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Nebraska
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Nebraska (2009)
America’s Health Rankings™
Ranking:
Nebraska is 16th this year; it was 9th in 2008.
Strengths:
Strengths include a high rate of high school graduation with 87.0
percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate in four years, few poor mental and
physical health days per month at 2.5 days and 2.7 days in the previous 30 days,
respectively, low levels of air pollution at 8.0 micrograms of fine particulate
per cubic meter and a low infant mortality rate at 5.6 deaths per 1,000 live births.
Challenges:
Challenges include a high prevalence of binge drinking at 18.6
percent of the population and low immunization coverage with 74.8 percent of children
ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations. Nebraska 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 85.2 percent to 74.8 percent
of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.
In the past five years, the percentage of children in poverty increased from 11.0
percent to 16.2 percent of persons under age 18.
In the past ten years, the prevalence of smoking declined from 22.0 percent to 18.3
percent of the population.
Since 1990, the prevalence of obesity increased from 11.6 percent to 27.2 percent
of the population.
Health Disparities:
In Nebraska, obesity is more prevalent among non-Hispanic blacks
at 37.0 percent than non-Hispanic whites at 26.6 percent. The prevalence of diabetes
also varies by race and ethnicity in the state; 10.4 percent of non-Hispanic blacks
have diabetes compared to 7.4 percent of non-Hispanic whites. In addition, mortality
rates vary in Nebraska, with 1,016.2 deaths per 100,000 population among blacks
compared to whites, who experience 752.1 deaths per 100,000 population.
State Health Department Web Site:
www.hhs.state.ne.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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| Nebraska - Core Measures | | | 2009 | 2008 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | High School Graduation (Percent of incoming ninth graders) | 87.0 | 2 | 87.8 | 1 | 87.5 | | Prevalence of Obesity (Percent of population) | 27.2 | 30 | 26.5 | 27 | 19.1 | | Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of population) | 18.3 | 25 | 19.9 | 28 | 9.3 | | Prevalence of Binge Drinking (Percent of population) | 18.6 | 46 | 18.0 | 41 | 9.0 | | Community & Environment | | | | | | | Occupational Fatalities (Deaths per 100,000 workers) | 6.0 | 36 | 6.3 | 29 | 3.1 | | Infectious Disease (Cases per 100,000 population) | 9.8 | 17 | 8.4 | 13 | 2.4 | | Air Pollution (Micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter) | 8.0 | 10 | 8.2 | 9 | 4.8 | | Children in Poverty (Percent of persons under age 18) | 16.2 | 19 | 13.1 | 13 | 8.6 | | Violent Crime (Offenses per 100,000 population) | 303 | 21 | 302 | 21 | 117 | | Public & Health Policies | | | | | | | Lack of Health Insurance (Percent of population) | 12.6 | 21 | 12.8 | 20 | 5.4 | | Immunization Coverage (Percent of children ages 19 to 35 months) | 74.8 | 36 | 85.2 | 6 | 85.0 | | Public Health Funding (Dollars per person) | $70 | 26 | $67 | 29 | $220 | | Clinical Care | | | | | | | Prenatal Care (Percent of pregnant women) | 66.7 | 26 | 65.4 | 30 | 86.1 | | Preventable Hospitalizations (Number per 1,000 Medicare enrollees) | 69.4 | 24 | 73.3 | 24 | 29.3 | | Primary Care Physicians (Number per 100,000 population) | 116.5 | 22 | 115.4 | 23 | 190.0 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Premature Death (Years lost per 100,000 population) | 6480 | 15 | 6268 | 10 | 5595 | | Poor Physical Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 2.7 | 1 | 2.8 | 2 | 2.7 | | Infant Mortality (Deaths per 1,000 live births) | 5.6 | 8 | 5.7 | 10 | 4.8 | | Poor Mental Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 2.5 | 2 | 2.6 | 5 | 2.2 | | Geographic Disparity (Relative standard deviation) | 12.5 | 33 | 13.6 | 38 | 4.3 | | Cancer Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 183.9 | 13 | 182.4 | 10 | 144.7 | | Cardiovascular Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 253.4 | 13 | 265.0 | 16 | 212.6 | | | | Summation | | | | | | | All Determinants | 0.208 | 21 | 0.349 | 12 | 0.827 | | All Outcomes | 0.267 | 3 | 0.246 | 7 | 0.348 | | Overall | 0.475 | 16 | 0.596 | 9 | 1.064 |
| Nebraska - Supplemental Measures | | | 2009 | 2008 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | Cholesterol Check (Percent of adult population) | 73.8 | 29 | 73.8 | 29 | 84.6 | | Recent Dental Visit (Percent of adult population) | 71.3 | 25 | 72.6 | 16 | 80.2 | | Daily Vegetables and Fruit (Percent of population) | 24.1 | 27 | 24.1 | 27 | 30.0 | | Physical Activity (Percent of adult population) | 75.3 | 25 | 77.8 | 22 | 81.9 | | Chronic Disease | | | | | | | Stroke (Percent of adult population) | 2.1 | 7 | 2.6 | 25 | 1.8 | | High Cholesterol (Percent of adult population) | 36.6 | 15 | 36.6 | 15 | 32.4 | | High Blood Pressure (Percent of adult population) | 26.5 | 20 | 26.5 | 20 | 19.7 | | Heart Attack (Percent of adult population) | 4.0 | 18 | 3.8 | 13 | 2.9 | | Cardiac Heart Disease (Percent of adult population) | 4.1 | 20 | 3.7 | 12 | 2.7 | | Diabetes (Percent of adult population) | 7.7 | 19 | 7.1 | 13 | 5.9 | | Economic | | | | | | | Per Capita Personal Income (Dollars per person) | $37730 | 25 | $36372 | 24 | $56248 | | Underemployment Rate (Percent) | 6.1 | 2 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.7 | | Annual Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 3.3 | 4 | 2.9 | 3 | 3.0 | | Median Household Income (Dollars per household) | $50728 | 22 | $51063 | 22 | $66176 | | August 2009 Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 5.0 | 3 | 3.3 | 2 | 4.3 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Health Status (Percent report fair or poor health) | 11.8 | 6 | 12.1 | 4 | 10.7 |
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