Indicator: Obesity, King County
BMI > 30 - Source: Washington State Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System supported in part by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cooperative Agreement
- Most recent data (2009): 21.9%, or about 326,000 King County adults age 18+.
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Trend Over Time |
Demographic Differences |
Last 10 Years |
Last 5 Years |
Five Year Averages, 2005-2009 |
2000-2009 |
2005-2009 |
Percent |
Lower CI |
Upper CI |
All (Adults Age 18+) |
▲ |
▲ |
20.5 |
19.9 |
21.3 |
Age |
18-24 |
▲ |
--- |
13.4 |
10.8 |
16.5 |
25-44 |
▲ |
--- |
19.0 |
17.8 |
20.2 |
45-64 |
▲ |
--- |
24.2 |
23.1 |
25.3 |
65+ |
▲ |
--- |
20.8 |
19.5 |
22.1 |
Gender |
Male |
▲ |
▲ |
21.6 |
20.5 |
22.7 |
Female |
▲ |
--- |
19.5 |
18.6 |
20.4 |
Race/Ethnicity |
African American |
--- |
--- |
31.5 |
27.1 |
36.2 |
American Indian/AN |
^ |
^ |
34.9 |
27.0 |
43.8 |
Asian/PI |
--- |
--- |
9.1 |
7.3 |
11.3 |
Hispanic/Latino |
--- |
--- |
25.1 |
21.7 |
28.8 |
White |
▲ |
▲ |
20.8 |
20.1 |
21.6 |
Annual Household Income |
<$15,000 |
--- |
--- |
24.8 |
21.4 |
28.5 |
$15,000-$24,999 |
▲ |
--- |
25.1 |
22.7 |
27.7 |
$25,000-$34,999 |
▲ |
▲ |
25.5 |
22.9 |
28.3 |
$35,000-$49,999 |
▲ |
--- |
23.3 |
21.3 |
25.5 |
$50,000-$75,000 |
▲ |
--- |
22.0 |
20.3 |
23.8 |
$75,000+ |
▲ |
--- |
17.8 |
16.7 |
18.9 |
Region |
East |
▲ |
--- |
17.2 |
15.9 |
18.6 |
South |
▲ |
▲ |
27.7 |
26.3 |
29.1 |
Seattle |
▲ |
--- |
15.2 |
14.1 |
16.4 |
North |
▲ |
--- |
20.9 |
18.8 |
23.2 |            |
