With 16.1% of South Carolina's population lacking any kind of health insurance, (37th in the US) it makes you wonder why Jim DeMint would oppose the recent health care reform legislation, that his constituents desperately need. In fact it is shocking that South Carolinians are some of the least healthy people in the US with low life expectancy, high infant mortality and unusually high incidences of obesity and some sexually transmitted diseases. According to a number of health rankings South Carolina lands nearly at the bottom of all 50 states.
Many South Carolinians are going without health insurance: With 16.1% of the population lacking any kind of health insurance, South Carolina ranks 37th out of the 50 states for number of people insured.
South Carolina Health Rankings
No 1 for violent crime
No 42 for life expectancy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_life_expectancy
No. 6 for infant mortality http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2010/ranks/rank17.html
No. 3 for chlamydia and gonorrhea http://www.avert.org/std-statistics-america.htm
No 9 for obesity http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-06-29/health/chi-100629obesity-list_1_south-dakota-north-dakota-new-hampshire
Here's where South Carolina ranks for health among the 50 states:
http://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/news/20081203/report-vermont-is-healthiest-state
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-11-05-state-rankings_N.htm
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Of course it can always be worse. Just take a look at Mitch McConnell's Kentucky.
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