Community Health: Percentage obese (95th percentile or higher) - All students (elementary, middle and high school) Map: 2010 - 2012

health.data.ny.gov | Last Updated 24 Aug 2016

This chart shows the percent obese of all students in elementary, middle, and high school for the time period of 2010 to 2012. The darker shaded counties have a higher percentage of obese students. The lighter shaded counties have a lower percentage of obese students. For more information, check out: http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/chac/indicators/. The "About" tab contains additional details concerning this dataset.

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This dataset has the following 17 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
County Namecounty_nametextFull county/region name
County Codecounty_codenumberCounty code (1-62, 101-108, 888,999)
Region Nameregion_nametextFull region name
Indicator Numberindicator_numbertextUnique indicator identifier
IndicatorindicatortextFull text description of the health indicator
Total Event Countstotal_event_countsnumberTotal event counts for the time period, used for rate computations (numerators)
DenominatordenominatornumberDenominator for rate computations, often the annual average population for the time period
Denominator Notedenominator_notetextNotice of the total population or average annual population denominator for the time period
Measure Unitmeasure_unittextResult type, rate or percentage
Percentage/Ratepercentage_ratenumberNumerical indicator value estimate
95% CI_95_citext95% Confidence Intervals for percentage estimates from survey data
Data Commentsdata_commentstextIndicate when the county data is unstable or suppressed due to small number of events
Data Yearsdata_yearstextTime period for raw data used in indicator computation
Data Sourcesdata_sourcestextData sources for the raw data used in indicator computation
QuartilequartiletextQuartile(s) that indicator estimate falls within
Mapping Distributionmapping_distributionnumberGrouping of county rates for color shades in the map (value of "1" indicates the best group and "3" indicates the worst group)
LocationlocationlocationLat/Long decimal degree coordinates for the region covered by the indicator, for use in mapping