New Mexico Health Insurance

How Healthy is your State?

New Mexico is 31st this year; it was 28th in 2008, according to United Health Foundation's 2009 Study.

Strengths include high public health funding at $132 per person
Low levels of air pollution at 6.5 micrograms of fine particulate per cubic meter
A low prevalence of binge drinking at 11.9 percent of the population

Challenges include a high rate of uninsured population at 23.1 percent
A high percentage of children in poverty at 25.9 percent of persons under age 18
A low high school graduation rate with 67.3 percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate within four years
A high violent crime rate at 650 offenses per 100,000 population
High geographic disparity within the state at 15.7 percent.

In the past year, the percentage of children in poverty increased from 18.1 percent to 25.9 percent of persons under age 18.
In the past five years, the prevalence of obesity increased from 20.2 percent to 25.7 percent of the population.
In the past ten years, immunization coverage increased from 43.8 percent to 79.1 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.
Since 1990, the prevalence of smoking declined from 28.5 percent to 19.3 percent of the population.