Prepregnancy overweight and obesity U.S. women with a live birth in 2015, by state

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John Elflein,
Dec 19, 2022
This statistic shows the percentage of women with a live birth in the U.S. in 2015 who were overweight or obese prior to becoming pregnant, by state. In West Virginia, 31.3 percent of women who gave birth in 2015 were obese prior to becoming pregnant.

Percentage of women with a live birth who were overweight or obese prior to pregnancy in the U.S. in 2015, by state*

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Release date

January 2018

Region

United States

Survey time period

2015

Supplementary notes

All percentages are crude.
* Prepregnancy BMI was categorized as underweight (BMI <18.5), normal weight (BMI 18.5–24.9), overweight (BMI 25.0–29.9), and obese (BMI ≥30.0).
** Not including New York City.
***Not including Connecticut and New Jersey.

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