Oregon Health Insurance
How Healthy is your State?
Oregon is 13th this year; it was 18th in 2008, according to United Health Foundation's 2009 Study.
The Good News
- Strengths include a low prevalence of smoking at 16.3 percent of the population
- A low rate of preventable hospitalizations with 46.6 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees
- Few poor mental health days per month at 2.9 days in the previous 30 days
The Challenge for Health Care in your State
- Challenges include a high rate of uninsured population at 16.5 percent
- Low immunization coverage with 72.3 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations
- Low public health funding at $49 per person.
Most Recent Changes for Health Care in your State
- In the past year, the rate of preventable hospitalizations decreased from 51.2 to 46.6 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees.
- In the past five years, the percentage of children in poverty decreased from 20.1 percent to 14.3 percent of persons under age 18.
- In the past ten years, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 21.1 percent to 16.3 percent of the population.
- Since 1990, the prevalence of obesity increased from 10.9 percent to 24.9 percent of the population.
Learn about United Health Foundation's review of Oregon.
Oregon Department of Health and Human Services
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