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Iowa (2009)
America’s Health Rankings™
Ranking:
Iowa is 15th this year; it was 16th in 2008.
Strengths:
Strengths include a high rate of high school graduation with 86.9
percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate within four years, a low rate of
uninsured population at 9.4 percent, a low infant mortality rate at 5.2 deaths per
1,000 live births and few poor mental and physical health days per month at 2.8
days and 3.1 days in the previous 30 days, respectively.
Challenges:
Challenges include a high prevalence of binge drinking at 20.1
percent of the population and limited availability of primary care physicians with
83.9 primary care physicians per 100,000 population. Iowa ranks lower for determinants
than for health outcomes, indicating that overall healthiness may decline over time.
Significant Changes:
In the past year, public health funding increased from $45 to $51 per person.
In the past five years, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 21.7 percent to
18.7 percent of the population.
In the past ten years, immunization coverage increased from 47.7 percent to 77.3
percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.
Since 1990, the prevalence of obesity increased from 12.8 percent to 26.7 percent
of the population.
Health Disparities:
In Iowa, smoking is more prevalent among non-Hispanic blacks at
34.8 percent than non-Hispanic whites at 19.5 percent. Mortality rates vary by race
and ethnicity in Iowa, with 1,000.9 deaths per 100,000 population among blacks compared
to whites, who experience 755.0 deaths per 100,000 population.
State Health Department Web Site:
www.idph.state.ia.us
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New! Supplemental Measures
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America’s Health Rankings™ have been expanded to include 15 more state-specific measures of health, from Daily Vegetable and Fruit intake to Incidence of High Blood Pressure and Diabetes. GO
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| Iowa - Core Measures | | | 2009 | 2008 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | High School Graduation (Percent of incoming ninth graders) | 86.9 | 3 | 86.6 | 3 | 87.5 | | Prevalence of Obesity (Percent of population) | 26.7 | 26 | 27.7 | 31 | 19.1 | | Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of population) | 18.7 | 28 | 19.8 | 25 | 9.3 | | Prevalence of Binge Drinking (Percent of population) | 20.1 | 48 | 20.3 | 48 | 9.0 | | Community & Environment | | | | | | | Occupational Fatalities (Deaths per 100,000 workers) | 6.1 | 37 | 6.2 | 27 | 3.1 | | Infectious Disease (Cases per 100,000 population) | 6.2 | 9 | 6.2 | 9 | 2.4 | | Air Pollution (Micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter) | 10.5 | 22 | 10.9 | 24 | 4.8 | | Children in Poverty (Percent of persons under age 18) | 13.8 | 11 | 13.5 | 16 | 8.6 | | Violent Crime (Offenses per 100,000 population) | 283 | 17 | 294 | 19 | 117 | | Public & Health Policies | | | | | | | Lack of Health Insurance (Percent of population) | 9.4 | 5 | 9.9 | 9 | 5.4 | | Immunization Coverage (Percent of children ages 19 to 35 months) | 77.3 | 27 | 80.0 | 26 | 85.0 | | Public Health Funding (Dollars per person) | $50 | 37 | $45 | 44 | $220 | | Clinical Care | | | | | | | Prenatal Care (Percent of pregnant women) | 78.8 | 7 | 80.0 | 8 | 86.1 | | Preventable Hospitalizations (Number per 1,000 Medicare enrollees) | 68.7 | 23 | 69.5 | 18 | 29.3 | | Primary Care Physicians (Number per 100,000 population) | 83.9 | 47 | 83.0 | 47 | 190.0 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Premature Death (Years lost per 100,000 population) | 6169 | 6 | 6211 | 8 | 5595 | | Poor Physical Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 3.1 | 5 | 2.9 | 4 | 2.7 | | Infant Mortality (Deaths per 1,000 live births) | 5.2 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 4.8 | | Poor Mental Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 2.8 | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.2 | | Geographic Disparity (Relative standard deviation) | 10.0 | 17 | 9.5 | 18 | 4.3 | | Cancer Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 190.7 | 20 | 191.1 | 21 | 144.7 | | Cardiovascular Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 270.0 | 23 | 277.9 | 23 | 212.6 | | | | Summation | | | | | | | All Determinants | 0.239 | 18 | 0.197 | 23 | 0.827 | | All Outcomes | 0.265 | 5 | 0.296 | 3 | 0.348 | | Overall | 0.503 | 15 | 0.493 | 16 | 1.064 |
| Iowa - Supplemental Measures | | | 2009 | 2008 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | Cholesterol Check (Percent of adult population) | 72.7 | 37 | 72.7 | 37 | 84.6 | | Recent Dental Visit (Percent of adult population) | 73.4 | 14 | 73.7 | 11 | 80.2 | | Daily Vegetables and Fruit (Percent of population) | 19.9 | 41 | 19.9 | 41 | 30.0 | | Physical Activity (Percent of adult population) | 74.9 | 27 | 77.9 | 20 | 81.9 | | Chronic Disease | | | | | | | Stroke (Percent of adult population) | 2.6 | 26 | 2.7 | 29 | 1.8 | | High Cholesterol (Percent of adult population) | 37.8 | 28 | 37.8 | 28 | 32.4 | | High Blood Pressure (Percent of adult population) | 26.8 | 22 | 26.8 | 22 | 19.7 | | Heart Attack (Percent of adult population) | 4.2 | 25 | 4.7 | 35 | 2.9 | | Cardiac Heart Disease (Percent of adult population) | 4.2 | 22 | 3.7 | 12 | 2.7 | | Diabetes (Percent of adult population) | 7.0 | 11 | 6.8 | 9 | 5.9 | | Economic | | | | | | | Per Capita Personal Income (Dollars per person) | $36680 | 29 | $34916 | 31 | $56248 | | Underemployment Rate (Percent) | 7.6 | 8 | 7.0 | 13 | 5.7 | | Annual Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 4.1 | 10 | 3.7 | 15 | 3.0 | | Median Household Income (Dollars per household) | $50142 | 26 | $50787 | 25 | $66176 | | August 2009 Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 6.8 | 8 | 4.2 | 9 | 4.3 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Health Status (Percent report fair or poor health) | 12.5 | 10 | 12.4 | 6 | 10.7 |
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