OVERALL RANKING:
Nebraska is 15th this year
It was 18th in 2011
It was 18th in 2011
- 9 Outcomes Rank
- 17 Determinants Rank
- 15 Overall Rank
- 11 Diabetes Rank
- 19 Smoking Rank
- 30 Obesity Rank
Strengths:
- High rate of high school graduation
- Few poor mental & physical health days per month
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High immunization coverage
- High prevalence of binge drinking
- High incidence of infectious disease
- High occupational fatalities rate
Highlights:
- In Nebraska, more than 390,000 adults are obese and more than 360,000 adults live a sedentary lifestyle.
- In the past five years, the high school graduation rate decreased from 87.6 percent to 82.9 percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate within 4 years.
- Although Nebraska has a high incidence of infectious disease, the rate decreased in the last year from 14.1 to 11.4 cases per 100,000 population.
- In the past 10 years, the rate of uninsured population increased from 8.5 percent to 12.8 percent.
- In the past 5 years, the rate of preventable hospitalizations decreased from 73.3 to 65.4 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees.
- In the past year, the infant mortality rate decreased from 6.1 to 5.4 deaths per 1,000 live births. In 2002 the rate was 7.1 deaths.
In Nebraska, sedentary lifestyle is more prevalent among non-Hispanic blacks at 40.8 percent than non-Hispanic whites at 23.2 percent; obesity is more prevalent among non-Hispanic blacks at 39.6 percent than non-Hispanic whites at 27.0 percent; and smoking is more prevalent among non-Hispanic blacks at 22.6 percent than Hispanics at 16.5 percent and non-Hispanic whites at 16.3 percent.
