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Mississippi
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Mississippi (2009)
America’s Health Rankings™
Ranking:
Mississippi is 50th this year, unchanged from 2008.
Strengths:
Strengths include a low prevalence of binge drinking at 11.1 percent
of the population and a low violent crime rate at 285 offenses per 100,000 population.
Challenges:
Mississippi is among the bottom five states on 10 of the 22 measures.
Challenges include a high prevalence of obesity at 33.3 percent of the population,
a high percentage of children in poverty at 23.5 percent of persons under age 18,
a low high school graduation rate with 63.5 percent of incoming ninth graders who
graduate within four years, a high infant mortality rate at 11.0 deaths per 1,000
live births and a high rate of deaths from cardiovascular disease at 378.5 deaths
per 100,000 population.
Significant Changes:
In the past year, the percentage of children in poverty decreased from 32.8 percent
to 23.5 percent of persons under age 18.
In the past five years, the incidence of infectious disease declined from 26.9 to
17.2 cases per 100,000 population.
In the past ten years, immunization coverage increased from 38.1 percent to 76.5
percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.
Since 1990, the prevalence of obesity increased from 15.0 percent to 33.3 percent
of the population.
Health Disparities:
In Mississippi, obesity is more prevalent among non-Hispanic blacks
at 41.0 percent than non-Hispanic whites at 28.2 percent. The prevalence of diabetes
also varies by race and ethnicity in the state; 13.5 percent of non-Hispanic blacks
have diabetes compared to 10.0 percent of non-Hispanic whites. In addition, mortality
rates vary in Mississippi, with 1,145.4 deaths per 100,000 population among blacks
compared to whites, who experience 937.8 deaths per 100,000 population.
State Health Department Web Site:
www.msdh.state.ms.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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| Mississippi - Core Measures | | | 2009 | 1990 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | High School Graduation (Percent of incoming ninth graders) | 63.5 | 46 | - | - | 87.5 | | Prevalence of Obesity (Percent of population) | 33.3 | 50 | 15.0 | 49 | 19.1 | | Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of population) | 22.7 | 44 | 31.1 | 34 | 9.3 | | Prevalence of Binge Drinking (Percent of population) | 11.1 | 5 | - | - | 9.0 | | Community & Environment | | | | | | | Occupational Fatalities (Deaths per 100,000 workers) | 8.9 | 48 | 15.3 | 46 | 3.1 | | Infectious Disease (Cases per 100,000 population) | 17.2 | 34 | 27.3 | 20 | 2.4 | | Air Pollution (Micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter) | 11.4 | 29 | - | - | 4.8 | | Children in Poverty (Percent of persons under age 18) | 23.5 | 46 | 36.2 | 49 | 8.6 | | Violent Crime (Offenses per 100,000 population) | 284 | 18 | 269 | 14 | 117 | | Public & Health Policies | | | | | | | Lack of Health Insurance (Percent of population) | 18.3 | 43 | - | - | 5.4 | | Immunization Coverage (Percent of children ages 19 to 35 months) | 76.5 | 30 | - | - | 85.0 | | Public Health Funding (Dollars per person) | $64 | 29 | $- | - | $220 | | Clinical Care | | | | | | | Prenatal Care (Percent of pregnant women) | 74.1 | 17 | - | - | 86.1 | | Preventable Hospitalizations (Number per 1,000 Medicare enrollees) | 101.3 | 48 | - | - | 29.3 | | Primary Care Physicians (Number per 100,000 population) | 81.6 | 48 | - | - | 190.0 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Premature Death (Years lost per 100,000 population) | 11049 | 50 | 10941 | 50 | 5595 | | Poor Physical Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 4.1 | 44 | - | - | 2.7 | | Infant Mortality (Deaths per 1,000 live births) | 11.0 | 50 | 13.0 | 49 | 4.8 | | Poor Mental Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 4.1 | 47 | - | - | 2.2 | | Geographic Disparity (Relative standard deviation) | 13.3 | 36 | - | - | 4.3 | | Cancer Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 218.4 | 47 | 197.2 | 25 | 144.7 | | Cardiovascular Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 378.5 | 50 | 449.1 | 47 | 212.6 | | | | Summation | | | | | | | All Determinants | -0.479 | 50 | -0.304 | 42 | 0.827 | | All Outcomes | -0.310 | 50 | -0.429 | 50 | 0.348 | | Overall | -0.789 | 50 | -0.733 | 49 | 1.064 |
| Mississippi - Supplemental Measures | | | 2009 | 1990 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | Cholesterol Check (Percent of adult population) | 73.0 | 34 | - | - | 84.6 | | Recent Dental Visit (Percent of adult population) | 59.4 | 49 | - | - | 80.2 | | Daily Vegetables and Fruit (Percent of population) | 18.1 | 49 | - | - | 30.0 | | Physical Activity (Percent of adult population) | 67.4 | 50 | - | - | 81.9 | | Chronic Disease | | | | | | | Stroke (Percent of adult population) | 3.9 | 47 | - | - | 1.8 | | High Cholesterol (Percent of adult population) | 38.5 | 34 | - | - | 32.4 | | High Blood Pressure (Percent of adult population) | 33.7 | 49 | - | - | 19.7 | | Heart Attack (Percent of adult population) | 4.9 | 38 | - | - | 2.9 | | Cardiac Heart Disease (Percent of adult population) | 4.0 | 17 | - | - | 2.7 | | Diabetes (Percent of adult population) | 11.3 | 49 | - | - | 5.9 | | Economic | | | | | | | Per Capita Personal Income (Dollars per person) | $29569 | 50 | $12495 | 50 | $56248 | | Underemployment Rate (Percent) | 11.2 | 39 | - | - | 5.7 | | Annual Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 6.9 | 46 | 8.0 | 49 | 3.0 | | Median Household Income (Dollars per household) | $36446 | 50 | $33392 | 50 | $66176 | | August 2009 Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 9.5 | 33 | 7.4 | 48 | 4.3 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Health Status (Percent report fair or poor health) | 21.2 | 48 | - | - | 10.7 |
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