Mississippi Health Insurance
How Healthy is your State?
Mississippi is 50th this year, unchanged from 2008, according to United Health Foundation's 2009 Study.
The Good News
- Strengths include a low prevalence of binge drinking at 11.1 percent of the population
- A low violent crime rate at 285 offenses per 100,000 population.
The Challenge for Health Care in your State
- Mississippi is among the bottom five states on 10 of the 22 measures.
- Challenges include a high prevalence of obesity at 33.3 percent of the population
- A high percentage of children in poverty at 23.5 percent of persons under age 18
- A low high school graduation rate with 63.5 percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate within four years
Most Recent Changes for Health Care in your State
- In the past year, the percentage of children in poverty decreased from 32.8 percent to 23.5 percent of persons under age 18.
- In the past ten years, immunization coverage increased from 38.1 percent to 76.5 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.
- Since 1990, the prevalence of obesity increased from 15.0 percent to 33.3 percent of the population.
Learn about United Health Foundation's review of Mississippi.
MississippiDepartment of Health and Human Services
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