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Researchers estimate that the direct healthcare cost of obesity for the state of Michigan is $3,186 million. If current obesity levels are maintained, in 10 years Michigan could save $6,866 million off a projected $57,968 million healthcare bill. That’s $867 for every adult in the state.
 
 
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Michigan (2009)
 
America’s Health Rankings™
Ranking:
Michigan is 30th this year; it was 31st in 2008.

Strengths:
Strengths include a low rate of uninsured population at 11.7 percent, a low occupational fatalities rate at 3.8 deaths per 100,000 workers and low geographic disparity within the state at 9.0 percent.

Challenges:
Challenges include a high prevalence of binge drinking at 18.1 percent of the population, a high prevalence of obesity at 29.5 percent of the population, and a high rate of deaths from cardiovascular disease at 317.9 deaths per 100,000 population.

Significant Changes:
In the past year, the percentage of children in poverty increased from 15.8 percent to 19.1 percent of persons under age 18. In the past five years, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 26.1 percent to 20.4 percent of the population. In the past ten years, immunization coverage increased from 46.7 percent to 76.8 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations. Since 1990, the prevalence of obesity increased from 14.1 percent to 29.5 percent of the population.

Health Disparities:
In Michigan, obesity is more prevalent among non-Hispanic blacks at 38.0 percent than non-Hispanic whites at 27.4 percent. The prevalence of diabetes also varies by race and ethnicity in the state; 13.4 percent of non-Hispanic blacks have diabetes compared to 8.1 percent of non-Hispanic whites. In addition, mortality rates vary in Michigan, with 1,084.2 deaths per 100,000 population among blacks compared to whites, who experience 810.7 deaths per 100,000 population.

State Health Department Web Site:         www.michigan.gov/mdch

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Michigan - Core Measures
  2009 2008 No. 1
Behaviors Value Rank Value Rank State
High School Graduation (Percent of incoming ninth graders) 72.2 36 73.0 38 87.5
Prevalence of Obesity (Percent of population) 29.5 41 28.2 35 19.1
Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of population) 20.4 35 21.1 34 9.3
Prevalence of Binge Drinking (Percent of population) 18.1 43 18.2 43 9.0
Community & Environment          
Occupational Fatalities (Deaths per 100,000 workers) 3.8 9 3.7 5 3.1
Infectious Disease (Cases per 100,000 population) 10.7 21 12.3 23 2.4
Air Pollution (Micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter) 12.1 34 13.0 38 4.8
Children in Poverty (Percent of persons under age 18) 19.1 28 15.8 28 8.6
Violent Crime (Offenses per 100,000 population) 501 35 536 41 117
Public & Health Policies          
Lack of Health Insurance (Percent of population) 11.7 16 11.0 13 5.4
Immunization Coverage (Percent of children ages 19 to 35 months) 76.8 28 80.6 21 85.0
Public Health Funding (Dollars per person) $49 39 $48 41 $220
Clinical Care          
Prenatal Care (Percent of pregnant women) 78.1 8 77.9 12 86.1
Preventable Hospitalizations (Number per 1,000 Medicare enrollees) 74.9 30 77.6 30 29.3
Primary Care Physicians (Number per 100,000 population) 114.2 26 112.9 29 190.0
Health Outcomes          
Premature Death (Years lost per 100,000 population) 7725 29 7691 29 5595
Poor Physical Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) 3.5 28 3.5 23 2.7
Infant Mortality (Deaths per 1,000 live births) 7.6 36 7.6 35 4.8
Poor Mental Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) 3.5 32 3.7 41 2.2
Geographic Disparity (Relative standard deviation) 9.0 13 8.8 13 4.3
Cancer Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) 199.9 33 199.3 33 144.7
Cardiovascular Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) 317.9 41 327.0 41 212.6
 
Summation          
All Determinants -0.088 30 -0.021 28 0.827
All Outcomes 0.025 31 0.017 32 0.348
Overall -0.063 30 -0.004 31 1.064

Michigan - Supplemental Measures
  2009 2008 No. 1
Behaviors Value Rank Value Rank State
Cholesterol Check (Percent of adult population) 78.3 15 78.3 15 84.6
Recent Dental Visit (Percent of adult population) 76.0 6 75.1 8 80.2
Daily Vegetables and Fruit (Percent of population) 21.3 37 21.3 37 30.0
Physical Activity (Percent of adult population) 74.8 28 79.2 15 81.9
Chronic Disease          
Stroke (Percent of adult population) 3.0 38 2.8 31 1.8
High Cholesterol (Percent of adult population) 39.9 46 39.9 46 32.4
High Blood Pressure (Percent of adult population) 28.6 35 28.6 35 19.7
Heart Attack (Percent of adult population) 4.5 33 4.9 38 2.9
Cardiac Heart Disease (Percent of adult population) 4.7 35 4.9 37 2.7
Diabetes (Percent of adult population) 9.0 34 8.8 35 5.9
Economic          
Per Capita Personal Income (Dollars per person) $35299 34 $34423 33 $56248
Underemployment Rate (Percent) 15.1 50 12.8 50 5.7
Annual Unemployment Rate (Percent) 8.4 50 7.1 50 3.0
Median Household Income (Dollars per household) $49788 27 $51266 20 $66176
August 2009 Unemployment Rate (Percent) 15.2 50 8.6 50 4.3
Health Outcomes          
Health Status (Percent report fair or poor health) 14.4 25 14.4 22 10.7


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