Ohio ranked 28th for senior health in annual scorecard

America’s Health Rankings released its 2013 Senior Report this week and it gives Ohio an overall ranking of 28th for senior health (Source: “Ohio sits in middle when it comes to senior health,” Dayton Business Journal, May 30, 2013.

The rankings from United Health Foundation analyze a variety of factors including obesity, access to drug coverage and hospital re-admission rates. Ohio is ranked 44th for Obesity among seniors, 33rd for smoking, 32nd for diabetes and 27th for physical inactivity.

Minnesota was ranked No. 1 in the rankings, followed by Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Iowa. The bottom 5 states were Oklahoma, Louisiana, West Virginia and Arkansas. 

Last week the Health Policy Institute of Ohio released a Health Outcomes and Costs Dashboard to track Ohio’s progress in improving health value over time. The dashboard draws upon publicly available data from national scorecards and rankings, such as America's Health Rankings, to illustrate how Ohio ranks nationally on 10 population health outcomes and three health care cost outcomes.