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Tennessee
2016 Annual Report
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State Findings: Tennessee, 2016, 2016 Annual Report
Strengths
- Low prevalence of excessive drinking
- High percentage of high school graduation
- Small disparity in health status by educational attainment
Challenges
- High prevalence of smoking
- High violent crime rate
- High prevalence of frequent physical distress
Highlights
- In the past three years, drug deaths increased 17% from 15.7 to 18.3 deaths per 100,000 population.
- In the past year, HPV immunization among females ages 13 to 17 years increased 94% from 20.1% to 38.9%
- In the past year, Tdap immunization among adolescents ages 13 to 17 years decreased 7% from 86.0% to 79.7%.
- In the past eight years, preventable hospitalizations decreased 39% from 97.8 to 59.9 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees.
- In the past two years, disparity in health status by education decreased 36% from 32.1% to 20.5%.
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The 2012–2016 data in the above graphs are not directly comparable with prior years. See Methodology for additional information.