Table 3.
Prepregnancy obesity prevalence among women aged less than 20 years by obesity severity and by US state, 2003, 2006, and 2009a.
| 95th–96.9th BMI-for-age percentile
|
≥97th BMI-for-age percentile
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2006 | 2009 | P-trend | 2003 | 2006 | 2009 | P-trend | |
| Overallb | 4.8 (0.8) | 5.3 (0.8) | 4.6 (0.6) | 0.79 | 3.9 (0.6) | 5.3 (0.7) | 6.1 (0.8) | 0.03 |
| Overallc | 4.9 (0.7) | 5.4 (0.8) | 4.6 (0.7) | 0.81 | 3.9 (0.6) | 5.2 (0.7) | 6.3 (0.8) | 0.02 |
| State | ||||||||
| Alabama | 2.3 (1.1) | – | – | – | 8.1 (2.4) | – | – | – |
| Alaska | 5.6 (2.3) | 1.1 (0.6) | 4.3 (2.6) | 0.76 | 2.6 (0.8) | 5.2 (2.2) | 5.5 (2.5) | 0.31 |
| Arkansas | 1.8 (0.9) | 4.9 (1.8) | 1.8 (1.0) | 0.95 | 6.2 (2.0) | 7.4 (2.1) | 7.5 (3.1) | 0.72 |
| Colorado | 3.0 (1.9) | 5.7 (3.2) | 1.7 (0.7) | 0.53 | 1.3 (0.9) | 5.9 (2.8) | 3.2 (1.4) | 0.28 |
| Delaware | – | – | 4.4 (2.3) | – | – | – | 9.7 (3.3) | – |
| Florida | 3.6 (1.5) | – | – | – | 5.2 (1.7) | – | – | – |
| Georgia | – | 7.2 (2.8) | 8.1 (3.8) | – | – | 3.8 (1.6) | 8.5 (3.8) | – |
| Hawaii | 4.4 (1.7) | 0 (0) | 3.8 (1.9) | 0.89 | 4.1 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 4.4 (2.4) | 0.86 |
| Illinois | 5.0 (2.0) | 3.9 (1.8) | 4.7 (2.0) | 0.92 | 3.0 (1.7) | 8.5 (2.7) | 5.6 (2.1) | 0.33 |
| Louisiana | 2.3 (1.1) | – | – | – | 2.2 (1.2) | – | – | – |
| Maine | 6.2 (3.3) | 6.7 (4.4) | 6.0 (3.3) | 0.96 | 9.7 (4.0) | 4.9 (2.9) | 2.8 (2.1) | 0.13 |
| Maryland | 2.9 (1.8) | 9.0 (3.9) | 7.5 (4.9) | 0.29 | 2.8 (2.2) | 4.8 (3.2) | 7.5 (4.9) | 0.36 |
| Massachusetts | – | – | 6.5 (4.3) | – | – | – | 16.5 (6.8) | – |
| Michigan | 5.9 (2.6) | 6.8 (2.5) | 6.5 (2.5) | 0.87 | 5.1 (2.1) | 7.0 (3.0) | 1.7 (0.7) | 0.11 |
| Minnesota | .7 (0.4) | 3.8 (2.1) | 2.2 (1.2) | 0.15 | 1.7 (0.7) | 1.1 (1.1) | 1.4 (0.8) | 0.73 |
| Mississippi | 7.0 (2.2) | 5.8 (2.5) | 4.4 (1.8) | 0.36 | 6.7 (2.3) | 5.2 (2.5) | 4.6 (1.7) | 0.45 |
| Missouri | – | – | 6.2 (2.9) | – | – | – | 2.9 (1.2) | – |
| Nebraska | 1.9 (0.7) | 1.2 (0.7) | 4.0 (1.9) | 0.31 | 5.0 (2.3) | 2.4 (1.1) | 5.3 (2.4) | 0.98 |
| New Jersey | 5.2 (2.4) | 2.0 (1.3) | 8.5 (3.9) | 0.50 | 1.6 (1.1) | 4.7 (2.5) | 8.7 (3.8) | 0.07 |
| New Mexico | 1.4 (0.7) | – | – | – | 4.2 (1.4) | – | – | – |
| New York | 2.8 (2.8) | .5 (0.5) | – | – | 5.6 (3.8) | 10.4 (7.0) | – | – |
| New York City | – | 4.2 (2.6) | – | – | – | 7.0 (3.7) | – | – |
| North Carolina | 3.5 (2.1) | – | – | – | 6.2 (2.7) | – | – | – |
| Ohio | 8.3 (3.5) | 6.7 (2.8) | 2.1 (1.0) | 0.11 | 2.8 (2.1) | 2.9 (0.9) | 9.4 (3.8) | 0.13 |
| Oklahoma | 2.1 (1.3) | 8.2 (3.6) | 2.5 (1.6) | 0.87 | 2.7 (1.5) | 3.9 (2.2) | 11.6 (3.6) | 0.03 |
| Oregon | 8.1 (4.4) | 3.2 (1.0) | 7.0 (4.0) | 0.85 | 5.1 (2.6) | 9.2 (4.0) | 4.7 (3.0) | 0.93 |
| Pennsylvania | – | – | 4.5 (2.7) | – | – | – | 1.9 (1.9) | – |
| Rhode Island | 3.0 (1.7) | 2.0 (1.6) | 5.9 (2.9) | 0.39 | 6.4 (2.6) | 3.7 (2.2) | 7.4 (3.1) | 0.81 |
| South Carolina | 6.3 (3.0) | 2.3 (2.3) | – | – | 7.2 (3.4) | 13.2 (5.8) | – | – |
| Tennessee | – | – | 7.0 (3.2) | – | – | – | 6.2 (3.3) | – |
| Texas | – | – | 6.5 (2.4) | – | – | – | 5.1 (1.8) | – |
| Utah | 3.0 (2.7) | 2.4 (1.0) | 5.5 (2.6) | 0.49 | 0.1 (0.1) | 2.4 (1.4) | 4.5 (1.9) | 0.03 |
| Vermont | 3.4 (2.6) | 5.6 (2.8) | 2.5 (2.3) | 0.73 | 1.0 (0.4) | 5.6 (2.8) | 10.9 (4.4) | 0.04 |
| Washington | 3.8 (1.9) | 6.4 (3.2) | 8.0 (3.7) | 0.34 | 10.0 (4.4) | 6.1 (3.1) | 7.2 (3.3) | 0.63 |
| West Virginia | 3.1 (0.7) | 4.3 (0.8) | 3.0 (1.3) | 0.89 | 3.7 (0.8) | 5.1 (0.9) | 6.5 (2.0) | 0.20 |
| Wisconsin | – | – | 4.4 (2.8) | – | – | – | 5.1 (3.0) | – |
| Wyoming | – | – | 5.2 (2.6) | – | – | – | 1.8 (1.1) | – |
a
Values are weighted percent (standard error).
b
Includes only states with data for all 3 years (20 states).
c
Includes only states with data for all 3 years (20 states), standardized by age and race–ethnicity.