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New Hampshire
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New Hampshire (2009)
America’s Health Rankings™
Ranking:
New Hampshire is 5th this year; it was 6th in 2008.
Strengths:
Strengths include a low percentage of children in poverty at 8.6
percent of persons under age 18, high immunization coverage with 85.0 percent of
children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations, a low violent crime
rate at 157 offenses per 100,000 population, low geographic disparity within the
state at 5.7 percent, a low premature death rate with 5,749 years of potential life
lost before age 75 per 100,000 population and a low infant mortality rate at 5.7
deaths per 1,000 live births.
Challenges:
Challenges include moderate public health funding at $59 per person
and a moderate rate of cancer deaths at 196.8 deaths per 100,000 population.
Significant Changes:
In the past year, immunization coverage decreased from 93.2 percent to 85.0 percent
of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.
In the past five years, the infant mortality rate increased from 4.4 to 5.7 deaths
per 1,000 live births.
In the past ten years, the prevalence of obesity increased from 15.6 percent to
24.8 percent of the population.
Since 1990, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 30.7 percent to 17.0 percent
of the population.
Health Disparities:
In New Hampshire, obesity is more prevalent among Hispanics at
32.2 percent than non-Hispanic whites at 24.1 percent. The prevalence of diabetes
also varies by race and ethnicity in the state; 11.5 percent of Hispanics have diabetes
compared to 7.2 percent of non-Hispanic whites. In addition, mortality rates vary
in New Hampshire, with 328.1 deaths per 100,000 population among Hispanics compared
to whites, who experience 769.1 deaths per 100,000 population.
State Health Department Web Site:
www.dhhs.state.nh.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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| New Hampshire - Core Measures | | | 2009 | 2008 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | High School Graduation (Percent of incoming ninth graders) | 81.1 | 11 | 80.1 | 17 | 87.5 | | Prevalence of Obesity (Percent of population) | 24.8 | 11 | 25.1 | 14 | 19.1 | | Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of population) | 17.0 | 15 | 19.3 | 19 | 9.3 | | Prevalence of Binge Drinking (Percent of population) | 16.0 | 28 | 15.4 | 24 | 9.0 | | Community & Environment | | | | | | | Occupational Fatalities (Deaths per 100,000 workers) | 3.8 | 9 | 4.2 | 8 | 3.1 | | Infectious Disease (Cases per 100,000 population) | 7.6 | 10 | 8.1 | 12 | 2.4 | | Air Pollution (Micrograms of fine particles per cubic meter) | 8.8 | 14 | 9.2 | 15 | 4.8 | | Children in Poverty (Percent of persons under age 18) | 8.6 | 1 | 6.5 | 1 | 8.6 | | Violent Crime (Offenses per 100,000 population) | 157 | 3 | 137 | 3 | 117 | | Public & Health Policies | | | | | | | Lack of Health Insurance (Percent of population) | 10.3 | 10 | 10.9 | 11 | 5.4 | | Immunization Coverage (Percent of children ages 19 to 35 months) | 85.0 | 1 | 93.2 | 1 | 85.0 | | Public Health Funding (Dollars per person) | $59 | 35 | $58 | 34 | $220 | | Clinical Care | | | | | | | Prenatal Care (Percent of pregnant women) | 69.6 | 19 | 70.3 | 4 | 86.1 | | Preventable Hospitalizations (Number per 1,000 Medicare enrollees) | 61.5 | 11 | 63.9 | 12 | 29.3 | | Primary Care Physicians (Number per 100,000 population) | 127.0 | 13 | 123.2 | 16 | 190.0 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Premature Death (Years lost per 100,000 population) | 5749 | 2 | 5897 | 3 | 5595 | | Poor Physical Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 3.2 | 8 | 3.4 | 18 | 2.7 | | Infant Mortality (Deaths per 1,000 live births) | 5.7 | 9 | 5.2 | 7 | 4.8 | | Poor Mental Health Days (Days in the previous 30 days) | 3.3 | 22 | 3.5 | 31 | 2.2 | | Geographic Disparity (Relative standard deviation) | 5.7 | 2 | 5.6 | 3 | 4.3 | | Cancer Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 196.8 | 30 | 197.2 | 28 | 144.7 | | Cardiovascular Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) | 255.4 | 16 | 265.9 | 19 | 212.6 | | | | Summation | | | | | | | All Determinants | 0.638 | 4 | 0.631 | 5 | 0.827 | | All Outcomes | 0.248 | 8 | 0.232 | 9 | 0.348 | | Overall | 0.886 | 5 | 0.862 | 6 | 1.064 |
| New Hampshire - Supplemental Measures | | | 2009 | 2008 | No. 1 | | Behaviors | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | State | | Cholesterol Check (Percent of adult population) | 80.9 | 6 | 80.9 | 6 | 84.6 | | Recent Dental Visit (Percent of adult population) | 76.7 | 5 | 77.1 | 5 | 80.2 | | Daily Vegetables and Fruit (Percent of population) | 28.5 | 5 | 28.5 | 5 | 30.0 | | Physical Activity (Percent of adult population) | 78.5 | 9 | 80.9 | 7 | 81.9 | | Chronic Disease | | | | | | | Stroke (Percent of adult population) | 2.3 | 15 | 2.3 | 12 | 1.8 | | High Cholesterol (Percent of adult population) | 38.7 | 39 | 38.7 | 39 | 32.4 | | High Blood Pressure (Percent of adult population) | 26.3 | 17 | 26.3 | 17 | 19.7 | | Heart Attack (Percent of adult population) | 3.8 | 13 | 4.2 | 25 | 2.9 | | Cardiac Heart Disease (Percent of adult population) | 4.4 | 29 | 4.3 | 26 | 2.7 | | Diabetes (Percent of adult population) | 7.2 | 14 | 7.2 | 15 | 5.9 | | Economic | | | | | | | Per Capita Personal Income (Dollars per person) | $42830 | 9 | $41639 | 9 | $56248 | | Underemployment Rate (Percent) | 7.8 | 9 | 6.5 | 11 | 5.7 | | Annual Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 3.8 | 6 | 3.5 | 11 | 3.0 | | Median Household Income (Dollars per household) | $66176 | 1 | $70172 | 1 | $66176 | | August 2009 Unemployment Rate (Percent) | 6.9 | 11 | 3.9 | 6 | 4.3 | | Health Outcomes | | | | | | | Health Status (Percent report fair or poor health) | 11.4 | 3 | 12.7 | 10 | 10.7 |
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