Percentage obese (95th percentile or higher ) - Middle and high school students

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

  Percentage
Region/County
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 15.3
Cattaraugus 21.8
Chautauqua 22.1
Erie 19.3
Genesee 22.5
Niagara 21.3
Orleans 18.0
Wyoming 19.9
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 18.6
Livingston 14.8
Monroe 19.1
Ontario 20.7
Schuyler 15.0
Seneca 22.0
Steuben 16.7
Wayne 15.5
Yates 16.9
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 22.3
Cortland 19.9
Herkimer 20.0
Jefferson 30.3
Lewis 25.6
Madison 25.4
Oneida 24.8
Onondaga 24.9
Oswego 25.5
St Lawrence 27.7
Tompkins 19.8
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 20.4
Chenango 19.4
Tioga 20.3
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 20.5
Clinton 20.5
Columbia 21.1
Delaware 18.0
Essex 11.1
Franklin 20.6
Fulton 19.5
Greene 20.6
Hamilton S
Montgomery 27.7
Otsego 19.3
Rensselaer 18.3
Saratoga 21.6
Schenectady 18.1
Schoharie 14.6
Warren 20.9
Washington 19.5
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 20.2
Orange 19.1
Putnam 13.7
Rockland 29.0
Sullivan 23.4
Ulster 19.9
Westchester 14.8
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 17.2
Suffolk 18.4

Note: Data not available for NYC counties

S: Data do not meet reporting criteria

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