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FlowingData Forums » Topic: Visualize This: US Obesity Rates by State [July 13-27] http://forums.flowingdata.com/ Strength in Numbers en Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:14:30 +0000 Visualize This: US Obesity Rates by State [July 13-27] http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/visualize-this-us-obesity-rates-by-state#post-902 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:31:39 +0000 nathany 902@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ Hey Joe, unfortunately, the PDF is all I could find too. You might have to look elsewhere for obesity data pre-2008. Visualize This: US Obesity Rates by State [July 13-27] http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/visualize-this-us-obesity-rates-by-state#post-899 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:54:19 +0000 joemako 899@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ Nathan, Where were you able to find the data going back to 1985? I was only able find data as far back as 1995 at <a href="http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/page.asp?cat=OB&yr=1985&state=All#OB" rel="nofollow">http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/page.asp?cat=OB&yr=1985&state=All#OB</a> The closest I could find was the listing of states binned into ranges of percentages, but not the actual numbers at <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/downloads/obesity_trends_2008.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/downloads/obesity_trends_2008.pdf</a> Visualize This: US Obesity Rates by State [July 13-27] http://forums.flowingdata.com/topic/visualize-this-us-obesity-rates-by-state#post-854 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:09:22 +0000 nathany 854@http://forums.flowingdata.com/ Obesity rates are on the rise, and here's the CDC has the data to prove it. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/33422365@N07/3715001330/" title="US Obesity Rates, 2008 by FlowingData, on Flickr" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2512/3715001330_ae0717c24d.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="US Obesity Rates, 2008" /></a> Here are the obesity rates for 2008: <a href="http://datasets.flowingdata.com/obesity_by_state.csv" rel="nofollow">http://datasets.flowingdata.com/obesity_by_state.csv</a> Visit the <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html" rel="nofollow">CDC site</a> if you want data from 1985 to 2008. Map, graph, chart, none of the above? It's up to you.