State Prevalence Rankings: BRFSS, 2000 | ||||||||||||||
State: | Overweight Based on BMI | Current Smokers | No Leisure Time Physical Activity | Not Eating 5 Servings of Fruits,Vegetables | No Health Insurance | Women 40+ No Mammogram | Ever Told You Have Diabetes | |||||||
% | Rank | % | Rank | % | Rank | % | Rank | % | Rank | % | Rank | % | Rank | |
Alabama | 60.8 | 4 | 25.2 | 10 | 31.6 | 8 | 77.3 | 22 | 16.1 | 14 | 11.3 | 30 | 7.4 | 3 |
Alaska | 59.2 | 13 | 25.0 | 12 | 20.0 | 47 | 76.3 | 33 | 18.1 | 7 | 13.8 | 9 | 3.8 | 51 |
Arizona | 55.9 | 33 | 18.6 | 49 | 34.2 | 4 | 63.1 | 51 | 17.1 | 10 | 10.5 | 35 | 5.9 | 32 |
Arkansas | 59.9 | 8 | 25.1 | 11 | 28.1 | 20 | 77.5 | 20 | 17.2 | 8 | 14.7 | 5 | 6.2 | 22 |
California | 57.3 | 24 | 17.2 | 50 | 26.5 | 28 | 73.3 | 40 | 18.4 | 6 | N/A | N/A | 6.8 | 10 |
Colorado | 48.0 | 51 | 20.0 | 43 | 19.8 | 48 | 76.7 | 28 | 13.5 | 22 | 12.4 | 24 | 5.1 | 43 |
Connecticut | 53.7 | 44 | 19.9 | 45 | 25.2 | 30 | 70.7 | 47 | 9.3 | 41 | 7.3 | 48 | 5.5 | 37 |
Delaware | 55.8 | 34 | 22.9 | 28 | 28.0 | 22 | 77.5 | 20 | 8.3 | 48 | 7.1 | 49 | 6.4 | 18 |
District of Co. | 53.3 | 45 | 20.9 | 39 | 20.8 | 45 | 68.1 | 49 | 11.5 | 28 | 7.0 | 50 | 7.2 | 4 |
Florida | 53.9 | 42 | 23.2 | 25 | 28.8 | 16 | 76.8 | 26 | 17.1 | 10 | 11.1 | 31 | 6.9 | 9 |
Georgia | 59.4 | 11 | 23.5 | 21 | 29.0 | 15 | 77.7 | 18 | 14.9 | 16 | 12.6 | 20 | 6.8 | 10 |
Hawaii | 50.2 | 50 | 19.7 | 47 | 23.2 | 39 | 77.6 | 19 | 7.0 | 51 | 10.5 | 35 | 5.2 | 41 |
Idaho | 55.7 | 35 | 22.3 | 29 | 19.8 | 48 | 78.9 | 12 | 17.1 | 10 | 15.9 | 3 | 4.9 | 45 |
Illinois | 58.9 | 16 | 22.3 | 29 | 30.9 | 10 | 76.7 | 28 | 10.9 | 33 | 12.6 | 20 | 6.2 | 22 |
Indiana | 58.4 | 20 | 26.9 | 4 | 25.4 | 29 | 80.0 | 6 | 10.4 | 36 | 13.5 | 14 | 6.0 | 28 |
Iowa | 60.0 | 6 | 23.2 | 25 | 27.3 | 24 | 81.9 | 2 | 8.9 | 45 | 13.1 | 15 | 6.1 | 26 |
Kansas | 58.7 | 18 | 21.1 | 37 | 30.4 | 11 | 76.6 | 31 | 10.7 | 34 | 11.7 | 28 | 5.9 | 32 |
Kentucky | 61.0 | 2 | 30.5 | 1 | 41.1 | 1 | 77.3 | 22 | 14.1 | 19 | 12.9 | 17 | 6.5 | 15 |
Louisiana | 60.0 | 6 | 24.1 | 15 | 36.2 | 2 | 84.2 | 1 | 21.9 | 3 | 14.2 | 7 | 6.7 | 13 |
Maine | 56.3 | 30 | 23.8 | 18 | 27.2 | 25 | 75.5 | 35 | 13.6 | 20 | 9.3 | 42 | 6.0 | 28 |
Maryland | 56.7 | 27 | 20.5 | 42 | 24.2 | 37 | 72.6 | 42 | 9.9 | 39 | 9.2 | 43 | 6.5 | 15 |
Massachusetts | 52.8 | 48 | 20.0 | 43 | 24.6 | 34 | 70.0 | 48 | 8.4 | 47 | 7.9 | 47 | 5.8 | 34 |
Michigan | 61.0 | 2 | 24.1 | 15 | 22.9 | 42 | 76.9 | 25 | 8.5 | 46 | 8.8 | 45 | 7.0 | 8 |
Minnesota | 55.0 | 39 | 19.8 | 46 | 24.8 | 33 | 75.7 | 34 | 7.1 | 50 | 12.7 | 18 | 4.9 | 45 |
Mississippi | 61.7 | 1 | 23.5 | 21 | 33.3 | 6 | 81.4 | 4 | 19.3 | 4 | 16.4 | 2 | 7.6 | 1 |
Missouri | 56.4 | 29 | 27.2 | 3 | 28.8 | 16 | 79.3 | 11 | 11.2 | 30 | 14.7 | 5 | 6.7 | 13 |
