Hawaii Overall Rank #2

From America's Health Rankings

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Core Measure Impact

Which measures have the greatest impact on a state's overall ranking? The size of the circle or length of the bar illustrate the impact that each individual measure has on the state's overall rank. Green measures have a positive impact and red measures have a negative impact on the state's overall ranking.  The size of the circle represents the impact each individual measure has on the state's overall ranking

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Strengths

• Lowest geriatrician shortfall
• Low prevalence of smoking & obesity
• Lowest rate of preventable hospitalizations

Challenges

• High percentage of hospital deaths
• Highest prevalence of underweight seniors
• Low percentage of recommended hospital care

Highlights

• Hawaii has the lowest prevalence of depression among seniors in the nation.
• Hawaii has the lowest prevalence of obesity among seniors in the country; 29,000 seniors are obese in the state.
• In the past year, the estimated geriatrician shortfall decreased from 16.3 percent to 13.1 percent; Hawaii ranks 1st in this measure.
• The percentage of hospital deaths among seniors decreased in the last year, from 38.8 percent to 32.6 percent.
• The percentage of seniors using hospice care in the last 6 months of life increased by more than 65 percent in the last year, from 21.5 percent to 35.6 percent. However, Hawaii still ranks 46th in hospice care.

Disparities

• In Hawaii, 16.0 percent of seniors with a college education are physically inactive compared to 50.2 percent of seniors with less than a high school education.

read  ... America's Health Rankings -- Hawaii Data

PDF: Hawaii State Report