TENNESSEE
Ranking:
Tennessee is 46th this year; it was 47th in
2006.
Strengths:
Strengths include a low prevalence of binge drinking at 8.5
percent of the population, moderate immunization coverage with
81.7 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete
immunizations, ready access to primary care with 121.9 primary
care physicians per 100,000 population and a moderate rate of
uninsured population at 13.7 percent.
Challenges:
Challenges include a high rate of preventable hospitalizations
with 97.8 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees, a high violent
crime rate at 760 offenses per 100,000 population, a high infant
mortality rate at 9.5 deaths per 1,000 live births and a high rate
of cardiovascular deaths at 379.5 deaths per 100,000 population
Significant
Changes:
↓ In the past
year, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 26.7 percent to
22.6 percent of the population.
↑ In the past
year, the occupational fatalities rate increased from 5.2 to 6.0
deaths per 100,000 workers.
↓ Since 1990,
the percentage of children in poverty decreased from 29.6 percent
to 20.9 percent of persons under age 18.
↑ Since 1990,
the violent crime rate increased from 534 to 760 offenses per
100,000 population.
Health
Disparities:
In Tennessee,
blacks experience 46 percent more premature death than whites.
Deaths from cancer in the state are 29 percent more prevalent
among blacks than whites. Residents in non-urban areas of the
state experience 34 percent more premature death than those in the
fringe counties of large metropolitan areas.
State
Health Department Web Site:
www.state.tn.us/health/
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