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Researchers estimate that the direct healthcare cost of obesity for the state of Illinois is $3,568 million. If current obesity levels are maintained, in 10 years Illinois could save $8,567 million off a projected $71,536 million healthcare bill. That’s $891 for every adult in the state.

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Illinois (2009)
America’s Health Rankings™

Ranking:
Illinois is 29th this year, unchanged from 2008.

Strengths:
Strengths include a low occupational fatalities rate at 3.8 deaths per 100,000 workers, ready availability of primary care physicians with 129.1 primary care physicians per 100,000 population and a high rate of high school graduation with 79.7 percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate within four years.

Challenges:
Challenges include a high prevalence of binge drinking at 19.4 percent of the population, a high rate of preventable hospitalizations with 85.8 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees, high levels of air pollution at 13.2 micrograms of fine particulate per cubic meter and a high violent crime rate at 525 offenses per 100,000 population. Illinois ranks lower for determinants than for health outcomes, indicating that overall healthiness may decline over time.

Significant Changes:

In the past year, the percentage of children in poverty increased from 14.3 percent to 19.3 percent of persons under age 18.

In the past five years, the rate of deaths from cardiovascular disease decreased from 341.2 to 293.8 deaths per 100,000 population.

In the past ten years, immunization coverage increased from 57.2 percent to 78.1 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.

Since 1990, the prevalence of obesity increased from 10.9 percent to 26.8 percent of the population.

Health Disparities:
In Illinois, obesity is more prevalent among non-Hispanic blacks at 34.0 percent than non-Hispanic whites at 24.5percent. The prevalence of diabetes also varies by race and ethnicity in the state; 14.6 percent of non-Hispanic blacks have diabetes compared to 7.3 percent of non-Hispanic whites. In addition, mortality rates vary in Illinois, with 1,083.1 deaths per 100,000 population among blacks compared to whites, who experience 788.7 deaths per 100,000 population.

State Health Department Web Site: www.idph.state.il.us/

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Illinois - Core Measures
	2009		2008		No. 1
Behaviors	Value	Rank	Value	Rank	State
High School Graduation (Percent of incoming ninth graders)	79.7	17	79.4	19	87.5
Prevalence of Obesity (Percent of population)	26.8	27	25.6	21	19.1
Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of population)	21.3	38	20.1	29	9.3
Prevalence of Binge Drinking (Percent of population)	19.4	47	19.4	47	9.0
Community & Environment
Occupational Fatalities (Deaths per 100,000 workers)	3.8	9	4.2	8	3.1
Infectious Disease (Cases per 100,000 population)	16.4	33	19.1	38	2.4
Air Pollution (Micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter)	13.2	42	14.6	47	4.8
Children in Poverty (Percent of persons under age 18)	19.3	29	14.3	20	8.6
Violent Crime (Offenses per 100,000 population)	525	40	533	40	117
Public & Health Policies
Lack of Health Insurance (Percent of population)	13.1	25	13.7	24	5.4
Immunization Coverage (Percent of children ages 19 to 35 months)	78.1	21	76.9	42	85.0
Public Health Funding (Dollars per person)	$55	36	$56	35	$220
Clinical Care
Prenatal Care (Percent of pregnant women)	73.9	18	73.4	23	86.1
Preventable Hospitalizations (Number per 1,000 Medicare enrollees)	85.8	42	89.4	42	29.3
Primary Care Physicians (Number per 100,000 population)	129.1	11	128.9	10	190.0
Health Outcomes
Premature Death (Years lost per 100,000 population)	7472	24	7193	22	5595
Poor Physical Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days)	3.5	28	3.4	18	2.7
Infant Mortality (Deaths per 1,000 live births)	7.3	32	7.2	32	4.8
Poor Mental Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days)	3.3	22	3.1	12	2.2
Geographic Disparity (Relative standard deviation)	10.3	19	9.9	20	4.3
Cancer Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population)	200.5	34	201.2	35	144.7
Cardiovascular Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population)	293.8	32	303.2	31	212.6

Summation
All Determinants	-0.112	33	-0.068	33	0.827
All Outcomes	0.056	24	0.088	25	0.348
Overall	-0.056	29	0.020	29	1.064

Illinois - Supplemental Measures
	2009		2008		No. 1
Behaviors	Value	Rank	Value	Rank	State
Cholesterol Check (Percent of adult population)	74.4	26	74.4	26	84.6
Recent Dental Visit (Percent of adult population)	68.8	31	68.8	27	80.2
Daily Vegetables and Fruit (Percent of population)	24.6	23	24.6	23	30.0
Physical Activity (Percent of adult population)	72.0	41	77.0	26	81.9
Chronic Disease
Stroke (Percent of adult population)	2.6	26	2.8	31	1.8
High Cholesterol (Percent of adult population)	36.3	13	36.3	13	32.4
High Blood Pressure (Percent of adult population)	28.0	29	28.0	29	19.7
Heart Attack (Percent of adult population)	4.1	20	3.8	13	2.9
Cardiac Heart Disease (Percent of adult population)	4.3	27	3.8	16	2.7
Diabetes (Percent of adult population)	8.3	27	8.8	35	5.9
Economic
Per Capita Personal Income (Dollars per person)	$42397	12	$41012	13	$56248
Underemployment Rate (Percent)	11.7	43	8.6	38	5.7
Annual Unemployment Rate (Percent)	6.5	42	5.1	39	3.0
Median Household Income (Dollars per household)	$53254	16	$54523	17	$66176
August 2009 Unemployment Rate (Percent)	10.0	37	6.7	41	4.3
Health Outcomes
Health Status (Percent report fair or poor health)	15.2	27	17.3	36	10.7

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