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Researchers estimate that the direct healthcare cost of obesity for the state of Indiana is $1,981 million. If current obesity levels are maintained, in 10 years Indiana could save $3,601 million off a projected $36,574 million healthcare bill. That’s $754 for every adult in the state.

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Indiana (2009)
America’s Health Rankings™

Ranking:
Indiana is 35th this year, unchanged from 2008.

Strengths:
Strengths include a low rate of uninsured population at 11.9 percent, a low incidence of infectious disease at 8.9 cases per 100,000 population and low geographic disparity within the state at 8.5 percent.

Challenges:
Challenges include a high prevalence of smoking at 26.0 percent of the population (the same rate as in 1999), high levels of air pollution at 13.2 micrograms of fine particulate per cubic meter, low public health funding at $36 per person and a high percentage of children in poverty at 23.3 percent of persons under age 18. Indiana ranks lower for determinants than for health outcomes, indicating that overall healthiness may decline over time.

Significant Changes:

In the past year, the rate of preventable hospitalizations decreased from 83.2 to 78.6 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees.

In the past five years, the percentage of children in poverty increased from 13.7 percent to 23.3 percent of persons under age 18.

In the past ten years, immunization coverage increased from 41.8 percent to 78.4 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.

Since 1990, the rate of deaths from cardiovascular disease decreased from 425.0 to 310.0 deaths per 100,000 population.

Health Disparities:
In Indiana, obesity is more prevalent among non-Hispanic blacks at 36.7 percent than Hispanics at 22.7 percent and non-Hispanic whites at 27.2 percent. The prevalence of diabetes also varies by race and ethnicity in the state; 12.9 percent of non-Hispanic blacks have diabetes compared to 7.7 percent of Hispanics and 8.4 percent of non-Hispanic whites. In addition, mortality rates vary in Indiana, with 1,069.4 deaths per 100,000 population among blacks compared to Hispanics, who experience 455.9 deaths per 100,000 population and whites, who experience 862.0 deaths per 100,000 population.

State Health Department Web Site: www.in.gov/isdh

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Indiana - Core Measures
	2009		2008		No. 1
Behaviors	Value	Rank	Value	Rank	State
High School Graduation (Percent of incoming ninth graders)	73.3	32	73.2	36	87.5
Prevalence of Obesity (Percent of population)	26.9	28	27.4	30	19.1
Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of population)	26.0	49	24.1	45	9.3
Prevalence of Binge Drinking (Percent of population)	15.8	25	15.8	26	9.0
Community & Environment
Occupational Fatalities (Deaths per 100,000 workers)	5.7	28	6.7	32	3.1
Infectious Disease (Cases per 100,000 population)	8.9	13	9.0	14	2.4
Air Pollution (Micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter)	13.2	42	14.4	46	4.8
Children in Poverty (Percent of persons under age 18)	23.3	44	18.8	34	8.6
Violent Crime (Offenses per 100,000 population)	333	24	333	24	117
Public & Health Policies
Lack of Health Insurance (Percent of population)	11.9	18	11.6	16	5.4
Immunization Coverage (Percent of children ages 19 to 35 months)	78.4	18	76.8	43	85.0
Public Health Funding (Dollars per person)	$35	49	$33	50	$220
Clinical Care
Prenatal Care (Percent of pregnant women)	68.6	32	70.1	31	86.1
Preventable Hospitalizations (Number per 1,000 Medicare enrollees)	78.6	36	83.2	36	29.3
Primary Care Physicians (Number per 100,000 population)	101.8	36	101.9	37	190.0
Health Outcomes
Premature Death (Years lost per 100,000 population)	7948	33	8021	35	5595
Poor Physical Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days)	3.4	21	3.4	18	2.7
Infant Mortality (Deaths per 1,000 live births)	8.0	39	7.7	37	4.8
Poor Mental Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days)	3.4	28	3.4	27	2.2
Geographic Disparity (Relative standard deviation)	8.5	11	8.6	12	4.3
Cancer Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population)	208.3	40	209.0	40	144.7
Cardiovascular Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population)	310.0	37	317.9	37	212.6

Summation
All Determinants	-0.199	38	-0.203	38	0.827
All Outcomes	0.011	33	0.017	32	0.348
Overall	-0.188	35	-0.186	35	1.064

Indiana - Supplemental Measures
	2009		2008		No. 1
Behaviors	Value	Rank	Value	Rank	State
Cholesterol Check (Percent of adult population)	73.6	31	73.6	31	84.6
Recent Dental Visit (Percent of adult population)	68.3	34	68.0	34	80.2
Daily Vegetables and Fruit (Percent of population)	22.8	28	22.8	28	30.0
Physical Activity (Percent of adult population)	72.2	40	75.8	32	81.9
Chronic Disease
Stroke (Percent of adult population)	2.8	34	2.9	34	1.8
High Cholesterol (Percent of adult population)	38.5	34	38.5	34	32.4
High Blood Pressure (Percent of adult population)	27.9	28	27.9	28	19.7
Heart Attack (Percent of adult population)	5.0	39	5.2	45	2.9
Cardiac Heart Disease (Percent of adult population)	4.9	38	5.2	42	2.7
Diabetes (Percent of adult population)	9.5	37	8.5	31	5.9
Economic
Per Capita Personal Income (Dollars per person)	$34103	39	$33215	40	$56248
Underemployment Rate (Percent)	10.6	33	7.8	27	5.7
Annual Unemployment Rate (Percent)	5.9	34	4.6	30	3.0
Median Household Income (Dollars per household)	$46520	34	$49276	31	$66176
August 2009 Unemployment Rate (Percent)	9.9	36	6.0	33	4.3
Health Outcomes
Health Status (Percent report fair or poor health)	16.7	36	15.8	28	10.7

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