Percentage overweight or obese (85th 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 28.4
Cattaraugus 40.2
Chautauqua 36.9
Erie 34.1
Genesee 32.0
Niagara 37.9
Orleans 33.7
Wyoming 38.5
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 38.5
Livingston 26.3
Monroe 34.9
Ontario 36.8
Schuyler 28.4
Seneca 39.6
Steuben 33.8
Wayne 30.5
Yates 36.1
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 38.1
Cortland 32.5
Herkimer 33.6
Jefferson 45.6
Lewis 37.6
Madison 37.9
Oneida 46.9
Onondaga 39.7
Oswego 46.1
St Lawrence 44.2
Tompkins 32.7
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 37.2
Chenango 34.8
Tioga 38.5
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 36.4
Clinton 38.7
Columbia 36.5
Delaware 27.1
Essex 27.3
Franklin 38.6
Fulton 29.1
Greene 37.6
Hamilton S
Montgomery 38.1
Otsego 32.9
Rensselaer 35.9
Saratoga 38.3
Schenectady 35.0
Schoharie 31.7
Warren 35.2
Washington 34.7
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 40.2
Orange 39.5
Putnam 26.8
Rockland 44.2
Sullivan 41.8
Ulster 37.5
Westchester 30.9
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 32.9
Suffolk 35.5

Note: Data not available for NYC counties

S: Data do not meet reporting criteria

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