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Minnesota
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Minnesota (2009)
America’s Health Rankings™
Ranking:
Minnesota is 6th this year; it was 3rd in 2008.
Strengths:
Minnesota is among the top ten states on 11 of the 22 measures.
Strengths include a low premature death rate with 5,595 years of potential life
lost before age 75 per 100,000 population, a low rate of deaths from cardiovascular
disease at 212.6 deaths per 100,000 population, a low infant mortality rate at 5.1
deaths per 1,000 live births, a low rate of uninsured population at 8.5 percent
and a low occupational fatalities rate at 3.1 deaths per 100,000 workers.
Challenges:
Challenges include low public health funding at $41 per person
and a moderate prevalence of binge drinking at 17.2 percent of the population. Minnesota
ranks lower for determinants than for health outcomes, indicating that overall healthiness
may decline over time.
Significant Changes:
In the past year, immunization coverage decreased from 84.7 percent to 77.4 percent
of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.
In the past five years, the percentage of children in poverty increased from 9.7
percent to 15.6 percent of persons under age 18.
In the past ten years, the prevalence of obesity increased from 16.2 percent to
25.1 percent of the population.
Since 1990, the infant mortality rate declined from 8.9 to 5.1 deaths per 1,000
live births.
Health Disparities:
In Minnesota, smoking is more prevalent among Hispanics at 25.2
percent than non-Hispanic whites at 16.9 percent. Mortality rates vary by race and
ethnicity in Minnesota, with 697.3 deaths per 100,000 population among whites compared
to Hispanics, who experience 405.5 deaths per 100,000 population.
State Health Department Web Site:
www.health.state.mn.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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| Minnesota - Core Measures | | | 2009 | 2008 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | High School Graduation (Percent of incoming ninth graders) | 86.2 | 4 | 85.9 | 6 | 87.5 | | Prevalence of Obesity (Percent of population) | 25.1 | 13 | 26.0 | 24 | 19.1 | | Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of population) | 17.5 | 17 | 16.5 | 5 | 9.3 | | Prevalence of Binge Drinking (Percent of population) | 17.2 | 34 | 16.1 | 28 | 9.0 | | Community & Environment | | | | | | | Occupational Fatalities (Deaths per 100,000 workers) | 3.1 | 1 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.1 | | Infectious Disease (Cases per 100,000 population) | 9.2 | 14 | 10.0 | 16 | 2.4 | | Air Pollution (Micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter) | 8.6 | 13 | 8.7 | 12 | 4.8 | | Children in Poverty (Percent of persons under age 18) | 15.6 | 18 | 13.7 | 17 | 8.6 | | Violent Crime (Offenses per 100,000 population) | 262 | 13 | 288 | 16 | 117 | | Public & Health Policies | | | | | | | Lack of Health Insurance (Percent of population) | 8.5 | 3 | 8.8 | 4 | 5.4 | | Immunization Coverage (Percent of children ages 19 to 35 months) | 77.4 | 26 | 84.7 | 7 | 85.0 | | Public Health Funding (Dollars per person) | $40 | 46 | $45 | 43 | $220 | | Clinical Care | | | | | | | Prenatal Care (Percent of pregnant women) | 70.2 | 28 | 71.3 | 26 | 86.1 | | Preventable Hospitalizations (Number per 1,000 Medicare enrollees) | 57.8 | 9 | 65.6 | 14 | 29.3 | | Primary Care Physicians (Number per 100,000 population) | 139.5 | 9 | 137.7 | 9 | 190.0 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Premature Death (Years lost per 100,000 population) | 5595 | 1 | 5444 | 1 | 5595 | | Poor Physical Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 2.9 | 3 | 3.1 | 9 | 2.7 | | Infant Mortality (Deaths per 1,000 live births) | 5.1 | 4 | 5.2 | 7 | 4.8 | | Poor Mental Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 2.7 | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.2 | | Geographic Disparity (Relative standard deviation) | 10.8 | 23 | 10.9 | 28 | 4.3 | | Cancer Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 181.4 | 9 | 182.8 | 11 | 144.7 | | Cardiovascular Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 212.6 | 1 | 219.4 | 1 | 212.6 | | | | Summation | | | | | | | All Determinants | 0.481 | 7 | 0.590 | 6 | 0.827 | | All Outcomes | 0.348 | 1 | 0.339 | 1 | 0.348 | | Overall | 0.828 | 6 | 0.929 | 3 | 1.064 |
| Minnesota - Supplemental Measures | | | 2009 | 2008 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | Cholesterol Check (Percent of adult population) | 76.2 | 22 | 76.2 | 22 | 84.6 | | Recent Dental Visit (Percent of adult population) | 75.3 | 9 | 78.7 | 3 | 80.2 | | Daily Vegetables and Fruit (Percent of population) | 19.4 | 44 | 19.4 | 44 | 30.0 | | Physical Activity (Percent of adult population) | 81.9 | 1 | 83.3 | 1 | 81.9 | | Chronic Disease | | | | | | | Stroke (Percent of adult population) | 2.1 | 7 | 1.8 | 3 | 1.8 | | High Cholesterol (Percent of adult population) | 32.4 | 1 | 32.4 | 1 | 32.4 | | High Blood Pressure (Percent of adult population) | 21.4 | 3 | 21.4 | 3 | 19.7 | | Heart Attack (Percent of adult population) | 4.2 | 25 | 3.6 | 9 | 2.9 | | Cardiac Heart Disease (Percent of adult population) | 4.1 | 20 | 3.6 | 11 | 2.7 | | Diabetes (Percent of adult population) | 5.9 | 1 | 5.7 | 2 | 5.9 | | Economic | | | | | | | Per Capita Personal Income (Dollars per person) | $42772 | 10 | $41105 | 12 | $56248 | | Underemployment Rate (Percent) | 10.2 | 27 | 8.2 | 32 | 5.7 | | Annual Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 5.4 | 27 | 4.6 | 30 | 3.0 | | Median Household Income (Dollars per household) | $54925 | 13 | $60288 | 11 | $66176 | | August 2009 Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 8.0 | 19 | 5.4 | 25 | 4.3 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Health Status (Percent report fair or poor health) | 11.4 | 3 | 11.0 | 2 | 10.7 |
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