The report highlights Wisconsin’s performance in numerous categories, ranking the state 8th for reproductive care and women’s health, 15th for access and affordability and 14th for prevention and treatment.
While Wisconsin’s overall performance surpassed the national average, the report also sheds light on areas of concern, particularly in income disparity and racial and ethnic health equity, with the state ranking 27th and 37th, respectively.
The report shows Black communities in Wisconsin have the highest rate of avoidable deaths before age 75 at 661 per 100,000 population, followed closely by American Indian and Alaska Native people at 630 per 100,000 population. The rates for other racial and ethnic groups are significantly lower, all falling within the 200s.
It also highlights an increase in deaths from preventable and treatable causes between 2018 and 2021, coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic. The rate of avoidable deaths before the age of 75 per 100,000 population rose from 224.8 in 2018-19 to 272.9 in 2020-21.
Meanwhile, mortality rates for women of reproductive age in Wisconsin rose from 84.5 per 100,000 females aged 15-44 in 2019 to 107.3 in 2021. However, despite this increase, Wisconsin ranks third nationally for low maternal mortality rates, with a rate of 14.5 deaths per 100,000 live births.
See the full report here, and see state-specific figures here.
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