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America’s Health Rankings--Hawaii 2nd Healthiest
By News Release @ 2:43 PM :: 4323 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care

America’s Health Rankings® 2017 Annual Report

From AmericasHealthRankings.org 

America’s Health Rankings® was built upon the World Health Organization definition of health:

“Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”

The model reflects that determinants of health directly influence health outcomes. A health outcomes category and four categories of health determinants are included in the model: behaviors, community & environment, policy and clinical care.

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Hawaii Excerpts:

This year, Massachusetts ranks as the healthiest state, while Hawaii — which has held the top spot for the past five years — drops to second. Vermont (No. 3), Utah (No. 4) and Connecticut (No. 5) round out the top five states for overall health. …

State Findings: Hawaii

Strengths
  • Low percentage of uninsured population
  • Low prevalence of obesity
  • Low preventable hospitalization rate
Challenges
  • High prevalence of excessive drinking
  • High incidence of Salmonella
  • Low Tdap immunization coverage among adolescents
Highlights
  • In the past seven years, premature death decreased 6% from 6,391 to 6,031 years lost before age 75 per 100,000 population
  • In the past three years, cardiovascular deaths increased 6% from 199.1 to 210.7 deaths per 100,000 population
  • In the past five years, the percentage uninsured decreased 51% from 7.8% to 3.8% of the population
  • In the past three years, violent crime increased 29% from 239 to 309 offenses per 100,000 population
  • In the past two years, children in poverty decreased 31% from 16.9% to 11.6% of children

read … Hawaii 2017 Report 

SA: Hawaii slips to second healthiest state in the nation in annual report

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