Selected Topics by County 2002-2005
Age-adjusted Prevalence of Selected Chronic Diseases and Related Risk Factors Among Adults by County, Oregon 2002-2005
Tables were created using combined BRFSS survey results from 2002 through 2005. Two numbers are provided for each condition or disease: an unadjusted rate and an age-adjusted rate. Unadjusted rates, provided in separate tables, give a description of the absolute burden of a disease or risk factor for an individual county. Age-adjusted rates supplied in this table allow you to compare rates for a county to the State's rate. They adjust for differences that could result from a county’s population being, on average, older or younger than the State's. When comparing counties with Oregon or with each other, use these age-adjusted rates.
Data are adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Census Population.
| County |
% who are obese (body mass index >30 kg/m2) |
| OREGON |
22.1% |
| Baker |
18.0% |
| Benton |
16.4% |
| Clackamas |
21.1% |
| Clatsop |
25.7% |
| Columbia |
30.9%** |
| Coos |
23.1% |
| Crook |
23.8% |
| Curry |
15.2%** |
| Deschutes |
18.3%** |
| Douglas |
27.0%** |
| Grant |
22.9% |
| Harney |
26.2% |
| Hood River |
19.8% |
| Jackson |
20.9% |
| Jefferson |
28.7% |
| Josephine |
23.3% |
| Klamath |
23.2% |
| Lake |
24.1% |
| Lane |
23.0% |
| Lincoln |
28.0%** |
| Linn |
30.5%** |
| Malheur |
30.1%** |
| Marion |
25.1%** |
| Morrow |
29.3% |
| Multnomah |
19.9%** |
| Polk |
21.0% |
| Tillamook |
20.7% |
| Umatilla |
26.1% |
| Union |
20.7% |
| Wallowa |
9.9%** |
| Washington |
20.4% |
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| Yamhill |
25.9% |
| Gilliam/Wheeler |
43.1%† |
| Sherman/Wasco |
23.4% |
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† Rate based on less than 50 respondents overall or fewer than 12 persons in one age group; may not accurately reflect behavior of entire county and results should be interpreted with caution. Estimates based on 10 or fewer respondents are not reported.
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** Statistically significant difference compared to Oregon.
Three age groups were used for age adjusting: 18-34yrs., 35-54yrs, and 55+yrs.
- Sources:
BRFSS 2002-2005