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Health of Wisconsin: Report Card 2016

This report card evaluates the health of Wisconsin based on length of life and quality of life. It measures death rates and unhealthy days reported, and assesses health disparities among different groups. The report highlights the need for reducing health disparities in the state.

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Health of Wisconsin: Report Card 2016

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  1. Health of Wisconsin: Report Card 2016

  2. Grading Health Wisconsin’s grade for health is based on two ways of measuring health: 1) length of life and 2) quality of life We measure length of life by examining death rates. We examined death rates for four distinct age groups: • Infants (less than 1 year old) • Children and young adults (ages 1-24) • Working-age adults (ages 25-64) • Older adults (ages 65 and over) We measure quality of life by measuring self-reported unhealthy days for working-age and older adults. We report the mean (average) number of unhealthy days reported per month. The numbers are based on adult (age 25+) respondents’ answers to two questions about their health in the past month: 1) how many days was your physical health poor? 2) how many days was your mental health poor?

  3. Grading Health Disparities In order to present a complete picture of health in Wisconsin, we developed a health disparity grade based on the health of different groups of people. To do this, we examined the health of subgroups of the population within each life stage based on four characteristics: Gender Geography Socioeconomic Status Race/Ethnicity To measure the disparity among subgroups, we compared the health grade of each Wisconsin subgroup to the grade of the healthiest subgroup of the same age in Wisconsin.

  4. Grading Methods

  5. Infant Health Summary

  6. Infant Health by Gender

  7. Infant Health by Mother’s Education

  8. Infant Health by County

  9. Infant Health by Race

  10. Child & Young Adult Health

  11. Child & Young Adult Health by Gender

  12. Child & Young Adult Health by County

  13. Child & Young Adult Health by Race

  14. Working-Age Adult Health

  15. Working-Age Adult Health by Gender

  16. Working-Age Adult Health by Education

  17. Working-Age Adult by County

  18. Working-Age Adult Health by Race

  19. Working Age Adult Health (25-64)

  20. Older Adult Health (65+)

  21. Older Adult Health by Gender

  22. Older Adult Health by Education

  23. Older Adult Health by County

  24. Older Adult Health by Race

  25. Older Adult Health (Ages 65+)

  26. Health Grade Changes Since 2013 • Wisconsin’s grade for overall health has remained a B-. • Death rates have improved in all groups except working age adults, but our progress has not outpaced that of other states. • The health disparities grade has remained a D. • Substantial gaps remain between the healthiest and least healthy subgroups in the state’s population. This indicates Wisconsin needs to do more to reduce health disparities.

  27. Summary Grades

  28. Funding for this project was provided by Wisconsin Partnership Program, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

  29. Contact InformationUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDepartment of Population Health SciencesUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health575 WARF Building610 Walnut StreetMadison, WI 53726-2397http://uwphi.pophealth.wisc.edu

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