Table 1.
Prevalence of different levels of obesity and percentage increase since 2000.
| Year | Prevalence in percent |
Increase over prevalence in 2000 (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMI>30 | BMI>35 | BMI>40 | BMI>45 | BMI>50 | BMI>30 | BMI>35 | BMI>40 | BMI>45 | BMI>50 | |
| 2001 | 20.7 | 6.54 | 2.20 | 0.75 | 0.27 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 10.6 | 12.5 |
| 2002 | 21.6 | 6.98 | 2.39 | 0.83 | 0.30 | 9.2 | 14.1 | 18.3 | 22.2 | 25.0 |
| 2003 | 22.6 | 7.45 | 2.60 | 0.92 | 0.34 | 14.0 | 21.7 | 28.7 | 35.5 | 41.7 |
| 2004 | 23.6 | 7.95 | 2.83 | 1.02 | 0.38 | 19.0 | 29.9 | 40.1 | 50.2 | 58.3 |
| 2005 | 24.6 | 8.48 | 3.07 | 1.13 | 0.42 | 24.0 | 38.6 | 52.0 | 66.4 | 75.0 |
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey; results adjusted for changes in population demographics to be comparable to 2005 demographics.