South Carolina Health Insurance
How Healthy is your State?
South Carolina is 46th this year; it was 45th in 2008, according to United Health Foundation's 2009 Study.
The Good News
- Strengths include high immunization coverage with 78.8 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations
- A low prevalence of binge drinking at 13.1 percent of the population
- Moderate public health funding at $82 per person.
The Challenge for Health Care in your State
- Challenges include a low high school graduation rate with 61.0 percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate within four years
- A high prevalence of obesity at 30.6 percent of the population
Most Recent Changes for Health Care in your State
- In the past year, the rate of preventable hospitalizations decreased from 76.2 to 70.6 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees.
- In the past five years, the prevalence of smoking declined from 25.5 percent to 20.0 percent of the population.
- In the past five years, the prevalence of obesity increased from 24.5 percent to 30.6 percent of the population.
Learn about United Health Foundation's review of South Carolina.
South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
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