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State Profile

Wisconsin

Population (2023): 5,910 million

Wisconsin’s public health outcomes and emergency preparedness betters some states but falls behind others. The state placed in the mid performance tier for public health emergency preparedness in TFAH’s 2024 Ready or Not: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism report. Deaths within the state due to drug misuse, alcohol, or suicide outpace the country as a whole. Based on 2022 data, the percentage of adults with obesity rank higher than the U.S. median. In addition, the rates of diabetes and hypertension rank similarly to the U.S. median.

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Wisconsin at a glance

16.6

Alcohol-related deaths (per 100,000), 2022

31.8

Drug-related deaths (per 100,000), 2022

15.1

Suicide deaths (per 100,000), 2022

62.4

Deaths related to alcohol, drugs, or suicide (per 100,000), 2022

35.9

Percent of adults who have obesity, 2023

18.8

Percent of children age 6-17 who have obesity, 2021-22

11.6

Percent of adults who have diabetes, 2023

33.5

Percent of adults who have hypertension, 2023

Middle Tier

Public health emergency preparedness performance tier (High, Middle, Low), 2023

53.9

Percent of population (age 6 months or older) who received seasonal flu vaccination, 2022-23

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