Beta radiation, which is the emission of energetic electrons, results when an N/P ratio is too high for stability; positron emission or electron capture occurs when it is too low for stability. These two conditions are represented by specific areas of the nuclide chart.
New Data. Adult Obesity in the United States. According to the most recent data released September 2015, rates of obesity now exceed 35 percent in three states (Arkansas, West Virginia and Mississippi), 22 states have rates above 30 percent, 45 states are above 25 percent, and every state is above 20 percent.iabetes in the United States. West Virginia has the highest rate of diabetes at 14.1 percent. Nine of the 10 states with the highest type 2 diabetes rates are in the South. The CDC projects that one-in-three adults could have diabetes by 2050.
Non-Hispanic blacks have the highest age-adjusted rates of obesity (48.1%) followed by Hispanics (42.5%), non-Hispanic whites (34.5%), and non-Hispanic Asians (11.7%). Obesity is higher among middle age adults age 40-59 years (40.2%) and older adults age 60 and over (37.0%) than among younger adults age 20â39 (32.3%). Obesity and socioeconomic status [Read CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data brief [PDF-1.07MB]