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Figure 5: Rating of Community Concerns

Illegal Drug Use 3.27
Alcohol Use
2.92
Bullying
Identity Theft 2.91
Prescription Drug Misuse 2.91
2.85
Domestic Abuse, Child Abuse, Elder Abuse 2.82
Obesity 2.81
2.79
Over-the-Counter Drug Misuse 2.75
Funding for Schools 2.62
Hunger 2.62
Tobacco Use 2.58
2.55
Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence
2.55
Financial Problems Experienced by Local Government
Suicide 2.08
1.99
Gambling 1.96
Excessive Personal Debt 1.76

Risk of Losing Your Job
Risk of Foreclosure & Bankruptcy

Source: COMPASS NOW 2015 Random Household Survey
Scale: No Concern=1; Very Concerned=4

Table 10: Ranking of Health Concerns by County out of 18 Topics

Concern All La Crosse Monroe Trempealeau Vernon Houston
Counties

Illegal Drug Use 1 1 1 1 1 1

Alcohol Use 423625

Obesity 588536

Prescription Drug 7 4 2 10 9 11
Misuse

Over-the-Counter 9 6 6 12 10 9
Drug Misuse

Tobacco Use 10 13 11 9 8 10 HEALTH

Hunger 12 10 13 14 12 12

Suicide 14 12 14 8 14 8

Source: COMPASS NOW 2015 Random Household Survey

What are we doing to manage our health?

Quality of Health Care

Many national and regional organizations measure the quality of our health care. Minnesota and Wisconsin
have consistently ranked very high in most of these measurements. In 2013, according to the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Minnesota ranked first nationally, while Wisconsin ranked third in
2013. Wisconsin did especially well, ranking in the top 10% of states, for several measures, including adults
age 40 years and older with diabetes who received at least two hemoglobin A1c measures in a calendar
year, hospital heart attack patients who received angioplasty within 90 minutes of arrival, and hospice

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