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Virginia
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Virginia (2009)
America’s Health Rankings™
Ranking:
Virginia is 21st this year, unchanged from 2008.
Strengths:
Strengths include a low prevalence of smoking at 16.4 percent of
the population, a low violent crime rate at 256 offenses per 100.000 population,
ready availability of primary care physicians with 125.0 primary care physicians
per 100,000 population and few poor mental health days per month at 3.0 days in
the previous 30 days. Virginia ranks higher for health determinants than for health
outcomes, indicating that overall healthiness should improve over time.
Challenges:
Challenges include high levels of air pollution at 12.1 micrograms
of fine particulate per cubic meter, low immunization coverage with 73.2 percent
of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations and high geographic
disparity within the state at 14.9 percent.
Significant Changes:
In the past year, the rate of preventable hospitalizations decreased from 70.2 to
64.8 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees.
In the past five years, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 22.0 percent to
16.4 percent of the population.
In the past ten years, the rate of deaths from cardiovascular disease decreased
from 361.4 to 282.1 deaths per 100,000 population.
Since 1990, the prevalence of obesity increased from 9.9 percent to 25.7 percent
of the population.
Health Disparities:
In Virginia, obesity is more prevalent among non-Hispanic blacks
at 35.9 percent than non-Hispanic whites at 24.8 percent. The prevalence of diabetes
also varies by race and ethnicity in the state; 14.9 percent of non-Hispanic blacks
have diabetes compared to 7.0 percent of non-Hispanic whites. In addition, mortality
rates vary in Virginia, with 1,012.4 deaths per 100,000 population among blacks
compared to whites, who experience 791.6 deaths per 100,000 population.
State Health Department Web Site:
www.vdh.state.va.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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| Virginia - Core Measures | | | 2009 | 2008 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | High School Graduation (Percent of incoming ninth graders) | 74.5 | 31 | 79.6 | 18 | 87.5 | | Prevalence of Obesity (Percent of population) | 25.7 | 20 | 25.3 | 18 | 19.1 | | Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of population) | 16.4 | 11 | 18.5 | 14 | 9.3 | | Prevalence of Binge Drinking (Percent of population) | 15.0 | 21 | 14.8 | 17 | 9.0 | | Community & Environment | | | | | | | Occupational Fatalities (Deaths per 100,000 workers) | 4.8 | 19 | 5.5 | 22 | 3.1 | | Infectious Disease (Cases per 100,000 population) | 13.8 | 28 | 14.9 | 27 | 2.4 | | Air Pollution (Micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter) | 12.1 | 34 | 12.6 | 35 | 4.8 | | Children in Poverty (Percent of persons under age 18) | 14.8 | 16 | 13.3 | 15 | 8.6 | | Violent Crime (Offenses per 100,000 population) | 255 | 10 | 269 | 11 | 117 | | Public & Health Policies | | | | | | | Lack of Health Insurance (Percent of population) | 13.6 | 26 | 14.1 | 29 | 5.4 | | Immunization Coverage (Percent of children ages 19 to 35 months) | 73.2 | 40 | 79.6 | 30 | 85.0 | | Public Health Funding (Dollars per person) | $81 | 21 | $110 | 9 | $220 | | Clinical Care | | | | | | | Prenatal Care (Percent of pregnant women) | 73.7 | 20 | 74.9 | 18 | 86.1 | | Preventable Hospitalizations (Number per 1,000 Medicare enrollees) | 64.8 | 17 | 70.2 | 21 | 29.3 | | Primary Care Physicians (Number per 100,000 population) | 125.0 | 14 | 124.0 | 13 | 190.0 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Premature Death (Years lost per 100,000 population) | 7175 | 21 | 7152 | 21 | 5595 | | Poor Physical Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 3.3 | 15 | 3.2 | 12 | 2.7 | | Infant Mortality (Deaths per 1,000 live births) | 7.3 | 32 | 7.0 | 30 | 4.8 | | Poor Mental Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 3.0 | 9 | 3.0 | 8 | 2.2 | | Geographic Disparity (Relative standard deviation) | 14.9 | 39 | 15.5 | 41 | 4.3 | | Cancer Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 196.4 | 28 | 198.0 | 29 | 144.7 | | Cardiovascular Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 282.1 | 27 | 291.0 | 28 | 212.6 | | | | Summation | | | | | | | All Determinants | 0.227 | 20 | 0.306 | 17 | 0.827 | | All Outcomes | 0.054 | 25 | 0.061 | 27 | 0.348 | | Overall | 0.281 | 21 | 0.367 | 21 | 1.064 |
| Virginia - Supplemental Measures | | | 2009 | 2008 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | Cholesterol Check (Percent of adult population) | 79.6 | 10 | 79.6 | 10 | 84.6 | | Recent Dental Visit (Percent of adult population) | 75.1 | 11 | 73.2 | 15 | 80.2 | | Daily Vegetables and Fruit (Percent of population) | 26.3 | 14 | 26.3 | 14 | 30.0 | | Physical Activity (Percent of adult population) | 76.4 | 18 | 78.4 | 17 | 81.9 | | Chronic Disease | | | | | | | Stroke (Percent of adult population) | 2.6 | 26 | 2.5 | 19 | 1.8 | | High Cholesterol (Percent of adult population) | 37.4 | 22 | 37.4 | 22 | 32.4 | | High Blood Pressure (Percent of adult population) | 27.1 | 25 | 27.1 | 25 | 19.7 | | Heart Attack (Percent of adult population) | 4.1 | 20 | 3.8 | 13 | 2.9 | | Cardiac Heart Disease (Percent of adult population) | 4.0 | 17 | 4.0 | 19 | 2.7 | | Diabetes (Percent of adult population) | 7.9 | 22 | 8.0 | 25 | 5.9 | | Economic | | | | | | | Per Capita Personal Income (Dollars per person) | $42876 | 8 | $41727 | 8 | $56248 | | Underemployment Rate (Percent) | 7.5 | 7 | 6.1 | 6 | 5.7 | | Annual Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 4.0 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 3.0 | | Median Household Income (Dollars per household) | $61985 | 7 | $61434 | 8 | $66176 | | August 2009 Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 6.5 | 5 | 4.1 | 8 | 4.3 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Health Status (Percent report fair or poor health) | 12.7 | 12 | 14.2 | 21 | 10.7 |
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