailey28%22-360.18
Bandera26%21-33-1.07
Bastrop30%25-371.64
Baylor28%21-35-0.19
Bee29%23-370.98
Bell29%25-341.06
Bexar26%23-28-1.59
Blanco28%22-360.03
Borden28%20-37NR
Bosque26%20-32-1.44
Bowie29%24-350.76
Brazoria28%24-330.32
Brazos26%21-32-1.22
Brewster26%20-32-1.66
Briscoe28%21-35NR
Brooks27%21-35-0.63
Brown26%21-32-1.44
Burleson28%22-350.18
Burnet27%22-33-0.56
Caldwell29%23-360.62
Calhoun28%22-350.18
Callahan29%23-360.62
Cameron27%22-32-0.78
Camp29%23-360.84
Carson28%22-350.03
Cass29%24-361.13
Castro27%21-35-0.27
Chambers28%22-350.25
Cherokee30%24-361.35
Childress28%22-35-0.04
Clay29%23-360.76
Cochran29%22-360.54
Coke27%21-34NR
Coleman26%21-33-1.15
Collin23%20-27-3.20
Collingsworth28%21-35-0.04
Colorado28%23-350.25
Comal25%20-30-2.32
Comanche27%21-33-0.85
Concho29%22-37NR
Cooke29%23-360.54
Coryell28%23-350.25
Cottle28%21-35NR
Crane29%22-370.54
Crockett29%22-360.54
Crosby28%21-35-0.19
Culberson27%20-35-0.71
Dallam28%21-35-0.19
Dallas28%26-310.40
Dawson29%23-370.76
Deaf Smith28%21-35-0.19
Delta28%22-350.18
Denton29%25-330.54
DeWitt28%23-350.40
Dickens28%22-36NR
Dimmit28%21-360.03
Donley27%21-34-0.71
Duval27%21-34-0.85
Eastland27%21-34-0.49
Ector30%25-351.42
Edwards28%21-36NR
El Paso24%21-27-2.91
Ellis30%24-361.28
Erath28%22-35-0.12
Falls29%23-360.91
Fannin26%21-33-1.15
Fayette27%22-34-0.49
Fisher27%21-34-0.41
Floyd28%22-35-0.04
Foard27%20-34NR
Fort Bend25%23-29-1.73
Franklin27%21-34-0.63
Freestone29%24-361.20
Frio27%21-35-0.49
Gaines28%22-35-0.04
Galveston28%23-32-0.19
Garza28%22-360.47
Gillespie26%20-32-1.66
Glasscock28%21-36NR
Goliad27%21-33-0.93
Gonzales28%22-350.25
Gray30%24-371.50
Grayson25%21-30-1.95
Gregg29%25-341.20
Grimes29%23-360.84
Guadalupe28%23-340.18
Hale28%22-350.18
Hall27%21-35-0.27
Hamilton27%21-34-0.71
Hansford27%21-35-0.49
Hardeman28%22-350.03
Hardin28%23-350.47
Harris27%25-29-0.78
Harrison30%25-361.57
Hartley29%23-360.76
Haskell28%22-35-0.04
Hays26%22-31-1.37
Hemphill27%21-35NR
Henderson29%23-350.69
Hidalgo29%24-340.69
Hill29%23-360.91
Hockley27%22-34-0.56
Hood27%21-33-0.78
Hopkins29%23-361.13
Houston29%23-350.62
Howard29%23-371.06
Hudspeth26%20-34-1.00
Hunt30%24-371.50
Hutchinson28%23-360.47
Irion27%20-35NR
Jack28%22-35-0.12
Jackson28%22-350.25
Jasper30%25-371.72
Jeff Davis25%19-32NR
Jefferson30%25-351.42
Jim Hogg28%21-36-0.19
Jim Wells28%22-360.18
Johnson30%24-351.35
Jones28%22-350.40
Karnes29%23-360.84
Kaufman30%24-371.79
Kendall25%20-31-2.25
Kenedy28%19-38NR
Kent27%19-35NR
Kerr26%21-32-1.22
