District of Columbia
Health Policy rankings
| Population | 553,705 |
| Number of insurance mandates | 17 |
| Death rate per 100,000 | 970 |
Percent of adults overweight or obese | 52% |
Percent of adults who have visited a dentist in the last 12 months | 72% |
| Number of births (2004) | 7,933 |
Since the District of Columbia is not included in the U.S. Index of Health Ownership, there are no rankings for the health ownership rank or any of its components.
Sources
*Policy ranks are from the U.S. Index of Health Ownership, published by the Pacific Research Institute.
*Health indicators are from State Health Facts, a service of the Kaiser Family Foundation.
*Number of insurance mandates comes from Health Insurance Mandates in the States 2007 (PDF), a publication of the Council for Affordable Health Insurance.
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