The index includes data from more than 40 million BCBS members. It quantifies how more than 200 diseases affect a population’s overall health by generating a county-specific measure between 0 and 1.
A Moody’s Analytics analysis of the BCBS Health Index found a link between healthy individuals and a healthy economy. Counties in the top 10 percent of BCBS’ index saw a $3,700 increase in per capita income, a 3.5 percent higher economic growth rate over a decade and a half point lower unemployment rate compared to counties with a median BCBS Health Index measure.
The top five conditions affecting the commercially insured nationally are:
- Depression, anxiety and other mood disorders
- Hypertension
- Diabetes
- High cholesterol
- Substance use disorders
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