Idaho Health Insurance

How Healthy is your State?

Idaho is 14th this year; it was 8th in 2008, according to United Health Foundation's 2009 Study.

Strengths include a low incidence of infectious disease at 4.2 cases per 100,000 population
Low levels of air pollution at 7.5 micrograms of fine particulate per cubic meter
Strong public health funding at $116 per person
A low rate of preventable hospitalizations with 51.1 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees

Challenges include limited availability of primary care physicians with 78.1 primary care physicians per 100,000 population
Low immunization coverage with 65.9 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.

In the past year, the percentage of children in poverty increased from 12.6 percent to 17.2 percent of persons under age 18.
In the past five years, immunization coverage decreased from 78.1 percent to 65.9 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.
In the past ten years, the prevalence of obesity increased from 16.4 percent to 25.1 percent of the population.
Since 1990, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 24.1 percent to 16.8 percent of the population.