Percentage of pregnant women in WIC who were pre-pregnancy obese (BMI 30 or higher)~

Source:2008-2010 NYS Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System - WIC Program Data as of July, 2012

(Click on a county name for trend graph data)

  Pre-pregnancy obese women Average WIC births Crude
Region/County 2008 2009 2010 Total 2008-2010 Rate
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 95 101 65 261 296 29.4
Cattaraugus 172 161 107 440 516 28.4
Chautauqua 320 326 227 873 973 29.9
Erie 1,505 1,609 1,129 4,243 4,850 29.2
Genesee 171 153 116 440 528 27.8
Niagara 318 378 261 957 1,151 27.7
Orleans 63 80 60 203 217 31.2
Wyoming 54 50 38 142 146 32.3
Region Total 2,698 2,858 2,003 7,559 8,677 29.0
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 223 224 187 634 679 31.1
Livingston 86 95 61 242 277 29.1
Monroe 1,177 1,261 908 3,346 3,717 30.0
Ontario 160 155 113 428 492 29.0
Schuyler 58 57 54 169 181 31.2
Seneca 33 29 20 82 98 28.0
Steuben 193 200 170 563 598 31.4
Wayne 178 163 119 460 472 32.5
Yates 27 39 24 90 98 30.6
Region Total 2,135 2,223 1,656 6,014 6,612 30.3
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 175 156 114 445 471 31.5
Cortland 103 142 87 332 336 33.0
Herkimer 116 143 93 352 390 30.1
Jefferson 390 373 327 1,090 1,298 28.0
Lewis 73 81 69 223 235 31.6
Madison 153 149 105 407 444 30.5
Oneida 401 411 339 1,151 1,478 26.0
Onondaga 838 852 635 2,325 2,817 27.5
Oswego 277 292 225 794 875 30.2
St Lawrence 43 37 25 105 129 27.1
Tompkins 116 125 80 321 406 26.4
Region Total 2,685 2,761 2,099 7,545 8,879 28.3
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 382 414 313 1,109 1,231 30.0
Chenango 214 201 149 564 606 31.0
Tioga 112 105 88 305 312 32.6
Region Total 708 720 550 1,978 2,149 30.7
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 395 454 318 1,167 1,354 28.7
Clinton 170 157 154 481 472 34.0
Columbia 101 90 82 273 326 27.9
Delaware 83 102 59 244 261 31.2
Essex 77 67 59 203 208 32.6
Franklin 106 95 72 273 316 28.8
Fulton 113 86 80 279 298 31.2
Greene 52 67 52 171 194 29.4
Hamilton 1 3 4 8 22 11.9*
Montgomery 136 132 84 352 385 30.5
Otsego 110 101 76 287 276 34.7
Rensselaer 292 284 197 773 887 29.0
Saratoga 128 144 109 381 393 32.3
Schenectady 182 164 134 480 587 27.2
Schoharie 279 265 222 766 914 27.9
Warren 115 134 93 342 380 30.0
Washington 129 133 109 371 410 30.2
Region Total 2,469 2,478 1,904 6,851 7,681 29.7
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 330 339 272 941 1,070 29.3
Orange 530 581 443 1,554 2,290 22.6
Putnam 47 55 47 149 241 20.6
Rockland 368 426 346 1,140 2,261 16.8
Sullivan 157 168 100 425 542 26.2
Ulster 209 218 147 574 628 30.5
Westchester 1,201 1,160 888 3,249 4,874 22.2
Region Total 2,842 2,947 2,243 8,032 11,904 22.5
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 4,531 4,808 3,664 13,003 16,748 25.9
Kings 6,061 6,065 4,444 16,570 27,262 20.3
New York 2,685 2,642 1,940 7,267 12,494 19.4
Queens 2,929 2,936 2,361 8,226 15,836 17.3
Richmond 512 509 429 1,450 2,075 23.3
Region Total 16,718 16,960 12,838 46,516 74,416 20.8
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 948 914 682 2,544 3,834 22.1
Suffolk 1,516 1,579 1,255 4,350 6,197 23.4
Region Total 2,464 2,493 1,937 6,894 10,031 22.9
New York State Total 65,438 66,880 50,460 182,778 260,697 23.4

*: Fewer than 10 events in the numerator, therefore the rate is unstable

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