Alaska Health Insurance
How Healthy is your State?
Alaska is 34th this year; it was 32nd in 2008, according to United Health Foundation's 2009 Study.
The Good News
- Alaska has a low percentage of children in poverty at 9.6 percent of persons under age 18
- Low levels of air pollution at 6.9 micrograms of fine particulate per cubic meter
- Strong public health funding at $171 per person
The Challenge for Health Care in your State
- Some challenges are a high rate of uninsured population at 19.0 percent
- A low high school graduation rate with 66.5 percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate within four years
- High geographic disparity within the state at 19.4 percent
Most Recent Changes for Health Care in your State
- Having 62.4 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees.
- In the past five years, the rate of deaths from cardiovascular disease declined from 279.5 to 235.8 deaths per 100,000 population.
- In the past five years, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 26.2 percent to 21.5 percent of the population.
- In the past ten years, immunization coverage increased from 54.3 percent to 76.2 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.
Learn about United Health Foundation's review of Alaska.
Alaska Department of Health and Human Services
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