Source: United Health Foundation, America’s Health Rankings® 2022 Annual Report, https://www.americashealthrankings.org/learn/reports/2022-annual-report
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It is important to note a relatively high score indicates lower levels of inequality and is not a reflection of the overall state of health across the population. In fact, Oklahoma as a state frequently ranks poorly against other states in numerous health measures. According to the America’s Health Rankings® 2022 Annual Report by the United Health Foundation, Oklahoma ranks 45th in overall health status, the 6th lowest of all 50 states.
Health is a product of interrelated individual and systemic or structural factors, including genetic predispositions, community and environment, policies and practices of health care systems, and quality of health care. Those factors and many others can also be called social determinants of health (SDOH) – the social, economic, and physical characteristics defining the communities in which people live, work, and play. SDOH have considerable influence on health outcomes and health disparities among different groups of people. Disparities in life expectancy, morbidity and mortality, functional limitations, health care expenditures, and overall health status are impacted by different experiences with social, economic, and physical environments.