The infant death rate for 2000 was 7.6 per 1,000 live births, higher than the national rate of 6.9. In 1999, 37,041 legal abortions were performed in Ohio, a rate of 15 per 1,000 women. In 2000, the overall death rate stood at 959.4, well above the national rate of 873.1.
Ohio ranks above the national rate in deaths due to heart disease, cerebrovascular diseases, and cancer, but below the US average for deaths caused by accidents and suicide. The major causes of death in 1998 (with rates per 100,000 population) included heart disease, 290.3; malignant neoplasms, 213.9; cerebrovascular diseases, 60.9; accidents and adverse effects, 31.0; motor vehicle accidents, 12.9; and suicide, 9.7. The HIV mortality rate was 2.2 per 100,000, less than half the national average. A total of 11,958 AIDS cases had been reported in Ohio through 2001 Among adults ages 18 and older, 26.3% were smokers in 2000, well above the median US rate of 23.3% .
Ohio's 166 community hospitals had 1,439,252 admissions and 33,310 beds in 2001. There were 46,026 full-time registered nurses and 5,018 full-time licensed practical nurses in 2001 and 262 physicians per 100,000 population in 2000. The average expense of a community hospital for care was $1,570.80 per inpatient day in 2001.
Federal government grants to cover the Medicare and Medicaid services in 2001 totaled $5.2 billion; 1,705,333 enrollees received Medicare benefits that year. Only 11.2% of Ohio's residents were uninsured in 2002.