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How The States Rank On Women's Health

 

From smile hub.org

Methodology

In order to determine the best states for women’s health, SmileHub compared the 50 states across three key dimensions: 1) Health & Living Standards, 2) Health Care Policies & Support Systems and 3) Safety Risk.

We evaluated those dimensions using 18 relevant metrics, which are listed below with their corresponding weights. Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the highest level of women’s health. For metrics marked with an asterisk (*), the square root of the population was used to calculate the population size in order to avoid overcompensating for population differences across states.

We then determined each state’s weighted average across all metrics to calculate its overall score and used the resulting scores to rank-order the states.

Health & Living Standards - Total Points: 45

• Women’s Life Expectancy at Birth: Full Weight (~4.50 Points)

• Female Uninsured Rate: Full Weight (~4.50 Points)
  Note: This metric accounts for females ages 16 and older.

• Share of Women with Good or Better Health: Double Weight (~9.00 Points)

• Women’s Preventive Health Care: Full Weight (~4.50 Points)
  Note: This metric measures the share of women who were up-to-date on cervical and breast-cancer screenings.

• Share of Physically Active Women: Full Weight (~4.50 Points)

• Share of Women Who are Obese: Full Weight (~4.50 Points)
  Note: This metric measures the percent of females aged 18 years and older who have obesity. Obesity is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a body mass index greater than or equal to 30.0.

• Maternal Mortality Rate: Full Weight (~4.50 Points)

• Heart Disease Mortality Rate for Women: Full Weight (~4.50 Points)

• Female Smoker Rate: Full Weight (~4.50 Points)

Health Care Policies & Support Systems - Total Points: 35

• Health & Wellness Charities per Total Number of Women*: Full Weight (~4.38 Points)

• Quality of Women’s Hospitals: Full Weight (~4.38 Points)

• Share of Women Ages 18-44 Who Reported Having One or More People They Think of as Their Personal Doctor or Health Care Provider: Double Weight (~8.75 Points)

Note: Primary care providers are specialized in establishing a long-lasting relationship with their patients, and are their medical point of contact. They diagnose, treat and prevent a wide variety of conditions in a way that is tailored to each individual patient. Having a dedicated health care provider, or a provider considered to be one’s personal doctor, is associated with elements of successful health care, such as:Primary care providers are specialized in establishing a long-lasting relationship with their patients, and are their medical point of contact. They diagnose, treat and prevent a wide variety of conditions in a way that is tailored to each individual patient. Having a dedicated health care provider, or a provider considered to be one’s personal doctor, is associated with elements of successful health care, such as:

• Lower health care costs;
• Greater use of preventive services, such as flu shots or mammograms;
• Fewer emergency department visits for non-urgent or avoidable problems;
• Increased patient satisfaction;
• Improvements in chronic care management for chronic conditions such as hypertension and high cholesterol.

• Abortion Policies & Access: Full Weight (~4.38 Points)

Note: This binary metric is based on research conducted by the Guttmacher Institute and takes into account 20 types of abortion restrictions – including gestational age bans, waiting periods, insurance coverage bans and medication abortion restrictions – and approximately 10 protective policies – including state constitutional protections, abortion funding, insurance coverage for abortion, and protections for patients and clinic staff.

• 2 - Most or very protective: the state has most or all of the protective policies;
• 1.5 - Protective: the state has some protective policies;
• 1 - Some restrictions/protections: the state either has few restrictions or protections, or has a combination of restrictive and protective policies;
• 0.5 - Restrictive: the state has multiple restrictions and later gestational age ban;
• 0 - Most or very restrictive: the state either bans abortion completely or has multiple restrictions and early gestational age ban.

• Unaffordability of Doctor’s Visit: Double Weight (~8.75 Points)
  Note: This metric measures the percentage of women who could not afford to see a doctor in the past year due to costs.

• Domestic Violence Support Services per Total Number of Women: Full Weight (~4.38 Points)

Safety - Total Points: 20

• Suicide Rate for Women: Full Weight (~5.00 Points)

• Depression Rate for Women: Full Weight (~5.00 Points)

• Prevalence of Rape Victimization Among Females: Double Weight (~10.00 Points)
  Note: This metric measures instances of rape. According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 91 percent of rape victims are female, and 9 percent are male.

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Trump Wants To Own Gaza - Is He Insane Or Just Incredibly Stupid?

