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The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors: National and State Perspectives 2004

Section III

Risk Factors and Use of Preventive Services, United States

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Poor Nutrition Among Adults

Good nutrition, including a diet that is low in saturated fats and contains five or more servings of fruits and vegetables each day, plays a key role in maintaining good health. Improving the American diet could extend Americans’ productive life span and reduce their risk for chronic diseases, including heart disease, stroke, some types of cancers, diabetes, and osteoporosis.

  • Poor nutrition and lack of physical exercise are associated with at least 300,000 deaths each year in the United States.
  • In 2002, more than three-fourths of U.S. adults reported not eating recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables daily.
  • In 2002, the percentage of adults who did not eat the recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables ranged from 66% in the District of Columbia to 86% in Oklahoma.

Percentage of Adults Who Reported Eating Fewer Than Five Servings of Fruits and Vegetables per Day, 2002

Percentage of Adults Who Reported Eating Fewer Than Five Servings of Fruits and Vegetables per Day, 2002

Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

[A text description of this map is also available.]

 

Percentage of Adults Who Reported Eating Fewer Than Five Servings of Fruits and Vegetables per Day, by Sex, Race, and Ethnicity, 2002

State Total Male Female White Black* Asian/
Pacific
Islander*		 American
Indian/
Alaska
Native*		 Hispanic* Multiracial*
ALABAMA 78.9 82.0 76.2 79.1 79.8 - - 71.9 -
ALASKA 77.2 79.9 74.2 78.3 - 59.0 77.7 71.5 74.3
ARIZONA 77.4 83.4 71.5 76.1 95.3 - 82.3 78.9 -
ARKANSAS 79.3 83.7 75.4 79.2 79.7 - 86.5 82.1 79.9
CALIFORNIA 72.6 77.5 67.8 72.2 72.5 70.3 - 74.2 67.3
COLORADO 76.1 82.9 69.4 75.2 81.1 67.7 - 80.9 81.7
CONNECTICUT 69.7 74.2 65.6 69.5 68.2 71.3 - 71.3  
DELAWARE 80.5 86.0 75.6 79.9 87.4 80.3 - 79.1 -
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 66.2 71.6 61.6 63.2 69.4 69.3 - 63.9 -
FLORIDA 72.6 76.7 68.8 72.5 72.6 69.8 73.3 74.5 -
GEORGIA 77.4 80.4 74.6 76.7 79.8 - - 81.7 84.3
HAWAII 79.6 83.6 75.6 76.2 75.2 81.7 - 74.6 82.2
IDAHO 78.4 83.5 73.4 78.7 - - 72.1 81.1 74.1
ILLINOIS 79.1 82.6 75.7 78.3 83.2 63.8 - 83.7 -
INDIANA 78.3 82.8 74.1 78.8 77.3 76.6 - 78.9 65.1
IOWA 80.2 85.2 75.7 80.0 - - - 84.2 -
KANSAS 81.8 85.8 77.9 81.6 82.3 - - 87.7 73.7
KENTUCKY 79.8 82.8 77.0 79.7 89.3 - - 81.7 -
LOUISIANA 82.8 86.4 79.6 82.9 83.2 - 81.9 79.9 88.8
MAINE 70.6 77.2 64.5 70.2 - - - - -
MARYLAND 70.3 74.0 67.0 70.5 72.6 64.3 - 61.0 -
MASSACHUSETTS 70.3 76.1 65.2 69.9 78.8 68.0 - 72.6 -
MICHIGAN 77.4 81.7 73.3 77.7 77.0 52.9 - 84.3 71.3
MINNESOTA 77.3 83.9 71.0 77.8 73.7 63.7 - 69.5 -
MISSISSIPPI 80.8 83.1 78.8 80.4 82.3 - - 74.3 -
MISSOURI 80.8 84.9 77.1 81.0 85.0 - 67.5 81.7 82.1
MONTANA 77.3 82.3 72.5 77.5 - - 74.5 84.7 -
NEBRASKA 82.0 87.2 77.1 82.3 91.0 - - 79.0 -
NEVADA 77.7 83.1 72.2 79.7 75.6 64.4 - 79.0 64.9
NEW HAMPSHIRE 71.5 78.8 64.6 71.3 - - 73.6 75.8 -
NEW JERSEY 71.8 74.0 69.7 71.0 76.9 69.8 - 74.2 -
NEW MEXICO 78.1 82.2 74.3 76.2 66.8 - 74.9 81.9 -
NEW YORK 72.3 77.4 67.8 72.8 73.7 56.7 - 74.8 65.7
NORTH CAROLINA 76.4 79.4 73.6 73.8 80.9 72.2 91.8 90.7 75.0
NORTH DAKOTA 79.6 88.2 71.4 79.4 - - 82.2 - -
OHIO 79.5 83.5 75.8 79.4 79.9 - - 75.6 -
OKLAHOMA 85.6 88.2 83.2 85.9 86.9 77.6 87.5 82.7 80.9
OREGON 73.7 79.5 68.1 74.3 - 66.1 - 76.2 64.9
PENNSYLVANIA 74.6 81.0 68.9 75.3 73.4 64.8 74.3 71.9 59.1
RHODE ISLAND 71.4 75.2 68.0 70.9 74.9 - - 76.6 -
SOUTH CAROLINA 76.1 81.5 71.1 76.0 77.4 - - 73.6 77.8
SOUTH DAKOTA 79.3 84.6 74.1 79.2 - - 76.4 82.0 -
TENNESSEE 71.6 74.4 69.0 71.7 78.3 - - 58.4 -
TEXAS 76.1 80.9 71.5 76.7 73.6 71.7 58.3 77.7 60.6
UTAH 79.4 86.7 72.2 79.4 - - - 79.1 -
VERMONT 70.9 78.5 63.8 71.0 - - - 72.6 -
VIRGINIA 72.1 75.5 68.9 72.3 76.0 58.0 - 70.8 69.4
WASHINGTON 76.2 83.4 69.2 76.3 76.2 72.8 74.7 77.4 76.0
WEST VIRGINIA 78.7 84.3 73.6 79.1 91.8 - - - 75.6
WISCONSIN 76.5 81.2 72.0 76.5 72.5 - 86.7 78.4 -
WYOMING 77.9 83.1 72.7 78.2 - - - 75.8 -
                   
UNITED STATES 75.5 80.1 71.2 75.7 77.1 69.1 75.4 76.2 71.0
                   
* A dash indicates that the state sample had too few respondents (fewer than 50) in this category to calculate a stable estimate.
Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

 

  



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