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 Obesity Procedures, 1995 to 2006--Hawaii
Why important?
Health care providers generally agree that the more obese a person is, the more likely he or she is to develop health problems. Health problems linked to obesity include high blood pressure, heart disease, certain cancers, diabetes, arthritis related disabilities, and stroke. The number of bariatric procedures--meant for obese people who are at extremely high risk of severe health problems, has increased dramatically in Hawaii in recent years.
Risk factors
Family history, gender, and age all play a role in increasing the risk of obesity. As you get older, you tend to be less active. Women are more likely to be obese than are men. Weight-loss surgery may be considered if your body mass index (BMI) is 40 or higher, or your BMI is 35 to 39.9, and you have a serious weight-related health problem such as diabetes or high blood pressure.
How is Hawaii doing?
The number of surgeries to treat obesity surged 900% between 1995 and 2006. Hospital charges for bariatric surgery approached $13 million in 2006, at an average charge of $34,000 for each procedure. Residents of Oahu are most likely to have surgery for obesity, with the greatest number of procedures performed for residents of the Waianae and North Shore regions of Oahu (see “By sub-county” in Other views section below) per 100,000 population. Caucasians are most likely to have surgery (37% of surgeries in Hawaii are performed on Caucasian patients), followed by Hawaiians (21%), and Japanese (3.6%). Women are 5 times more likely to receive surgery for treating obesity than men.
Other views
• By county
• By sub-county
• By year
• By age
• By year and gender
• By payer
• By race
Data notes
ICD9 codes: DRG 288, Operating Room procedures for Obesity
Source of data
Hawaii – HHIC Online Reports, Inpatient Database.
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