Strengths: Strengths include a low prevalence of smoking at 16.4 percent of the population, a low violent crime rate at 256 offenses per 100.000 population, ready availability of primary care physicians with 125.0 primary care physicians per 100,000 population and few poor mental health days per month at 3.0 days in the previous 30 days. Virginia ranks higher for health determinants than for health outcomes, indicating that overall healthiness should improve over time.

Challenges: Challenges include high levels of air pollution at 12.1 micrograms of fine particulate per cubic meter, low immunization coverage with 73.2 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations and high geographic disparity within the state at 14.9 percent.

See the United Health Foundation's latest findings on Virginia.

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The Uninsured's guide on finding health insurance in Virginia
Guide on how to find health insurance in Virginia.
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Official State Government Sites with Virginia Health Insurance Information.

Virginia's Bureau of Insurance -- consumer information for state citizens dealing with agents or companies.
Virginia Department of Health -- a site rich in information for Virginia citizens concerned about their health.
Virginia Health Insurance Guide for Consumers State of Virginia's PDF document with information about traditional health insurance and managed care health insurance plans.
FAMIS (Family Access to Medical Insurance Security) -- is Virginia's low-cost health insurance for children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but do not have private health insurance.

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