Hawaii Health Insurance
How Healthy is your State?
Hawaii is 4th this year; it was 1st in 2008, according to United Health Foundation's 2009 Study.
The Good News
- Strengths include a low prevalence of smoking at 15.4 percent of the population
- A low prevalence of obesity at 23.1 percent of the population
- Low levels of air pollution at 4.8 micrograms of fine particulate per cubic meter
- A low rate of uninsured population at 7.7 percent
- Strong public health funding at $220 per person, ready availability of primary care physicians with 149.4 primary care physicians per 100,000 population
- A low rate of preventable hospitalizations with 29.3 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees
The Challenge for Health Care in your State
- Challenges include a high prevalence of binge drinking at 18.1 percent of the population.
Most Recent Changes for Health Care in your State
- In the past year, the percentage of children in poverty increased from 11.6 percent to 14.3 percent of persons under age 18.
- In the past five years, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 17.2 percent to 15.4 percent of the population.
- Since 1990, the prevalence of obesity increased from 9.1 percent to 23.1 percent of the population.
Learn about United Health Foundation's review of Hawaii.
Hawaii Department of Health and Human Services
|
|
Individual Health Plans
