Indicator: Overweight and Obese, King County
BMI > 25 - 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): 56.0%, or about 834,000 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+) |
▲ |
--- |
55.3 |
54.4 |
56.2 |
Age |
18-24 |
--- |
--- |
34.7 |
30.9 |
38.8 |
25-44 |
--- |
--- |
52.5 |
50.9 |
54.0 |
45-64 |
--- |
--- |
62.9 |
61.7 |
64.1 |
65+ |
--- |
--- |
58.2 |
56.6 |
59.7 |
Gender |
Male |
--- |
--- |
63.6 |
62.2 |
64.9 |
Female |
▲ |
--- |
47.2 |
46.0 |
48.3 |
Race/Ethnicity |
African American |
▲ |
--- |
70.0 |
65.2 |
74.4 |
American Indian/AN |
^ |
^ |
66.1 |
57.1 |
74.0 |
Asian/PI |
--- |
--- |
37.0 |
33.6 |
40.5 |
Hispanic/Latino |
▲ |
--- |
63.5 |
59.4 |
67.4 |
White |
▲ |
--- |
56.1 |
55.1 |
57.0 |
Annual Household Income |
<$15,000 |
--- |
--- |
57.5 |
52.7 |
62.2 |
$15,000-$24,999 |
--- |
--- |
57.2 |
54.2 |
60.2 |
$25,000-$34,999 |
▲ |
--- |
60.7 |
57.7 |
63.5 |
$35,000-$49,999 |
--- |
--- |
57.7 |
55.2 |
60.2 |
$50,000-$75,000 |
--- |
--- |
58.2 |
56.0 |
60.3 |
$75,000+ |
--- |
--- |
54.2 |
52.8 |
55.6 |
Region |
East |
--- |
--- |
52.9 |
51.1 |
54.7 |
South |
▲ |
--- |
64.1 |
62.5 |
65.6 |
Seattle |
▲ |
--- |
47.4 |
45.8 |
49.1 |
North |
--- |
--- |
55.3 |
52.5 |
58.1 |            |
