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State Profile

Oregon

Population (2023): 4.233 million

Oregon’s public health outcomes and emergency preparedness betters some states but falls behind others. The state placed in the low 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 lower than the U.S. median. In addition, the rates of diabetes and hypertension rank similarly to the U.S. median.

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Oregon at a glance

24.4

Alcohol-related deaths (per 100,000), 2021

26.8

Drug-related deaths (per 100,000), 2021

19.5

Suicide deaths (per 100,000), 2021

73.2

Deaths related to alcohol, drugs, or suicide (per 100,000), 2021

30.9

Percent of adults who have obesity, 2022

14.5

Percent of children age 10-17 who have obesity, 2020-21

10.4

Percent of adults who have diabetes, 2022

31.1

Percent of adults who have hypertension, 2022

Low Tier

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

49.8

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

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