Oklahoma

==Health==

[[File:tulsacancertreatmentcenter.jpg|thumb|right|Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southwestern Regional Medical Center, Tulsa]]

Oklahoma was the 21st-largest recipient of medical funding from the federal government in 2005, with health-related federal expenditures in the state totaling $75,801,364; [[immunization]]s, [[bioterrorism]] preparedness, and health education were the top three most funded medical items.<ref name="oklahoma health 2">{{cite web| title = Health Report: Oklahoma| publisher = Trust for America's Health| url = http://healthyamericans.org/state/index.php?StateID=OK| access-date = August 2, 2007| archive-date = August 12, 2007| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070812184402/http://healthyamericans.org/state/index.php?StateID=OK}}</ref> Instances of major diseases are near the national average in Oklahoma, and the state ranks at or slightly above the rest of the country in percentage of people with [[asthma]], [[Diabetes mellitus|diabetes]], cancer, and [[hypertension]].<ref name="oklahoma health 2" />

In 2000, Oklahoma ranked 45th in physicians per capita and slightly below the national average in nurses per capita, but was slightly above the national average in hospital beds per 100,000 people and above the national average in net growth of health services over a twelve-year period.<ref>{{cite web | title = State health workforce profiles:Oklahoma | publisher = [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]] | url = ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bhpr/workforce/summaries/Oklahoma03.pdf | archive-url = http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110217051715/ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bhpr/workforce/summaries/Oklahoma03.pdf | archive-date = February 17, 2011 | access-date = August 2, 2007 }}</ref> One of the worst states for percentage of insured people, nearly 25 percent of Oklahomans between the age of 18 and 64 did not have health insurance in 2005, the fifth-highest rate in the nation.<ref>{{cite web | title = Health insurance, lack of coverage among adults: State, 2002–2005 | publisher = [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]] | url = http://209.217.72.34/HDAA/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=151 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071012213905/http://209.217.72.34/HDAA/TableViewer/tableView.aspx?ReportId=151 | archive-date = October 12, 2007 | access-date = September 8, 2007 }}</ref>

Oklahomans are in the upper half of Americans in terms of [[obesity]] prevalence, and the state is the 5th most obese in the nation, with 30.3 percent of its population at or near obesity.<ref name="Oklahoma Health">{{cite web|title=U.S. Obesity Trends |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |url=https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html |access-date=September 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825130031/http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html |archive-date=August 25, 2009 }}</ref> Oklahoma ranked last among the 50 states in a 2007 study by the [[Commonwealth Fund]] on health care performance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.webmd.com/news/20070613/how-states-rank-on-health-care |title=How States Rank on Health Care |last=Hitti |first=Miranda |publisher=WebMD Health News |date=June 13, 2007 |access-date=January 26, 2012}}</ref>

The [[University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center|OU Medical Center]], Oklahoma's largest collection of hospitals, is the only hospital in the state designated a Level{{nbsp}}I [[trauma center]] by the [[American College of Surgeons]]. OU Medical Center is on the grounds of the Oklahoma Health Center in Oklahoma City, the state's largest concentration of medical research facilities.<ref>{{cite web| title = OU Medical Center Employment Opportunities| publisher=[[University of Oklahoma]]| url =http://www.oumedcenter.com/eRecruit.asp| access-date = August 2, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070817194528/http://www.oumedcenter.com/eRecruit.asp|archive-date=August 17, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Trauma One Center| publisher=[[University of Oklahoma]]| url =http://www.oumedcenter.com/CustomPage.asp?guidCustomContentID=3F100B4D-6724-11D4-81F3-00508B1249D5| access-date = August 2, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070721211811/http://www.oumedcenter.com/CustomPage.asp?guidCustomContentID=3F100B4D-6724-11D4-81F3-00508B1249D5|archive-date=July 21, 2007 }}</ref>

The Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southwestern Regional Medical Center in Tulsa is one of four such regional facilities nationwide, offering cancer treatment to the entire southwestern United States, and is one of the largest cancer treatment hospitals in the country.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.cancercenter.com/southwestern-hospital/about-this-hospital.cfm| title=Southwestern Regional Medical Center| publisher=[[Cancer Treatment Centers of America]]| access-date=May 7, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010160608/http://www.cancercenter.com/southwestern-hospital/about-this-hospital.cfm| archive-date=October 10, 2007| df=mdy-all}}</ref> The largest [[Osteopathic medicine in the United States|osteopathic]] teaching facility in the nation, [[Oklahoma State University Medical Center]] at Tulsa, also rates as one of the largest facilities in the field of [[neuroscience]].<ref>{{cite web | year=2007|url=http://osu.okstate.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=479&Itemid=90 | title= Tulsa Regional Medical Center Changes its name to OSU Medical Center | publisher=[[Oklahoma State University]]| access-date=August 2, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013231828/http://osu.okstate.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=479&Itemid=90 <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archive-date = October 13, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.research.okstate.edu/report00/com/comnar.html | title= Basic Biomedical Research in the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine| publisher=[[Oklahoma State University]]| access-date=August 2, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060901125105/http://www.research.okstate.edu/report00/com/comnar.html |archive-date = September 1, 2006}}</ref>
On June 26, 2018, Oklahoma made [[Medical cannabis|marijuana legal for medical purposes]], making it one of the most conservative states to approve medical marijuana.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Sean |title=Oklahoma voters approve medical marijuana despite opposition |url=https://apnews.com/article/70b6fafb4c0f4d2ea920cba5fa227737 |access-date=November 15, 2020 |work=AP News |date=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

===Life expectancy===
The residents of Oklahoma have [[List of U.S. states and territories by life expectancy|a lower life expectancy]] than the U.S. national average. In 2014, males in Oklahoma lived an average of 73.7 years compared to a male national average of 76.7 years and females lived an average of 78.5 years compared to a female national average of 81.5 years. Moreover, increases in life expectancy have been below the national average. Male life expectancy in Oklahoma between 1980 and 2014, increased by an average of 4.0 years, compared to a male national average of a 6.7 year increase. Life expectancy for females in Oklahoma between 1980 and 2014, increased by 1.0 years, compared to a female national average of a 4.0 year increase.<ref>{{cite web |title=US Health Map |url=https://vizhub.healthdata.org/subnational/usa |website=Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation |publisher=University of Washington |access-date=December 27, 2020}}</ref>

Using  2016–2018 data, the [[Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]] calculated that life expectancy (all sexes) for Oklahoma counties ranged from 71.2 years for [[Okfuskee County]] to 79.7 years for [[Cimarron County|Cimarron]] and [[Logan County, Oklahoma|Logan]] counties. Life expectancy for the state as a whole was 76.0 years.<ref name="Robert Wood Johnson">{{cite web |title=Oklahoma: Life Expectancy |url=https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/oklahoma/2020/measure/outcomes/147/data?sort=sc-2 |website=Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |access-date=December 28, 2020}}</ref>

===Impact of Covid===
As of December 22, 2022, Oklahoma has been impacted more by the [[Covid pandemic]] (2020-?) than the average U.S. state. Statistics for the U.S. as a whole are 331 deaths per 100,000 population with 68 percent of the population fully vaccinated.  The comparable statistics for Oklahoma are 405 deaths per 100,000 population with 59 percent of the population fully vaccinated; 16,041 deaths from Covid have been recorded in Oklahoma. A wide variation in deaths from Covid exists among Oklahoma counties. [[Greer County, Oklahoma|Greer County]] recorded the highest death rate of .00753 (753 deaths per 100,000 residents). [[Payne County, Oklahoma|Payne County]] recorded the lowest death rate of .00231 (231 deaths per 100,000 residents.<ref name="Tracking Coronavirus">{{cite news |title=Tracking Coronavirus in Oklahoma: Latest Map and Case Count, December 22, 2022 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html |website=New York Times |date=March 3, 2020 |access-date=23 December 2022}}</ref>