Public Health Atlas · Chronic-disease context

Weight status and physical activity

Adult obesity, overweight, physical activity, and school weight-status indicators.

Read the geography and period first

Body-mass-index measures have important limitations and should be interpreted with behavioral, economic, clinical, and built-environment context.

Western New York

Circles show approximate county centers and are sized by the selected value. They are not patient locations.

Eight-county comparison

Highest reported value to lowest

Placement is descriptive. “Highest” is not automatically “worst,” particularly for access, income, screening, and protective measures.

All New York counties

Sortable-source audit view

61 counties have a reported value for this indicator. Suppressed or unavailable values are not assigned a rank.

RankCountyValuePeriodEventsDenominator
1Orleans50.9%2022——
2Cortland48.2%2022——
3St. Lawrence44.6%2022——
4Schenectady42.6%2022——
5Cattaraugus42.5%2022——
6Lewis41.6%2022——
7Oswego41.6%2022——
8Cayuga39.9%2022——
9Franklin39.9%2022——
10Genesee39.9%2022——
11Wayne39.7%2022——
12Greene39.6%2022——
13Ontario39.5%2022——
14Chenango38.7%2022——
15Tioga38.7%2022——
16Orange38.5%2022——
17Seneca38.0%2022——
18Otsego37.5%2022——
19Allegany36.9%2022——
20Jefferson36.4%2022——
21Livingston36.1%2022——
22Broome35.5%2022——
23Herkimer35.5%2022——
24Onondaga35.2%2022——
25Madison34.9%2022——
26Montgomery34.9%2022——
27Bronx34.7%2022——
28Erie34.3%2022——
29Wyoming34.3%2022——
30Fulton34.2%2022——
31Yates33.9%2022——
32Chautauqua33.5%2022——
33Warren33.5%2022——
34Oneida33.4%2022——
35Sullivan33.3%2022——
36Clinton33.2%2022——
37Saratoga33.1%2022——
38Chemung33.0%2022——
39Rensselaer32.8%2022——
40Schoharie32.8%2022——
41Albany32.4%2022——
42Ulster32.3%2022——
43Monroe31.8%2022——
44Putnam31.6%2022——
45Dutchess31.4%2022——
46Washington31.4%2022——
47Delaware31.0%2022——
48Steuben31.0%2022——
49Essex30.8%2022——
50Niagara30.6%2022——
51Richmond29.8%2022——
52Suffolk29.0%2022——
53Schuyler28.2%2022——
54Columbia26.9%2022——
55Westchester26.5%2022——
56Queens25.6%2022——
57Kings25.0%2022——
58Nassau24.9%2022——
59Rockland23.3%2022——
60Tompkins22.3%2022——
61New York17.7%2022——

Optional environmental context

Open the documentary record without implying causation.

Health statistics and environmental history remain separate by default. These links preserve that distinction while making related records easy to inspect.

Methodology and sources

Every value keeps its source period and geography.

County ranks include only New York counties with a published numeric value for the selected measure.

New York State Department of Health

Community Health Indicator Reports — Latest Data

County values, counts, denominators, reporting periods, and source descriptions used by the standardized comparison system.

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New York State Department of Health

Community Health Indicator Reports dashboard

Official visualization, definitions, and interpretation context.

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New York State Department of Health

Prevention Agenda subcounty data

Official ZIP and other subcounty records where the source supports local geography.

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New York State Department of Health

New York State Opioid Data Dashboard

Separate annual and provisional opioid surveillance; not silently merged with CHIRS periods.

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