Cook County Residents Among Unhealthiest in State
Nearly a quarter of Cook County adults lack physical activity and over a quarter are obese.
A recent study lists Cook County residents as some of the least healthy in the state. We rank 78th healthy out of 102 counties, according to The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The report also provides a snapshot of health statistics for Cook County. Here are a few:
- 26 percent of Cook County adults are obese
- 24 percent of Cook County adults lack physical activity
- 19 percent of Cook County adults smoke
- 21 percent of Cook County adults drink excessively
- 20 percent of Cook County residents are uninsured
- 10 percent of Cook County children live in poverty
The survey was based on several factors, including length of life, quality of life, clinical care, health behaviors, socioeconomic factors and physical environment.
BUTCH
11:46 am on Thursday, March 21, 2013
These are not even the downwinders!
Erica Fredrick-Hickman
1:02 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
It would be nice to include that Cook County is also the largest county in the state and also contains the city of Chicago which could make a differece in interpreting these numbers.
phxdr
3:16 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Actually you are wrong. With a population of over 9 million LA county is the largest county in terms of population. The city of Chicago is a shrinking city and has been for decades. It is the 3rd largest. Both NYC (the city Chicago tries to be) and Los Angeles are in better health.
Tired of the B.S.
4:24 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
phxdr,
Actually, you are wrong. Try actually reading the post and then tell us what county in the STATE is bigger than Cook county.
Nolan
11:34 am on Friday, March 22, 2013
It doesn't matter, all of the numbers are in percentages.
bummed1
1:14 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
And on top of all of that we're being taxed to DEATH. So why worry about all of that, they'll tax you for being obese, or smoking or drinking, etc. Maybe they should reduce their salaries and become examples. It sure doesnt look like Periwinkle is starving.
Dave Ruder
3:29 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Perhaps you can could say that besides the poor kids, the rest of these obese people are suicide bumbler's.
truth
7:35 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Agreed
Barbara Smith
4:39 am on Friday, March 22, 2013
It might have something to do with the chlorine bleach smelling water and all the good pizza hot dogs and beef sandwiches We have here. Plus traffic is stressful here
Karen
8:09 am on Monday, March 25, 2013
Barbara, the cholrine in the water is so potent! I cannot even come close to drinking tap water cause of the smell and taste. So disgusting.
Ernie Souchak
9:25 am on Friday, March 22, 2013
Anecdotal observation: lower I.Q./less education = higher incidence of obesity/more likely to vote Democrat.
Chronicles of Bob
11:01 am on Friday, March 22, 2013
Obvious observation :you're an idiot.
Francis' Best Friend
5:36 pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013
Good day, Sir!
Karen
8:10 am on Monday, March 25, 2013
Ernie - Every overweight/obese person I know is college educated. I do not hold a college degree but I am incredibly healthy. Education has nothing to do with food intake. It's all about personal choices.
NANCY GRACE
10:53 am on Friday, March 22, 2013
Taxes are so high, we are left to feast on dollar menus ;-)
Karen
8:10 am on Monday, March 25, 2013
It's cheaper to eat healthy.
BUTCH
10:55 am on Friday, March 22, 2013
And then we have the downwinders with missing parts of the amygla, a high useless education and declining IQ who vote against their own interests aka TPARTY because a OBESE lesser intellect with a drug habit told them to do it!
Pat F
11:47 am on Friday, March 22, 2013
You all missed the most obvious cause!! A good percentage don't, never have, and never will work!!
Pattyann Fetta
12:07 pm on Friday, March 22, 2013
Perhaps the parents of these unhealthy kids should feeds the kids themsleves instead of feeding off the taxpayers, the link card, churches and food pantries. These services should be for people that fell on hard times. I know people that abuse these services every month. Sickening. Pattyann.
BUTCH
1:14 pm on Monday, March 25, 2013
TPARTY FOLKS as if u don't know their jobs went to BAINLAND CHINA and MEXICO before winding up in BAINLAND, the last numbers were 50,000 factory's how many are HI TECH transfers to the partners of TWIT should be of concern to every patriot as well as TPARTY draft dodger and tax avoider alike!
Now that u all are aware that the GAY issue is no longer a issue with so many TPARTY kids being gay we can concentrate on welfare Queens and tax avoiders.
Jacqui Nicholson
7:34 pm on Tuesday, March 26, 2013
How Bout putting sidewalks/bike path or something for us to be able to safely walk on Vollmer between Western and Pulaski with the Hugh tax money---that will get some more folks moving
TM
10:51 am on Wednesday, March 27, 2013
And yet EP wants to elect a woman who has the most unhealthiest family in the village for mayor?
Laura Dion-Jones
4:39 pm on Wednesday, April 3, 2013
It doesn't really matter whether any of us thinks this is right or wrong - the problem remains: We're one of the most obese counties in the whole country. And about 65% of the entire nations population is overweight or chronically obese.
I had an AM talk radio show, "The Laura Dion-Jones Show: Lose Weight Fast, Get Rich Quick, Look Young Forever," in Elgin that I recently put on hiatus. Through my radio show, I held a "Commit To Get Fit With Laura Dion-Jones/Elgin's Biggest Loser competition and I helped motivate 182 Elgin and Fox Valley area residents to lose 1800 pounds in about 18 months. Here's hoping I can do the same thing for Cook County and the City of Chicago!!! Are you listening Mayor Rahm and Ms. Preckwinkle? I am at your service in whatever way I can be.