Table 2.

Percentage of obesity and antibiotic prescription rate in all American States. Data from 2014, sourced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

			Antibiotic prescription/	Antibiotic
American state	Obesity (%)	Obesity rank	1000 inhabitants	prescription rank
Louisiana	36.2	1	1177	4
Alabama	35.6	2	1124	7
Mississippi	35.6	3	1222	3
West Virginia	35.6	4	1285	1
Kentucky	34.6	5	1262	2
Arkansas	34.5	6	1155	6
Kansas	34.2	7	992	10
Oklahoma	33.9	8	966	11
Tennessee	33.8	9	1162	5
Missouri	32.4	10	936	15
Texas	32.4	11	899	21
Iowa	32.1	12	1001	9
South Carolina	31.7	13	927	16
Nebraska	31.4	14	1045	8
Indiana	31.3	15	951	13
Michigan	31.2	16	925	17
North Dakota	31	17	853	26
Illinois	30.8	18	853	25
Georgia	30.7	19	841	28
Wisconsin	30.7	20	745	34
South Dakota	30.4	21	901	19
North Carolina	30.1	22	861	24
Oregon	30.1	23	570	49
Maine	30	24	720	37
Pennsylvania	30	25	886	23
Alaska	29.8	26	502	50
Ohio	29.8	27	965	12
Delaware	29.7	28	938	14
Virginia	29.2	29	799	29
Wyoming	29	30	778	32
Maryland	28.9	31	796	30
New Mexico	28.8	32	714	38
Idaho	28.6	33	693	42
Arizona	28.4	34	740	35
Florida	26.8	35	729	36
Nevada	26.7	36	709	40
Washington	26.4	37	600	47
New Hampshire	26.3	38	702	41
Minnesota	26.1	39	710	39
Rhode Island	26	40	893	22
New Jersey	25.6	41	903	18
Connecticut	25.3	42	847	27
Vermont	25.1	43	639	45
New York	25	44	900	20
Utah	24.5	45	783	31
Massachusetts	24.3	46	769	33
California	24.2	47	570	48
Montana	23.6	48	648	43
Hawaii	22.7	49	644	44
Colorado	20.2	50	625	46