North Dakota Health Insurance

How Healthy is your State?

North Dakota is 17th this year; it was 11th in 2008, according to United Health Foundation's 2009 Study.

Strengths include a low violent crime rate at 167 offenses per 100,000 population
A low incidence of infectious disease at 2.4 cases per 100,000 population
Few poor mental and physical health days per month at 2.2 days and 2.8 days in the previous 30 days
Low levels of air pollution at 5.6 micrograms of fine particulate per cubic meter.

Challenges include a high prevalence of binge drinking at 22.4 percent of the population
High geographic disparity within the state at 17.7 percent.
North Dakota ranks lower for health determinants than for health outcomes, indicating that overall healthiness may decline over time.

In the past year, the high school graduation rate declined from 86.3 percent to 82.1 percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate within four years.
In the past year, the percentage of children in poverty increased from 12.5 percent to 17.2 percent of persons under age 18.
In the past ten years, the rate of deaths from cardiovascular disease decreased from 325.1 to 257.3 deaths per 100,000 population.
Since 1990, the prevalence of obesity increased from 12.1 percent to 27.7 percent of the population.