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Researchers estimate that the direct healthcare cost of obesity for the state of Alabama is $1,424 million. If current obesity levels are maintained, in 10 years Alabama could save $3,193 million off a projected $23,721 million healthcare bill. That’s $952 for every adult in the state.

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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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List All - Core Measures
	2009		2008		No. 1
Behaviors	Value	Rank	Value	Rank	State
High School Graduation (Percent of incoming ninth graders)	-	-	-	-	87.5
Prevalence of Obesity (Percent of population)	-	-	-	-	19.1
Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of population)	-	-	-	-	9.3
Prevalence of Binge Drinking (Percent of population)	-	-	-	-	9.0
Community & Environment
Occupational Fatalities (Deaths per 100,000 workers)	-	-	-	-	3.1
Infectious Disease (Cases per 100,000 population)	-	-	-	-	2.4
Air Pollution (Micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter)	-	-	-	-	4.8
Children in Poverty (Percent of persons under age 18)	-	-	-	-	8.6
Violent Crime (Offenses per 100,000 population)	-	-	-	-	117
Public & Health Policies
Lack of Health Insurance (Percent of population)	-	-	-	-	5.4
Immunization Coverage (Percent of children ages 19 to 35 months)	-	-	-	-	85.0
Public Health Funding (Dollars per person)	$-	-	$-	-	$220
Clinical Care
Prenatal Care (Percent of pregnant women)	-	-	-	-	86.1
Preventable Hospitalizations (Number per 1,000 Medicare enrollees)	-	-	-	-	29.3
Primary Care Physicians (Number per 100,000 population)	-	-	-	-	190.0
Health Outcomes
Premature Death (Years lost per 100,000 population)	-	-	-	-	5595
Poor Physical Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days)	-	-	-	-	2.7
Infant Mortality (Deaths per 1,000 live births)	-	-	-	-	4.8
Poor Mental Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days)	-	-	-	-	2.2
Geographic Disparity (Relative standard deviation)	-	-	-	-	4.3
Cancer Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population)	-	-	-	-	144.7
Cardiovascular Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population)	-	-	-	-	212.6

Summation
All Determinants	-	-	-	-	0.827
All Outcomes	-	-	-	-	0.348
Overall	-	-	-	-	1.064

List All - Supplemental Measures
	2009		2008		No. 1
Behaviors	Value	Rank	Value	Rank	State
Cholesterol Check (Percent of adult population)	-	-	-	-	84.6
Recent Dental Visit (Percent of adult population)	-	-	-	-	80.2
Daily Vegetables and Fruit (Percent of population)	-	-	-	-	30.0
Physical Activity (Percent of adult population)	-	-	-	-	81.9
Chronic Disease
Stroke (Percent of adult population)	-	-	-	-	1.8
High Cholesterol (Percent of adult population)	-	-	-	-	32.4
High Blood Pressure (Percent of adult population)	-	-	-	-	19.7
Heart Attack (Percent of adult population)	-	-	-	-	2.9
Cardiac Heart Disease (Percent of adult population)	-	-	-	-	2.7
Diabetes (Percent of adult population)	-	-	-	-	5.9
Economic
Per Capita Personal Income (Dollars per person)	$-	-	$-	-	$56248
Underemployment Rate (Percent)	-	-	-	-	5.7
Annual Unemployment Rate (Percent)	-	-	-	-	3.0
Median Household Income (Dollars per household)	$-	-	$-	-	$66176
August 2009 Unemployment Rate (Percent)	-	-	-	-	4.3
Health Outcomes
Health Status (Percent report fair or poor health)	-	-	-	-	10.7

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