Adults who are obese are at increased risk of morbidity from hypertension, high LDL cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, coronary
heart disease, stroke, and osteoarthritis. Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States.
Only smoking may exceed obesity in contributing to total U.S. mortality rates.
Percentage of Adults 18+ Who Were Obese by Race, Utah, 2009-2011
Data Notes
Obesity is defined as a BMI of 30 or more. BMI is calculated by dividing weight in kilograms by the square of height in meters.
Age-adjusted to U.S. 2000 standard population with three age groups.
Beginning in 2011, BRFSS data include both landline and cell phone respondent data along with a new weighting methodology
called iterative proportional fitting, or raking. This methodology utilizes additional demographic information (such as education,
race, and marital status) in the weighting procedure. Both of these methodology changes were implemented to account for an
increased number of U.S. households without landline phones and an under-representation of certain demographic groups that
were not well-represented in the sample. This graph is based on the new methodology. More details about these changes can
be found at: http://health.utah.gov/opha/publications/brfss/Raking/Raking%20impact%202011.pdf.
Data Sources
Utah Data: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Office of Public Health Assessment, Utah Department of Health.
Percentage of respondents aged 18 years and older who have a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30.0 kg/m2 calculated
from self-reported weight and height.
How We Calculated the Rates
Numerator:
Number of respondents aged 18 years and older who have a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30.0 kg/m2 calculated
from self-reported weight and height.
Denominator:
Number of respondents aged 18 years and older for whom BMI can be calculated from their self-reported weight and height (excludes
unknowns or refusals for weight and height).
Page Content Updated On 10/22/2012,
Published on 12/10/2012
Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Program, Bureau of Health Promotion, Division of Disease Control and Prevention, Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2107,
Telephone: Rebecca Fronberg 801-538-6229, Julia Shumway 801-538-6387
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