Kimble26%20-34-1.29
King28%19-39NR
Kinney27%21-34NR
Kleberg27%21-35-0.41
Knox28%21-35-0.19
La Salle28%21-35-0.12
Lamar26%21-31-1.66
Lamb28%22-350.03
Lampasas27%21-34-0.63
Lavaca27%21-33-0.71
Lee27%21-33-0.71
Leon27%22-34-0.27
Liberty28%23-350.40
Limestone29%23-350.62
Lipscomb27%21-34NR
Live Oak28%22-35-0.19
Llano25%20-31-2.18
Loving28%11-47NR
Lubbock27%24-31-0.27
Lynn27%21-35-0.27
Madison30%23-371.28
Marion29%23-361.13
Martin27%21-35-0.71
Mason27%20-34NR
Matagorda29%23-350.54
Maverick27%21-34-0.78
McCulloch27%21-34-0.63
McLennan31%27-372.67
McMullen28%20-36NR
Medina29%23-361.06
Menard27%20-34NR
Midland27%23-32-0.49
Milam29%23-360.62
Mills26%20-34-1.07
Mitchell30%23-371.35
Montague27%21-34-0.63
Montgomery25%21-29-2.03
Moore29%23-370.84
Morris29%23-360.69
Motley27%21-35NR
Nacogdoches30%24-361.28
Navarro30%24-361.28
Newton29%23-360.76
Nolan28%22-360.47
Nueces28%23-330.10
Ochiltree27%21-34-0.71
Oldham28%21-37NR
Orange29%24-351.13
Palo Pinto30%23-371.28
Panola28%23-350.40
Parker28%22-33-0.19
Parmer28%22-360.25
Pecos26%21-33-1.07
Polk30%25-371.72
Potter31%27-372.60
Presidio26%21-33-1.22
Rains28%21-35-0.04
Randall26%22-31-1.22
Reagan28%21-360.03
Real26%20-33-1.29
Red River28%22-350.10
Reeves27%21-35-0.27
Refugio28%22-350.10
Roberts28%21-37NR
Robertson29%23-360.76
Rockwall27%22-34-0.34
Runnels27%21-34-0.49
Rusk28%23-350.47
Sabine27%21-34-0.56
San Augustine29%23-350.54
San Jacinto28%22-34-0.12
San Patricio27%21-34-0.56
San Saba27%21-34-0.63
Schleicher28%21-35NR
Scurry28%22-35-0.04
Shackelford27%20-34-0.85
Shelby30%24-371.42
Sherman27%21-35NR
Smith28%25-31-0.12
Somervell27%21-35-0.63
Starr27%21-35-0.41
Stephens27%22-34-0.27
Sterling27%20-35NR
Stonewall27%21-34NR
Sutton27%21-35-0.34
Swisher28%22-35-0.12
Tarrant27%25-29-0.71
Taylor28%23-340.10
Terrell26%19-34NR
Terry28%22-350.18
Throckmorton26%20-34NR
Titus29%23-360.98
Tom Green28%22-340.03
Travis23%21-25-3.72
Trinity28%22-350.18
Tyler27%22-34-0.49
Upshur28%22-34-0.12
Upton27%21-35-0.49
Uvalde27%21-34-0.41
Val Verde27%23-32-0.56
Van Zandt26%21-32-1.44
Victoria29%23-350.69
Walker31%25-392.60
Waller30%25-371.87
Ward28%22-350.18
Washington30%24-371.42
Webb28%23-350.47
Wharton31%25-382.16
Wheeler27%21-35-0.34
Wichita27%24-32-0.27
Wilbarger28%22-360.47
Willacy28%22-360.10
Williamson25%22-28-2.03
Wilson27%22-34-0.34
Winkler27%21-35-0.34
Wise30%24-371.50
Wood28%22-34-0.19
Yoakum27%21-35-0.27
Young28%22-350.03
Zapata28%21-35-0.19
Zavala28%21-360.03

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