5 Unhealthiest States for Seniors

1. Mississippi - Mississippi has the highest rate of food insecurity in the nation with 21.5 percent of adults aged 60 and older who are marginally food insecure
2. Oklahoma - Oklahoma has one of the highest percentages of underweight seniors at 3.1 percent of adults aged 65 and older
3. Louisiana - Louisiana has one of the highest rates of preventable hospitalizations in the U.S. at 92.1 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees
4. West Virginia - West Virginia ranks in the bottom 10 states for 7 of the 8 behavior measures and ranks 49th for the Behaviors category overall
5. Arkansas - Arkansas has one of the lowest percentages of dental visits in the nation at 59.1 percent of adults aged 65 and older who visited the dentist in the last year

Notes: The 34 measures that comprise America’s Health Rankings® Senior Report are of 2 types — determinants and outcomes. Determinants represent those actions that can affect the future health of the population, whereas outcomes represent what has already occurred either through death or disease
Source: United Health Foundation
Source URL: http://www.americashealthrankings.org/senior

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