Wednesday, December 06, 2006
NM Health Drops to 40th!
NM Health Drops to 40th in Nationwide Health Report!
New Mexico's health ranking slipped from 38th to 40th in the nation based on a broad range of indicators, such as occupational fatalities, immunization coverage and high-school graduation rates, according to a report released Tuesday.
"There are multiple factors that are holding back the state," said Dr. Archelle Georgiou, a medical adviser to United Health Foundation, which produced the study. The foundation is an independent not-for-profit organization funded by the health care company United Health Group, for which Georgiou also works as a vice president.
New Mexico is one of the states that regressed the most in the past year. The high-school graduation rate decreased 6 percent. Occupational deaths went up as did the prevalence of smoking and the percentage of children in poverty. Meanwhile, immunization rates for children dropped a few notches.
Tobacco use in New Mexico about matches the national average, but is "still something to really improve on," Georgiou said.
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I'd hate to be a politician trying to become president while the state health goes down like this while I was governing. Could be bad! But if you have a well-oiled PR machine then it would probably be forgotten by the next election. Unless, of course, people keep repeating it.
And repeating it...
KEEP LIFTING!!!
New Mexico's health ranking slipped from 38th to 40th in the nation based on a broad range of indicators, such as occupational fatalities, immunization coverage and high-school graduation rates, according to a report released Tuesday.
"There are multiple factors that are holding back the state," said Dr. Archelle Georgiou, a medical adviser to United Health Foundation, which produced the study. The foundation is an independent not-for-profit organization funded by the health care company United Health Group, for which Georgiou also works as a vice president.
New Mexico is one of the states that regressed the most in the past year. The high-school graduation rate decreased 6 percent. Occupational deaths went up as did the prevalence of smoking and the percentage of children in poverty. Meanwhile, immunization rates for children dropped a few notches.
Tobacco use in New Mexico about matches the national average, but is "still something to really improve on," Georgiou said.
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I'd hate to be a politician trying to become president while the state health goes down like this while I was governing. Could be bad! But if you have a well-oiled PR machine then it would probably be forgotten by the next election. Unless, of course, people keep repeating it.
And repeating it...
KEEP LIFTING!!!
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Yeah, so, why don't we see this news in the department of health press releases?
Machi
Machi
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: 6:16 PM
: 6:16 PM
Another take on ranking the 'healthiest states':
http://www.stats.org/stories/healthiest_state_dec08_06.htm
Machi
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http://www.stats.org/stories/healthiest_state_dec08_06.htm
Machi
# posted by : 11:15 AM
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