Percentage obese (95th percentile or higher) - All students (elementary, middle and high school)

Source:2008-2010 Student Weight Status Category Reporting System Data as of July, 2012

  Percentage
Region/County
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 12.3
Cattaraugus 17.5
Chautauqua 17.8
Erie 15.4
Genesee 16.8
Niagara 19.7
Orleans 19.6
Wyoming 18.4
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 16.6
Livingston 14.7
Monroe 15.2
Ontario 17.4
Schuyler 15.2
Seneca 19.8
Steuben 13.7
Wayne 13.6
Yates 16.6
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 21.7
Cortland 16.8
Herkimer 18.9
Jefferson 21.1
Lewis 20.1
Madison 20.3
Oneida 17.7
Onondaga 19.4
Oswego 22.4
St Lawrence 20.8
Tompkins 15.3
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 17.1
Chenango 17.3
Tioga 14.7
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 16.0
Clinton 17.0
Columbia 18.2
Delaware 16.5
Essex 11.9
Franklin 20.3
Fulton 17.0
Greene 14.2
Hamilton S
Montgomery 21.2
Otsego 13.9
Rensselaer 17.3
Saratoga 15.7
Schenectady 15.6
Schoharie 13.4
Warren 16.4
Washington 20.4
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 16.7
Orange 17.0
Putnam 11.5
Rockland 22.0
Sullivan 19.4
Ulster 17.6
Westchester 13.4
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 13.6
Suffolk 16.5

Note: Data not available for NYC counties

S: Data do not meet reporting criteria

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