The Cost of Obesity and Diabetes in the United States

• The medical costs of obesity were as high as $147 billion in 2008.

• The medical costs of diabetes were $116 billion in 2007.

U.S. Rates of Obesity and Diabetes

Facts about County-Level Estimates of Diagnosed Diabetes and Obesity, 2007

Findings

For the first time ever, estimates of obesity are available for all 3,141 counties or small areas such as boroughs and townships in the United States. The diabetes estimates are updated with 2007 data. To see county-level estimates of obesity and diagnosed diabetes, visit http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/.

• The proportion of U.S. adults who are obese was 26.1% in 2008.
• In 2007, nearly 8% of the population, or about 24 million people, had diabetes. Of these, 5.7 million were undiagnosed.
• County-level estimates of age-adjusted rates of diagnosed diabetes range from 3.7% to 15.3 % in the United States.
• County-level estimates of age-adjusted rates of obesity range from 12.4% to 43.7% in the United States.
• Among the counties on the high end and low end of estimated diagnosed diabetes and obesity rates are—

Diabetes—High end Greene County, Alabama Holmes County, Mississippi Jefferson County, Mississippi Lowndes County, Alabama Perry County, Alabama

Diabetes—Low end Boulder County, Colorado Gallatin County, Montana Los Alamos County, New Mexico Santa Fe County, New Mexico Summit County, Utah

 

Obesity—High end Dallas County, Alabama Greene County, Alabama Holmes County, Mississippi Humphreys County, Mississippi Jefferson County, Mississippi

Obesity—Low end Boulder County, Colorado Routt County, Colorado Santa Fe County, New Mexico Summit County, Colorado Summit County, Utah

Source: CDC 

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