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Researchers estimate that the direct healthcare cost of obesity for the state of Ohio is $3,658 million. If current obesity levels are maintained, in 10 years Ohio could save $9,937 million off a projected $64,819 million healthcare bill. That’s $1,150 for every adult in the state.

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Ohio (2009)
America’s Health Rankings™

Ranking:
Ohio is 33rd this year; it was 34th in 2008.

Strengths:
Strengths include a low rate of uninsured population at 11.6 percent, high immunization coverage with 82.9 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations and low geographic disparity within the state at 9.2 percent. Ohio ranks higher for health determinants than for health outcomes, indicating that overall healthiness should improve over time.

Challenges:
Challenges include a high prevalence of obesity at 29.2 percent of the population, high levels of air pollution at 13.4 micrograms of fine particulate per cubic meter, low public health funding at $39 per person, a high rate of preventable hospitalizations at 84.2 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees, many poor mental health days per month at 3.9 days in the previous 30 days and a high rate of cancer deaths at 209.1 deaths per 100,000 population.

Significant Changes:

In the past year, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 23.1 percent to 20.1 percent of the population.

In the past five years, the percentage of children in poverty increased from 16.5 percent to 21.0 percent of persons under age 18.

In the past ten years, immunization coverage increased from 47.7 percent to 82.9 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.

Since 1990, the prevalence of obesity increased from 11.3 percent to 29.2 percent of the population.

Health Disparities:
In Ohio, obesity is more prevalent among non-Hispanic blacks at 43.1 percent than non-Hispanic whites at 27.7 percent. The prevalence of diabetes also varies by race and ethnicity in the state; 14.4 percent of non-Hispanic blacks have diabetes compared to 8.1 percent of non-Hispanic whites. In addition, mortality rates vary in Ohio, with 1,093.4 deaths per 100,000 population among blacks compared to whites, who experience 856.7 deaths per 100,000 population.

State Health Department Web Site: www.odh.ohio.gov

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Ohio - Core Measures
	2009		2008		No. 1
Behaviors	Value	Rank	Value	Rank	State
High School Graduation (Percent of incoming ninth graders)	79.2	19	80.2	16	87.5
Prevalence of Obesity (Percent of population)	29.2	40	28.1	34	19.1
Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of population)	20.1	34	23.1	43	9.3
Prevalence of Binge Drinking (Percent of population)	16.4	31	16.8	35	9.0
Community & Environment
Occupational Fatalities (Deaths per 100,000 workers)	4.0	12	4.3	12	3.1
Infectious Disease (Cases per 100,000 population)	10.0	18	10.4	19	2.4
Air Pollution (Micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter)	13.4	44	13.9	42	4.8
Children in Poverty (Percent of persons under age 18)	21.0	38	19.1	36	8.6
Violent Crime (Offenses per 100,000 population)	348	26	343	25	117
Public & Health Policies
Lack of Health Insurance (Percent of population)	11.6	15	10.9	11	5.4
Immunization Coverage (Percent of children ages 19 to 35 months)	82.9	6	80.4	23	85.0
Public Health Funding (Dollars per person)	$38	47	$38	47	$220
Clinical Care
Prenatal Care (Percent of pregnant women)	59.6	44	70.7	28	86.1
Preventable Hospitalizations (Number per 1,000 Medicare enrollees)	84.2	41	88.0	40	29.3
Primary Care Physicians (Number per 100,000 population)	118.9	20	118.2	21	190.0
Health Outcomes
Premature Death (Years lost per 100,000 population)	7720	28	7912	32	5595
Poor Physical Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days)	3.6	32	3.7	36	2.7
Infant Mortality (Deaths per 1,000 live births)	8.0	39	8.1	41	4.8
Poor Mental Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days)	3.9	45	3.8	43	2.2
Geographic Disparity (Relative standard deviation)	9.2	14	9.0	15	4.3
Cancer Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population)	209.1	42	209.0	40	144.7
Cardiovascular Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population)	310.7	38	320.3	38	212.6

Summation
All Determinants	-0.056	28	-0.064	32	0.827
All Outcomes	-0.028	36	-0.039	37	0.348
Overall	-0.084	33	-0.103	34	1.064

Ohio - Supplemental Measures
	2009		2008		No. 1
Behaviors	Value	Rank	Value	Rank	State
Cholesterol Check (Percent of adult population)	74.3	27	74.3	27	84.6
Recent Dental Visit (Percent of adult population)	72.1	20	73.4	14	80.2
Daily Vegetables and Fruit (Percent of population)	20.8	38	20.8	38	30.0
Physical Activity (Percent of adult population)	73.9	33	75.7	33	81.9
Chronic Disease
Stroke (Percent of adult population)	2.9	37	3.1	38	1.8
High Cholesterol (Percent of adult population)	39.6	43	39.6	43	32.4
High Blood Pressure (Percent of adult population)	28.4	33	28.4	33	19.7
Heart Attack (Percent of adult population)	4.8	37	5.4	46	2.9
Cardiac Heart Disease (Percent of adult population)	5.1	40	5.1	41	2.7
Diabetes (Percent of adult population)	9.9	43	9.5	40	5.9
Economic
Per Capita Personal Income (Dollars per person)	$35511	32	$34468	32	$56248
Underemployment Rate (Percent)	11.4	41	9.7	45	5.7
Annual Unemployment Rate (Percent)	6.5	42	5.6	46	3.0
Median Household Income (Dollars per household)	$46934	32	$50985	23	$66176
August 2009 Unemployment Rate (Percent)	10.8	41	6.7	41	4.3
Health Outcomes
Health Status (Percent report fair or poor health)	15.6	29	15.8	28	10.7

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