FACTOID # 3: Mississippi has the highest death rate, but also the highest amount of health spending as a percent of the overall gross state product.
 
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TEXAN HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Abortion Rate 16 [16th of 47]
AIDS Case Rate All Ages 12 [12th of 51]
Alcohol consumption > Binge drinkers 23% [23rd of 52]
Alcohol consumption > Casual drinkers 35% [35th of 52]
Alcohol consumption > Heavy drinkers 20% [20th of 52]
Alcohol related traffic fatalities, as a percentage 5% [5th of 51]
Birth Rate per 1,000 2 [2nd of 51]
Chlamydia Cases 2 [2nd of 50]
Chlamydia Rate 17 [17th of 50]
Gonorrhea Cases 2 [2nd of 50]
Gonorrhea Rate 19 [19th of 50]
Health Index 45 [45th of 50]
Mental Health > State Expenditures Per Capita $46.00 [46th of 51]
Obesity Rate 3 % [3rd of 51]
Oral health > Loss of natural teeth 41% [41st of 52]
Overweight and Obesity Rate 12 % [12th of 51]
Prevalence of Poor Mental Health 20 % [20th of 50]
Suicides 2 [2nd of 51]
Teen Birth Rate per 1,000 1 [1st of 51]
Total Spending on Medicaid $18.00 [18th of 36]

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SOURCES: statehealthfacts.org; statehealthfacts.org ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.; MADD Official Website statistics, 2004; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org ; Morgan Quitno Press, 2005; statehealthfacts.org; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org ; American Association of Suicidology, 2003; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org

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