I can't decide whether Donald Trump is completely insane or just incredibly stupid. Read these quotes from his Tuesday press conference and decide for yourself! (from C-SPAN)

 I ALSO STRONGLY BELIEVE THE GAZA STRIP, WHICH HAS BEEN A SYMBOL OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION FOR SO MANY DECADES AND SO BAD FOR THE PEOPLE ANYWHERE NEAR IT, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO LIVE THERE. AND FRANKLY, IT HAS BEEN VERY UNLUCKY. IT HAS BEEN AN UNLUCKY PLACE FOR A LONG TIME. BEING IN ITS PRESENCE JUST HAS NOT BEEN GOOD. AND IT SHOULD NOT GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF REBUILDING AND OCCUPATION BY THE SAME PEOPLE THAT HAVE REALLY STOOD THERE AND FOUGHT FOR IT AND LIVED THERE AND DIED THERE AND LIVED A MISERABLE EXISTENCE THERE. INSTEAD, WE SHOULD GO TO OTHER COUNTRIES OF INTEREST WITH HUMANITARIAN HEARTS, AND THERE ARE MANY OF THEM THAT WANT TO DO THIS, AND BUILD VARIOUS DOMAINS THAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE OCCUPIED BY THE 1.8 MILLION PALESTINIANS LIVING IN GAZA, ENDING THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION AND FRANKLY, BAD LUCK. 

THIS COULD BE PAID FOR BY NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES OF GREAT WEALTH. IT COULD BE 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 12, IT COULD BE NUMEROUS SITES OR COULD BE ONE LARGE SITE. BUT THE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE IN COMFORT AND PEACE AND WE WILL MAKE SURE SOMETHING REALLY SPECTACULAR IS DONE. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE PEACE. THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE SHOT AT AND KILLED AND DESTROYED LIKE THIS CIVILIZATION OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE HAS HAD TO ENDURE. THE ONLY REASON THE PALESTINIANS WANT TO GO BACK TO GAZA IS THEY HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE. IT IS RIGHT NOW A DEMOLITION SITE. THIS IS JUST A DEMOLITION SITE. VIRTUALLY EVERY BUILDING IS DOWN. THEY ARE LIVING UNDER FALLEN CONCRETE THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS AND VERY PRECARIOUS. THEY INSTEAD CAN OCCUPY ALL OF A BEAUTIFUL AREA WITH HOMES AND SAFETY, AND THEY CAN LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES IN PEACE AND HARMONY INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN.

THE U.S. WILL TAKE OVER THE GAZA STRIP, AND WE WILL DO A JOB WITH IT, TOO. WE WILL OWN IT AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DISMANTLING ALL OF THE DANGEROUS UNEXPLODED BOMBS AND OTHER WEAPONS ON THE SITE. LEVEL THE SITE AND GET RID OF THE DESTROYED BUILDINGS, LEVEL IT OUT, CREATE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL SUPPLY UNLIMITED NUMBERS OF JOBS AND HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE AREA.

AS FAR AS GAZA IS CONCERNED, WE'LL DO WHAT IS NECESSARY. IF IT'S NECESSARY, WE'LL DO THAT (send troops). WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OVER THAT PEACE AND WE'RE GOING 2O 2EVELOP IT. CREATE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF JOBS. AND IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST CAN BE VERY PROUD OF.

I DO SEE A LONG-TERM OWNERSHIP POSITION. AND I SEE IT BRINGING GREAT STABILITY TO THAT PART OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND MAYBE THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST, AND EVERYBODY I'VE SPOKEN TO, THIS IS NOT A DECISION MADE LIGHTLY EVERYBODY LOVES THE IDEA OF THE UNITED STATES OWNING THAT PIECE OF LAND DEVELOPING THAT LAND, CREATING 2HOUSANDS 2F 2OBS, SOMETHING THAT WILL 2E MAGNIFICENT IN A MAGNIFICENT AREA.

 I DON'T WANT TO BE CUTE OR A WISE GUY, BUT THE RIVERA -- RIVIERA OF THE MIDDLE EAST. THIS COULD BE SO MAGNIFICENT. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN THAT THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE DESTROYED COWDERY IN A MUCH BETTER SITUATION -- DESTROYED COULD BE IN A MUCH BETTER SITUATION. WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DONE WORLD CLASS. IT WILL BE WONDERFUL FOR THE PEOPLE. PALESTINIANS -- PALESTINIANS MOSTLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT DESPITE THEM SAYING NO, I HAVE A FEELING THAT THE KING IN JORDAN AND THAT THE GENERAL PRESIDENT, BUT THAT THE GENERAL AND EGYPT WILL OPEN THEIR HEARTS AND WILL GIVE US THE KIND OF LAND THAT WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE AND PEOPLE COULD LIVE IN HARMONY AND IN PEACE. 

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