Iowa
Diabetes
(1990-2011)
Iowa
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8
Outcomes Rank
23
Determinants Rank
17
Overall Rank
14
Diabetes Rank
19
Smoking Rank
33
Obesity Rank
Strengths:
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High rate of high school graduation
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Low rate of uninsured population
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Low percentage of children in poverty
Challenges:
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High prevalence of binge drinking
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Limited availability of primary care physicians
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High incidence of infectious disease
Highlights:
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While smoking has decreased from 23.2 percent to 16.1 percent of adults in the past ten years, 373,000 people still smoke in Iowa.
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There are 675,000 obese adults in Iowa, 204,000 more individuals than 10 years ago.
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In the past year, the percentage of children in poverty decreased from 14.7 percent to 12.5 percent of persons under age 18.
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In the past ten years, diabetes increased from 6.1 percent to 7.5 percent of the adult population. Now 174,000 Iowa adults have diabetes.
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Iowa ranks lower for determinants than for outcomes, indicating that overall healthiness may decline over time.
Health Disparities:
In Iowa, smoking is more prevalent among non-Hispanic blacks at 31.6 percent than non-Hispanic whites at 17.0 percent. Obesity varies less dramatically by race with 33.0 percent of non-Hispanic blacks who are obese compared to 29.5 percent of Hispanics and 28.1 percent of non-Hispanic whites.
State Health Department Web Site: www.idph.state.ia.us
