Wisconsin Health Insurance

How Healthy is your State?

Wisconsin is 12th this year; it was 17th in 2008, according to United Health Foundation's 2009 Study.

Strengths include a high rate of high school graduation with 87.5 percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate within four years
A low percentage of children in poverty at 13.1 percent of persons under age 18
A low rate of uninsured population at 8.9 percent
High immunization coverage with 83.6 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.
Wisconsin ranks higher for health determinants than for health outcomes, indicating that overall healthiness should improve over time.

Challenges include a high prevalence of binge drinking at 23.1 percent of the population
Low public health funding at $35 per person.

In the past year, the percentage of children in poverty decreased from 15.7 percent to 13.1 percent of persons under age 18.
In the past five years, the prevalence of obesity increased from 20.9 percent to 26.0 percent of the population.
In the past ten years, immunization coverage increased from 53.1 percent to 83.6 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.