Wyoming Health Insurance
How Healthy is your State?
Wyoming is 19th this year, unchanged from 2008, according to United Health Foundation's 2009 Study.
The Good News
- Strengths include low levels of air pollution at 5.3 micrograms of fine particulate per cubic meter
- A low violent crime rate at 232 offenses per 100,000 population
- A low percentage of children in poverty at 12.8 percent of persons under age 18
The Challenge for Health Care in your State
- Limited availability of primary care physicians with 89.6 primary care physicians per 100,000 population
- Low immunization coverage with 67.6 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations.
Most Recent Changes for Health Care in your State
- In the past year, the infant mortality rate increased from 5.1 to 6.9 deaths per 1,000 live births.
- In the past five years, the prevalence of obesity increased from 20.1 percent to 25.2 percent of the population.
- Since 1990, the prevalence of smoking decreased from 31.7 percent to 19.3 percent of the population.
Learn about United Health Foundation's review of Wyoming.
Wyoming Department of Health and Human Services
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