Obesity Statistics:
Age Groups

"Obesity Statistics have a positive correlation to health care costs."

The cost of obesity

Obesity statistics are more telling when compared to other statistics. In this case when health care costs are looked at, there is a positive correlation.

On average, people who are considered obese pay $1,429 (42 percent) more in health care costs than normal-weight individuals.¹

Cost of obesity by type of service provided

For each obese patient:

• Medicare pays $95 more for an inpatient service, $693 more for a non-inpatient service, and $608 more for prescription drugs in comparison with normal-weight patients.
  
• Medicaid pays $213 more for an inpatient service,$175 more for a non-inpatient service, and $230 more for prescription drugs in comparison with normal-weight patients.
  
• Private insurers pay $443 more for an inpatient service, $398 more for a non-inpatient service, and $284 more for prescription drugs in comparison with normal-weight patients.²
  

Cost of obesity by insurance status

For each obese beneficiary:

• Medicare pays $1,723 more than it pays for normal-weight beneficiaries.
  
• Medicaid pays $1,021 more than it pays for normal-weight beneficiaries.
  
• Private insurers pay $1,140 more than they pay for normal-weight beneficiaries.³

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