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OHIO

Ranking:  Ohio is 29th this year; it was 25th in 2006. 

Strengths: Strengths include a low rate of uninsured population at 10.1 percent, ready access to adequate prenatal care with 80.8 percent of pregnant women receiving adequate prenatal care and a high rate of high school graduation with 81.3 percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate within four years.  Ohio ranks higher for health determinants than for health outcomes, indicating that overall healthiness should improve over time.  

Challenges: Challenges include many poor mental health days per month at 4.0 days in the previous 30 days, a high rate of cancer deaths at 215.2 deaths per 100,000 population, a high prevalence of smoking at 22.4 percent of the population and a high prevalence of obesity at 28.4 percent of the population.

Significant Changes:

↑ In the past year, the prevalence of obesity increased from 24.3 percent to 28.4 percent of the population.

↑ In the past year, the number of poor mental health days per month increased from 3.3 to 4.0 days in the previous 30 days.

↓ Since 1990, the incidence of infectious disease decreased from 17.1 to 10.2 cases per 100,000 population.

↓ Since 1990, the rate of deaths from cardiovascular disease decreased from 343.4 to 333.3 deaths per 100,000 population.

Health Disparities: In Ohio, blacks experience 64 percent more premature death than whites. Deaths from cancer in the state are 25 percent more prevalent among blacks than whites. In the large metropolitan areas, residents in the central counties experience 24 percent more premature death than those in the fringe counties.

State Health Department Web Site:     www.odh.state.oh.us/
           


 

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Ohio                
  2007   2006   2000   1990  
DETERMINANTS - Personal Behaviors Value Rank Value Rank Value Rank Value Rank
Prevalence of Smoking (Percent of population) 22.4 38 22.3 35 27.6 48 32.2 41
Binge Drinking (Percent of population) 16.2 31 15.2* 33* 12.1* 11* --- ---
Prevalence of Obesity (Percent of population) 28.4↑ 43 24.3 24 20.3 30 11.3 21
High School Graduation (Percent of incoming ninth graders) 81.3 12 79 16 73.2* 22* 76.8* 23
DETERMINANTS - Community Environment                
Violent Crime (Offenses per 100,000 population) 350 24 350 24 363 18 421 26
Occupational Fatalities (Deaths per 100,000 workers) 4.4 14 4.5 15 4.6 12 7.1* 7
Infectious Disease (Cases per 100,000 population) 10.2 15 9.9 14 13.2 9 17.1 9
Children in Poverty (Percent of persons under age 18) 18.6↑ 34 17.4 28 17.6 31 17.2 19
DETERMINANTS - Public & Health Policies                
Lack of Health Insurance (Percent without health insurance) 10.1↓ 8 11.4 14 9.7 14 8.7 8
Per Capita Public Health Spending (Dollars per person) $127 32 $127 32 --- --- --- ---
Immunization Coverage (Percent of children ages 19 to 35 months) 81.3↓ 22 84.1 12 73 29 --- ---
DETERMINANTS - Clinical Care                
Adequacy of Prenatal Care (Percent of pregnant women) 80.8 11 80.8 11 79.3* 15* 75.7* 10*
Primary Care Physicians (Number per 100,000 population) 118.2 20 117.4 20 --- --- --- ---
Preventable Hospitalizations (Number per 1,000 Medicare enrollees) 88 40 85.5 40 --- --- --- ---
All Determinants 3.8 24 6 17 1.2 24 5.3 17
                 
HEALTH OUTCOMES                
Poor Mental Health Days (Days in previous 30 days) 4.0↑ 45 3.3 30 2.3 3 --- ---
Poor Physical Health Days (Days in previous 30 days) 3.7 38 3.5 22 3 13 --- ---
Infant Mortality (Deaths per 1,000 live births) 8.1 41 7.8 38 7.9 34 9.9 25
Cardiovascular Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) 333.3↓ 36 343.4 37 377.6 36 434.5 46
Cancer Deaths (Deaths per 100,000 population) 215.2 43