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North Carolina Health Insurance Information
How healthy is living in North Carolina?
Ranking: North Carolina is 37th this year, unchanged from 2008.
Strengths: Strengths include a low prevalence of binge drinking at 12.6 percent of the population and a low occupational fatalities rate at 4.8 deaths per 100,000 workers.
Challenges: Challenges include a high prevalence of obesity at 29.5 percent of the population, low immunization coverage with 72.4 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations, a high infant mortality rate at 8.4 deaths per 1,000 live births and a high premature death rate with 8,401 years of potential life lost before age 75 per 100,000 population.
See the United Health Foundation's latest findings on North Carolina.
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The Uninsured's guide on finding health insurance in North Carolina
Guide on how to find health insurance in North Carolina.
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Official State Government Sites with North Carolina Health Insurance Information.
North Carolina Medicaid -- serves about 20 percent of the state's population, whose low income prevents them from purchasing health insurance in the private market.
North Carolina Health Choice (NCHC) for Children -- for families who make too much money to qualify for Medicaid but too little to afford rising health insurance premiums so they are able to get free or reduced price comprehensive health care for their children.
Non-profit site(s) of interest to North Carolinans
The North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NC IOM) -- is an independent, non-profit organization that serves as a non-political source of health policy analysis and advice in North Carolina.
