Percentage overweight or obese (85th 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 17.0
Cattaraugus 29.2
Chautauqua 24.0
Erie 22.9
Genesee 27.2
Niagara 30.4
Orleans 32.4
Wyoming 31.8
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 27.1
Livingston 24.2
Monroe 22.4
Ontario 26.8
Schuyler 26.2
Seneca 32.7
Steuben 19.5
Wayne 24.6
Yates 26.4
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 34.4
Cortland 30.0
Herkimer 29.7
Jefferson 29.5
Lewis 28.9
Madison 26.8
Oneida 22.3
Onondaga 26.8
Oswego 31.2
St Lawrence 27.6
Tompkins 21.1
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 28.4
Chenango 30.8
Tioga 23.1
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 22.5
Clinton 30.0
Columbia 26.9
Delaware 31.8
Essex 25.6
Franklin 32.6
Fulton 20.1
Greene 14.6
Hamilton S
Montgomery 31.0
Otsego 15.1
Rensselaer 29.1
Saratoga 21.5
Schenectady 23.7
Schoharie 27.0
Warren 24.3
Washington 30.3
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 25.0
Orange 28.0
Putnam 19.1
Rockland 28.1
Sullivan 31.4
Ulster 29.2
Westchester 22.8
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 22.6
Suffolk 29.1

Note: Data not available for NYC counties

S: Data do not meet reporting criteria

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