Age-Adjusted Percentage of US Adults Who Were Obese or Who Had Diagnosed Diabetes
{"Image DocumentName": "Age-Adjusted Percentage of US Adults Who Were Obese or Who Had Diagnosed Diabetes", "Image ImageDescription": "Risk factors for type 2 diabetes include older age, obesity, family history of diabetes, prior history of gestational diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, physical inactivity, and race/ethnicity. African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, American Indians, and some Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are at particularly high risk for type 2 diabetes. Risk factors are less well defined for type 1 diabetes than for type 2 diabetes, but autoimmune, genetic, and environmental factors are involved in developing this type of diabetes. Source:  (accessed 5/18/09) The maps display the age-adjusted percentages of U.S. adults who were obese or had diagnosed diabetes in 1994, 2000 and In 1994, the percentage of adults who were obese was less than 18% in every state but two, and in no state was the percentage higher than 22%. In 2000, 13 states had less than 18% of adults who were obese, and 11 states had more than 22 percent. In 2007, no state had less than 18 percent who were obese and 45 states had more than 22%. Similarly, the percentage of adults with diagnosed diabetes was less than 6 percent in almost all states in In 2000, about half of the states had less than 6% of adults with diabetes. In 2007, three states had less than 6 percent of adults with diabetes and ten states had more than 9 percent. Data Source and Methodology. The percentage of U.S. adults who were obese or who had diagnosed diabetes was determined by using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS, available at  An ongoing, yearly, state-based telephone survey of the non-institutionalized adult population in each state, the BRFSS provides state-specific information on behavioral risk factors for disease and on preventive health practices. Respondents who reported that a physician told them they had diabetes (other than during pregnancy) were considered to have diagnosed diabetes. Self reported weight and height were used to calculate body mass index (BMI): weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. A BMI greater than or equal to 30 was considered to be obese. Rates were age-adjusted using the 2000 U.S. Standard Population. For additional information on overweight and obesity and for additional obesity trend data see:  Source:  (accessed 5/18/09) Maps of Diabetes and Obesity in 1994, 2000, and Available at:  Accessed", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}