Table B6 - Body Mass Index by County of Residence - Washington State Dept. of Health

Natality Table B6. Body Mass Index¹ by County of Residence, 2007

County	Total Births	Underweight (<18.5)	Normal (18.5-24.9)	Overweight (25.0-29.9)	Obese (30.0+)	Unknown
State Total	88,921	2,534	37,932	20,797	18,013	9,645
Adams	417	11	160	126	106	14
Asotin	232	8	118	54	52	0
Benton	2,455	80	1,084	588	503	200
Chelan	1,016	20	471	272	232	21
Clallam	639	9	259	175	174	22
Clark	5,901	187	2,637	1,343	1,176	558
Columbia	32	1	10	9	12	0
Cowlitz	1,384	42	565	283	288	206
Douglas	544	9	251	162	114	8
Ferry	67	1	24	16	21	5
Franklin	1,584	35	644	399	312	194
Garfield	16	0	6	2	8	0
Grant	1,567	28	588	492	428	31
Grays Harbor	863	28	317	214	234	70
Island	983	30	437	256	199	61
Jefferson	210	4	102	54	47	3
King	24,899	782	11,333	5,381	4,017	3,386
Kitsap	2,894	86	1,319	704	702	83
Kittitas	388	10	176	99	96	7
Klickitat	227	1	27	31	24	144
Lewis	937	23	380	237	267	30
Lincoln	105	5	54	22	23	1
Mason	640	12	243	166	171	48
Okanogan	548	17	186	144	147	54
Pacific	217	4	52	29	42	90
Pend Oreille	133	3	68	37	22	3
Pierce	11,391	284	4,302	2,657	2,481	1,667
San Juan	118	2	58	34	16	8
Skagit	1,560	33	500	336	336	355
Skamania	126	1	37	25	15	48
Snohomish	9,570	250	3,912	2,167	1,957	1,284
Spokane	5,983	242	2,936	1,476	1,289	40
Stevens	486	16	224	125	113	8
Thurston	2,940	89	1,330	708	619	194
Wahkiakum	26	1	11	3	6	5
Walla Walla	664	20	296	158	165	25
Whatcom	2,210	48	976	503	364	319
Whitman	431	12	208	133	73	5
Yakima	4,518	100	1,631	1,177	1,162	448
¹Body Mass Index=(703.1xwt in lb)/square of ht in inches; classifications are from the Centers for Disease Control.

Source: Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 11/2008.

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