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Arkansas
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Arkansas (2009)
America’s Health Rankings™
Ranking:
Arkansas is 40th this year; it was 44th in 2008.
Strengths:
Strengths include a low prevalence of binge drinking at 11.5 percent of the population, a high rate of high school graduation with 80.4 percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate within four years and moderate geographic disparity within the state at 10.4 percent.
Challenges:
Challenges include a high prevalence of smoking at 22.3 percent of the population, a high prevalence of obesity at 29.5 percent of the population, a high occupational fatalities rate at 8.7 deaths per 100,000 workers, limited availability of primary care physicians with 98.5 primary care physicians per 100,000 population, a high premature death rate with 9,601 years of potential life lost before age 75 per 100,000 population and a high rate of cancer deaths at 213.3 deaths per 100,000 population.
Significant Changes:
 In the past year, the rate of preventable hospitalizations decreased from 92.7 to 90.2 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees.  In the past five years, the prevalence of obesity increased from 25.2 percent to 29.5 percent of the population. In the past five years, the rate of deaths from cardiovascular disease declined from 375.4 to 333.7 deaths per 100,000 population. In the past ten years, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 25.9 percent to 22.3 percent of the population.
Health Disparities:
In Arkansas, obesity is more prevalent among non-Hispanic blacks at 38.2 percent than Hispanics at 25.8 percent and non-Hispanic whites at 27.7 percent. The prevalence of diabetes also varies by race and ethnicity in the state; 10.9 percent of non-Hispanic blacks have diabetes compared to 5.5 percent of Hispanics and 8.8 percent of non-Hispanic whites. In addition, mortality rates vary considerably in Arkansas, with 1141.9 deaths per 100,000 population among blacks compared to Hispanics, who experience 326.9 deaths per 100,000 population.
State Health Department Web Site: www.healthyarkansas.com
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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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| Arkansas - Core Measures | | | 2009 | 1990 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | High School Graduation (Percent of incoming ninth graders) | 80.4 | 15 | - | - | 87.5 | | Prevalence of Obesity (Percent of population) | 29.5 | 41 | 13.2 | 41 | 19.1 | | Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of population) | 22.3 | 43 | 31.3 | 35 | 9.3 | | Prevalence of Binge Drinking (Percent of population) | 11.5 | 7 | - | - | 9.0 | | Community & Environment | | | | | | | Occupational Fatalities (Deaths per 100,000 workers) | 8.7 | 46 | 14.0 | 41 | 3.1 | | Infectious Disease (Cases per 100,000 population) | 15.1 | 29 | 37.0 | 35 | 2.4 | | Air Pollution (Micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter) | 11.8 | 32 | - | - | 4.8 | | Children in Poverty (Percent of persons under age 18) | 20.8 | 37 | 25.1 | 43 | 8.6 | | Violent Crime (Offenses per 100,000 population) | 503 | 36 | 413 | 23 | 117 | | Public & Health Policies | | | | | | | Lack of Health Insurance (Percent of population) | 17.0 | 40 | - | - | 5.4 | | Immunization Coverage (Percent of children ages 19 to 35 months) | 78.0 | 23 | - | - | 85.0 | | Public Health Funding (Dollars per person) | $62 | 30 | $- | - | $220 | | Clinical Care | | | | | | | Prenatal Care (Percent of pregnant women) | 63.4 | 41 | - | - | 86.1 | | Preventable Hospitalizations (Number per 1,000 Medicare enrollees) | 90.2 | 44 | - | - | 29.3 | | Primary Care Physicians (Number per 100,000 population) | 98.5 | 41 | - | - | 190.0 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Premature Death (Years lost per 100,000 population) | 9601 | 47 | 9523 | 44 | 5595 | | Poor Physical Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 4.0 | 43 | - | - | 2.7 | | Infant Mortality (Deaths per 1,000 live births) | 8.2 | 43 | 10.3 | 30 | 4.8 | | Poor Mental Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 3.4 | 28 | - | - | 2.2 | | Geographic Disparity (Relative standard deviation) | 10.4 | 20 | - | - | 4.3 | | Cancer Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 213.3 | 45 | 196.9 | 24 | 144.7 | | Cardiovascular Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 333.7 | 44 | 426.0 | 36 | 212.6 | | | | Summation | | | | | | | All Determinants | -0.281 | 41 | -0.279 | 40 | 0.827 | | All Outcomes | -0.135 | 43 | -0.168 | 35 | 0.348 | | Overall | -0.416 | 40 | -0.446 | 41 | 1.064 |
| Arkansas - Supplemental Measures | | | 2009 | 1990 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | Cholesterol Check (Percent of adult population) | 70.3 | 47 | - | - | 84.6 | | Recent Dental Visit (Percent of adult population) | 63.5 | 45 | - | - | 80.2 | | Daily Vegetables and Fruit (Percent of population) | 21.8 | 34 | - | - | 30.0 | | Physical Activity (Percent of adult population) | 70.2 | 45 | - | - | 81.9 | | Chronic Disease | | | | | | | Stroke (Percent of adult population) | 3.4 | 43 | - | - | 1.8 | | High Cholesterol (Percent of adult population) | 40.1 | 47 | - | - | 32.4 | | High Blood Pressure (Percent of adult population) | 31.3 | 44 | - | - | 19.7 | | Heart Attack (Percent of adult population) | 5.4 | 44 | - | - | 2.9 | | Cardiac Heart Disease (Percent of adult population) | 6.0 | 49 | - | - | 2.7 | | Diabetes (Percent of adult population) | 9.5 | 37 | - | - | 5.9 | | Economic | | | | | | | Per Capita Personal Income (Dollars per person) | $31266 | 47 | $13781 | 48 | $56248 | | Underemployment Rate (Percent) | 10.2 | 27 | - | - | 5.7 | | Annual Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 5.1 | 24 | 7.0 | 46 | 3.0 | | Median Household Income (Dollars per household) | $39586 | 47 | $35933 | 48 | $66176 | | August 2009 Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 7.1 | 12 | 6.7 | 45 | 4.3 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Health Status (Percent report fair or poor health) | 19.3 | 45 | - | - | 10.7 |
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