Table 1.
US census division sample sizes (unweighted), obesity estimates (weighted mean % ± standard error), and prevalence ranking (ascending order from most obese to least).
| Obesity Prevalence Based on Self-Reported Height and Weight | Obesity Prevalence Based on Measured Height and Weight | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRFSS | NHANES | NHANES | REGARDS | |||||||||
| US Census Division | N | Prevalence Estimate (%) ± SE | Rank | N | Prevalence Estimate (%) ± SE | Rank | N | Prevalence Estimate (%) ± SE | Rank | N | Prevalence Estimate (%) ± SE | Rank |
| New England | 75852 | 21.6 ± 0.2 | 9 | 188 | N/A | N/A | 176 | N/A | N/A | 405 | 22.9 ± 2.8 | 9 |
| Middle Atlantic | 61007 | 26.0 ± 0.3 | 6 | 1132 | 32.9 ±1.0 | 4 | 1035 | 37.6 ±1.0 | 3 | 1748 | 33.9 ± 2.1 | 6 |
| E. North Central | 61570 | 28.4 ± 0.3 | 2 | 1029 | 33.5 ± 2.1 | 2 | 949 | 40.2 ± 1.8 | 1 | 3681 | 34.6 ± 1.4 | 3 |
| W. North Central | 88886 | 26.8 ± 0.2 | 4 | 649 | 36.5 ± 2.4 | 1 | 596 | 39.8 ± 3.3 | 2 | 1009 | 41.3 ± 2.5 | 1 |
| South Atlantic | 130718 | 26.4 ± 0.2 | 5 | 1698 | 33.4 ± 1.4 | 3 | 1581 | 37.1 ± 1.2 | 4 | 12056 | 34.4 ± 1.1 | 4 |
| E. South Central | 44033 | 29.1 ± 0.3 | 1 | 324 | 29.7 ± 3.0 | 6 | 306 | 31.3 ± 3.6 | 7 | 4376 | 34.3 ± 1.3 | 5 |
| W. South Central | 54631 | 27.5 ± 0.4 | 3 | 507 | 32.2 ± 2.9 | 5 | 472 | 37.1 ± 2.2 | 5 | 3955 | 37.4 ± 1.6 | 2 |
| Mountain | 80384 | 21.9 ± 0.3 | 8 | 419 | 20.3 ± 1.6 | 8 | 396 | 22.8 ± 1.7 | 8 | 390 | 30.2 ± 3.2 | 8 |
| Pacific | 80344 | 25.4 ± 0.4 | 7 | 669 | 28.4 ± 3.1 | 7 | 627 | 33.6 ± 4.1 | 6 | 2563 | 31.5 ± 1.5 | 7 |