Montana | 53.1 | 47 | 18.8 | 48 | 23.3 | 38 | 77.2 | 24 | 14.9 | 16 | 12.6 | 20 | 4.9 | 45 |
Nebraska | 58.5 | 19 | 21.2 | 36 | 29.6 | 13 | 79.4 | 9 | 9.1 | 42 | 13.6 | 10 | 4.9 | 45 |
Nevada | 53.2 | 46 | 29.0 | 2 | 25.0 | 31 | 78.7 | 13 | 13.6 | 20 | 10.9 | 32 | 6.8 | 10 |
New Hampshire | 54.6 | 40 | 25.3 | 9 | 26.7 | 26 | 73.8 | 39 | 9.0 | 43 | 9.0 | 44 | 4.4 | 49 |
New Jersey | 56.7 | 27 | 21.0 | 38 | 28.6 | 18 | 72.6 | 42 | 12.9 | 24 | 14.0 | 8 | 5.8 | 34 |
New Mexico | 55.5 | 36 | 23.6 | 20 | 24.4 | 35 | 79.5 | 8 | 23.5 | 1 | 12.7 | 18 | 6.5 | 15 |
New York | 56.9 | 26 | 21.6 | 33 | 29.4 | 14 | 72.5 | 44 | 13.1 | 23 | 9.8 | 40 | 6.3 | 21 |
North Carolina | 59.2 | 13 | 26.1 | 6 | 30.4 | 11 | 77.9 | 17 | 12.7 | 25 | 10.9 | 32 | 6.4 | 18 |
North Dakota | 60.4 | 5 | 23.2 | 25 | 24.3 | 36 | 76.8 | 26 | 11.8 | 27 | 12.0 | 25 | 5.2 | 41 |
Ohio | 57.3 | 24 | 26.2 | 5 | 31.3 | 9 | 78.6 | 14 | 10.2 | 37 | 10.4 | 37 | 6.4 | 18 |
Oklahoma | 56.3 | 30 | 23.3 | 24 | 34.4 | 3 | 81.8 | 3 | 16.9 | 13 | 17.7 | 1 | 5.5 | 37 |
Oregon | 57.6 | 23 | 20.8 | 40 | 20.1 | 46 | 73.2 | 41 | 15.1 | 15 | 9.4 | 41 | 6.0 | 28 |
Pennsylvania | 57.7 | 22 | 24.3 | 14 | 23.0 | 41 | 76.7 | 28 | 9.0 | 43 | 10.0 | 38 | 7.1 | 6 |
Rhode Island | 53.8 | 43 | 23.4 | 23 | 27.5 | 23 | 70.8 | 46 | 11.1 | 31 | 8.1 | 46 | 6.0 | 28 |
South Carolina | 59.0 | 15 | 24.9 | 13 | 28.1 | 20 | 75.4 | 36 | 14.5 | 18 | 10.0 | 38 | 7.1 | 6 |
South Dakota | 58.8 | 17 | 21.9 | 31 | 26.7 | 26 | 80.1 | 5 | 10.5 | 35 | 13.0 | 16 | 5.7 | 36 |
Tennessee | 59.4 | 11 | 25.7 | 8 | 32.7 | 7 | 65.9 | 50 | 11.9 | 26 | 11.9 | 26 | 7.2 | 4 |
Texas | 59.8 | 9 | 21.9 | 31 | 28.6 | 18 | 76.6 | 31 | 23.0 | 2 | 15.1 | 4 | 6.2 | 22 |
Utah | 54.1 | 41 | 12.9 | 51 | 15.5 | 51 | 79.4 | 9 | 11.1 | 31 | 13.6 | 10 | 5.4 | 40 |
Vermont | 52.8 | 48 | 21.5 | 34 | 23.2 | 39 | 71.3 | 45 | 10.0 | 38 | 12.6 | 20 | 4.4 | 49 |
Virginia | 56.1 | 32 | 21.4 | 35 | 25.0 | 31 | 74.4 | 38 | 11.4 | 29 | 11.4 | 29 | 6.2 | 22 |
Washington | 55.1 | 37 | 20.7 | 41 | 16.9 | 50 | 75.3 | 37 | 9.8 | 40 | 10.7 | 34 | 5.5 | 37 |
West Virginia | 59.8 | 9 | 26.1 | 6 | 33.6 | 5 | 78.6 | 14 | 19.1 | 5 | 13.6 | 10 | 7.6 | 1 |
Wisconsin | 57.8 | 21 | 24.1 | 15 | 22.1 | 44 | 78.3 | 16 | 7.5 | 49 | 11.8 | 27 | 6.1 | 26 |
Wyoming | 55.1 | 37 | 23.8 | 18 | 22.6 | 43 | 79.6 | 7 | 17.2 | 8 | 13.6 | 10 | 5.0 | 44 |
Median | 57.1 | 23.2 | 26.9 | 76.9 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 6.1 |
NOTE: Each percent has a different standard error. Because of this random variation, rankings are not truly meaningful. |
A ranking between 1 and 25 (above the median value) implies poor status relative to other states. |
N/A - Not Avialable in 2000 |