New health care rankings are in, and Oklahoma is still near the bottom.
WalletHub crunched the numbers to come up with scores for health care costs, health care access and health outcomes. Overall, they rank Oklahoma health care 44th out of the 50 states and Washington, D.C.
Out of those three broad measures, Oklahoma scored the worst on health outcomes, ranking 47th.
"Everything from the infant mortality rate, which, in Oklahoma, is one of the highest in the country," said WalletHub analyst Jill Gonzalez. "We also looked at the average life expectancy at birth. Oklahoma is one of the lowest ... And other things that could definitely use some improvement: heart disease rates, heart attack rates."
When it comes to health care costs, Oklahoma ranked relatively well and actually scored better than four of the top 10 overall states.
Gonzalez said the fastest way to improve in the overall rankings would be for Oklahoma to increase its total insured rate, currently around 75 percent.
"Massachusetts is up into 95 percent. Many other states hover around 90 percent," Gonzalez said. "Oklahoma, however, definitely has to get that rate up to see better outcomes."
When it comes to child and adult uninsured rates, Oklahoma ranks 44th and 46th.
