Georgia Health Insurance

How Healthy is your State?

Georgia is 43rd this year; it was 41st in 2008, according to United Health Foundation's 2009 Study.

Strengths include a low prevalence of binge drinking at 13.2 percent of the population
Moderate per capita public health funding at $69 per person.

Challenges include a low high school graduation rate with 62.4 percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate within four years
High levels of air pollution at 13.9 micrograms of fine particulate per cubic meter
A high rate of uninsured population at 17.7 percent.
Georgia ranks lower for health determinants than for health outcomes, indicating that overall healthiness may decline over time.

In the past year, the rate of preventable hospitalizations decreased from 82.0 to 77.7 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees.
In the past five years, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 22.8 percent to 19.5 percent of the population.
In the past five years, the percentage of children in poverty increased from 17.7 percent to 21.5 percent of persons under age 18.
In the past ten years, the prevalence of obesity increased from 19.2 percent to 27.8 percent of the population.