The greatest health strengths and challenges in South Dakota
The recently released “America’s Health Rankings 2022 Annual Report” uncovered several health strengths and challenges in South Dakota.
South Dakota is ranked 24th in the country for overall health – an improvement from a ranking of 25 in 20191 – according to America’s Health Rankings 2022 Annual Report. Below is a summary of the positive and negative factors that contributed to this ranking.2
South Dakota health strengths
- Low prevalence of non-medical drug use
- Low prevalence of frequent physical distress
- High adult flu vaccination rate
- 22% increase in HPV among adolescents ages 13 to 17 from 61.2% to 74.7% between 2019 and 2021
South Dakota health challenges
- High racial disparity in premature death rates
- High prevalence of excessive drinking
- High occupational fatality rate
- 19% increase in premature death from 7,400 to 8,805 years lost before age 75 per 100,000 population between 2018 and 2020
- 16% increase in obesity from 33% to 38.4% of adults between 2019 and 2021
What this means for employers
Employers who do business or have employees living in the state of South Dakota may want to consider programs or benefits that can help support their employee population and guide them to better health decisions.
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