Nevada Health Insurance

How Healthy is your State?

Nevada is 45th this year; it was 42nd in 2008, according to United Health Foundation's 2009 Study.

Strengths include low levels of air pollution at 9.0 micrograms of fine particulate per cubic meter
A low rate of preventable hospitalizations with 61.5 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees

Challenges include a low high school graduation rate with 55.8 percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate within four years
Low immunization coverage with 70.1 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations
Low public health funding at $37 per person
High geographic disparity within the state at 17.1 percent.
Nevada ranks lower for determinants than for health outcomes, indicating that overall healthiness may decline over time.

In the past year, the rate of preventable hospitalizations decreased from 65.3 to 61.5 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees.
In the past five years, the percentage of pregnant women receiving adequate prenatal care declined from 70.1 percent to 57.4 percent.
In the past ten years, the prevalence of obesity increased from 14.0 percent to 25.6 percent of the population.
Since 1990, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 35.7 percent to 22.1 percent of the population.