Ohio Health Insurance

How Healthy is your State?

Ohio is 33rd this year; it was 34th in 2008, according to United Health Foundation's 2009 Study.

Strengths include a low rate of uninsured population at 11.6 percent
High immunization coverage with 82.9 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations
Low geographic disparity within the state at 9.2 percent.
Ohio ranks higher for health determinants than for health outcomes, indicating that overall healthiness should improve over time.

Challenges include a high prevalence of obesity at 29.2 percent of the population
High levels of air pollution at 13.4 micrograms of fine particulate per cubic meter
Low public health funding at $39 per person
A high rate of preventable hospitalizations at 84.2 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees
Many poor mental health days per month at 3.9 days in the previous 30 days

In the past year, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 23.1 percent to 20.1 percent of the population.
In the past five years, the percentage of children in poverty increased from 16.5 percent to 21.0 percent of persons under age 18.
In the past ten years, immunization coverage increased from 47.7 percent to 82.9 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.
Since 1990, the prevalence of obesity increased from 11.3 percent to 29.2 percent of the population.