Obesity

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Marion County Community Health Assessment 2014: Young Child Ages 5-11 Final Report (Marion County, 2003-2014)

This link is to the Marion County Public Health Department's comprehensive community health assessment (CHA) report on the chronic and infectious disease, environmental health, built environment and social determinates of health affecting Marion County residents 5-11 years of age. For the complete CHA report (all age groups), please refer to http://marionhealth.org/mcphd-community-health-assessment-2014/ instead of the above link.

Metrics for Quality of Life and Community Assessment (Marion County, 2000-2010)

This document provides information and data on demographics, health, economy, and the social and physical environment of Marion County.

Adult Obesity (Marion County, 2011)

County health rankings provides the percentage of the adult population (age 20 and older) that reports a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2, by county. Counties can be compared and contrasted with easy data and map export.

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) County Profiles (Marion County, 2014)

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington analyzed the performance of all 3,142 US counties or county-equivalents in terms of life expectancy at birth, mortality rates for select causes, alcohol use, smoking prevalence, obesity prevalence, and recommended physical activity using novel small area estimation techniques and the most up-to-date county-level information.

DR3605 Line Graph with Obesity and Diabetes Rates

The prevalence of obesity in Marion County adults was 27.4 per 100,000 residents in 2016 as compared to 24.7 per 100,000 in 2003. The change in diabetes prevalence was more noticeable, increasing from 8.6 per 100,000 in 2003 to 13.4 per 100,000. (DR3605).

DR4123 Obesity Prevalence Rate by Zip Code

Obesity prevalence from the 2018 Marion County Community Health Assessment Survey is presented, with confidence intervals, by zip code. (DR4123)

DR3769 Obesity Infographic

There has been a stable increase in the obesity rate in Marion County from 2008-2018. Marion County obesity prevalence is higher than some other Midwest cities, but lower than the national rate. Males and non-Hispanic blacks have the highest prevalence of obesity (DR3769).

2012 CHA Report

Summary report on results of the 2012 Marion County Community Health Assessment (CHA) survey.