11 States that have Highest Rates of Surgical Procedures in America

9. North Dakota

All Surgical Discharges per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees: 87.3

North Dakota is the healthiest state on our list. America Health Ranking puts North Dakota in 9th place, praising its low rate of drug deaths, high immunization coverage among teens, and low prevalence of low birthweight. Like South Dakota, North Dakota also has a small number of people who complain about poor mental and physical health days. However, this is the state with the greatest percent of binge drinkers in America (23.8 percent of population drink excessively) which might explain HealthGrove data that residents of North Dakota are at greater risk of suffering from mental illnesses such as depression and schizophrenia compared to America’s average. Finally, North Dakota increased public health funding by 40 percents in past 2 years, and now it spends $109 on health care per person.

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