Public Health Atlas · Chronic-disease context

Weight status and physical activity

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

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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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