Ohio- Health Care

Ohio health ranks poor - Welcome to the W.C.H. Record-Herald - Washington Court House, OH: "Ohio maintained a poor ranking in the most recent state-by-state health evaluation released last week.

The state came in at 35th place, increasing its standing by one position since 2011, but showed other negative health trends, including increased smoking and more binge drinking and obesity relative to other states, according to the report from the United Health Foundation.

Ohio's health ranking has slowly declined relative to other states since the state ranked in the mid-20s in the 1990s. The report cited high smoking rates, high air pollution and a high rate of preventable hospitalizations as major health challenges for the state this year. Ohio also ranks among the worst states in infant mortality, cardiovascular deaths and cancer deaths.

Many of the health problems that have been reported at the state level can also be found in Fayette County, said Deputy Health Commissioner Leigh Cannon, including smoking, drinking and high cancer mortality."

'via Blog this'