|
State
|
|
Compare Years
|
|
|
Compare States
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rankings by Measure
|
|
|
|
|
|
Home
>
E-Rankings by State >
Maine
|
|
Maine (2009)
America’s Health Rankings™
Ranking:
Maine is 9th this year; it was 12th in 2008.
Strengths:
Strengths include a low violent crime rate at 118 offenses per
100,000 population, a low rate of uninsured population at 9.6 percent, low geographic
disparity within the state at 7.8 percent and ready availability of primary care
physicians with 129.3 primary care physicians per 100,000 population. Maine ranks
higher for determinants than for health outcomes, indicating that overall healthiness
should improve over time.
Challenges:
Challenges include a high rate of cancer deaths at 211.3 deaths
per 100,000 population, low public health funding at $61 per person and low immunization
coverage with 76.2 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.
Significant Changes:
In the past year, public health funding increased from $51 to $61 per person.
In the past five years, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 23.7 percent to
18.1 percent of the population.
In the past ten years, the prevalence of obesity increased from 17.4 percent to
25.8 percent of the population.
Since 1990, the rate of deaths from cardiovascular disease decreased from 408.0
to 256.0 deaths per 100,000 population.
Health Disparities:
In Maine, smoking is more prevalent among Hispanics at 24.4 percent
than non-Hispanic whites at 19.4 percent. Mortality rates vary by race and ethnicity
in Maine, with 822.1 deaths per 100,000 population among whites compared to Hispanics,
who experience 306.5 deaths per 100,000 population.
State Health Department Web Site:
www.maine.gov/dhhs
|
Download this state summary as a PDF file
|
|
|
|
|
|
New! Supplemental Measures
|
|
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
|
|
View Supplemental Measures
|
|
|
| Maine - Core Measures | | | 2009 | 2008 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | High School Graduation (Percent of incoming ninth graders) | 76.3 | 26 | 78.6 | 23 | 87.5 | | Prevalence of Obesity (Percent of population) | 25.8 | 22 | 25.2 | 17 | 19.1 | | Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of population) | 18.1 | 23 | 20.2 | 30 | 9.3 | | Prevalence of Binge Drinking (Percent of population) | 15.8 | 25 | 16.0 | 27 | 9.0 | | Community & Environment | | | | | | | Occupational Fatalities (Deaths per 100,000 workers) | 4.6 | 18 | 5.1 | 19 | 3.1 | | Infectious Disease (Cases per 100,000 population) | 7.9 | 12 | 6.6 | 10 | 2.4 | | Air Pollution (Micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter) | 9.4 | 18 | 9.7 | 18 | 4.8 | | Children in Poverty (Percent of persons under age 18) | 17.1 | 21 | 14.4 | 21 | 8.6 | | Violent Crime (Offenses per 100,000 population) | 117 | 1 | 118 | 1 | 117 | | Public & Health Policies | | | | | | | Lack of Health Insurance (Percent of population) | 9.6 | 6 | 9.0 | 5 | 5.4 | | Immunization Coverage (Percent of children ages 19 to 35 months) | 76.2 | 32 | 77.6 | 40 | 85.0 | | Public Health Funding (Dollars per person) | $61 | 32 | $50 | 38 | $220 | | Clinical Care | | | | | | | Prenatal Care (Percent of pregnant women) | 83.4 | 2 | 83.9 | 1 | 86.1 | | Preventable Hospitalizations (Number per 1,000 Medicare enrollees) | 64.5 | 16 | 66.0 | 15 | 29.3 | | Primary Care Physicians (Number per 100,000 population) | 129.3 | 10 | 125.3 | 12 | 190.0 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Premature Death (Years lost per 100,000 population) | 6594 | 16 | 6877 | 20 | 5595 | | Poor Physical Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 3.5 | 28 | 3.7 | 36 | 2.7 | | Infant Mortality (Deaths per 1,000 live births) | 6.6 | 25 | 6.4 | 23 | 4.8 | | Poor Mental Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 3.5 | 32 | 3.5 | 31 | 2.2 | | Geographic Disparity (Relative standard deviation) | 7.8 | 7 | 8.4 | 11 | 4.3 | | Cancer Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 211.3 | 43 | 212.2 | 44 | 144.7 | | Cardiovascular Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 256.0 | 17 | 265.3 | 18 | 212.6 | | | | Summation | | | | | | | All Determinants | 0.435 | 8 | 0.410 | 10 | 0.827 | | All Outcomes | 0.134 | 21 | 0.113 | 22 | 0.348 | | Overall | 0.569 | 9 | 0.523 | 12 | 1.064 |
| Maine - Supplemental Measures | | | 2009 | 2008 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | Cholesterol Check (Percent of adult population) | 81.3 | 4 | 81.3 | 4 | 84.6 | | Recent Dental Visit (Percent of adult population) | 71.4 | 23 | 70.9 | 21 | 80.2 | | Daily Vegetables and Fruit (Percent of population) | 28.6 | 4 | 28.6 | 4 | 30.0 | | Physical Activity (Percent of adult population) | 77.1 | 13 | 79.7 | 14 | 81.9 | | Chronic Disease | | | | | | | Stroke (Percent of adult population) | 2.7 | 33 | 2.7 | 29 | 1.8 | | High Cholesterol (Percent of adult population) | 40.2 | 48 | 40.2 | 48 | 32.4 | | High Blood Pressure (Percent of adult population) | 28.7 | 36 | 28.7 | 36 | 19.7 | | Heart Attack (Percent of adult population) | 5.0 | 39 | 5.0 | 42 | 2.9 | | Cardiac Heart Disease (Percent of adult population) | 5.2 | 42 | 5.2 | 42 | 2.7 | | Diabetes (Percent of adult population) | 8.2 | 24 | 7.8 | 22 | 5.9 | | Economic | | | | | | | Per Capita Personal Income (Dollars per person) | $35381 | 33 | $33991 | 34 | $56248 | | Underemployment Rate (Percent) | 10.9 | 36 | 8.9 | 40 | 5.7 | | Annual Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 5.4 | 27 | 4.6 | 30 | 3.0 | | Median Household Income (Dollars per household) | $47228 | 31 | $49734 | 30 | $66176 | | August 2009 Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 8.6 | 24 | 5.4 | 25 | 4.3 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Health Status (Percent report fair or poor health) | 13.0 | 13 | 13.5 | 18 | 10.7 |
|
|
|