Percentage obese (95th percentile or higher ) - Elementary students

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

  Percentage
Region/County
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 10.2
Cattaraugus 14.8
Chautauqua 14.9
Erie 12.4
Genesee 13.1
Niagara 18.5
Orleans 20.7
Wyoming 17.3
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 15.3
Livingston 14.7
Monroe 12.2
Ontario 14.9
Schuyler 15.2
Seneca 18.1
Steuben 11.5
Wayne 12.3
Yates 16.3
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 21.3
Cortland 14.3
Herkimer 18.1
Jefferson 15.7
Lewis 16.1
Madison 16.1
Oneida 12.0
Onondaga 14.9
Oswego 19.8
St Lawrence 16.4
Tompkins 11.7
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 14.7
Chenango 15.7
Tioga 9.9
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 12.3
Clinton 14.0
Columbia 15.9
Delaware 15.4
Essex 12.5
Franklin 20.2
Fulton 14.0
Greene 8.5
Hamilton S
Montgomery 16.7
Otsego 9.6
Rensselaer 16.5
Saratoga 10.8
Schenectady 14.0
Schoharie 12.3
Warren 12.7
Washington 21.1
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 13.4
Orange 15.3
Putnam 9.7
Rockland 16.3
Sullivan 16.2
Ulster 15.8
Westchester 12.5
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 10.9
Suffolk 15.2

Note: Data not available for NYC counties

S: Data do not meet reporting criteria

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