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Summary of Demographic Data and Health Statistics


 
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 Population Distribution by Age Total 0-18 Years 19-64 Years 65+ Years
   State Population (%)1 100           27          61           12          
   US Population (%)1 100           27          61           12          
   State Population (#)1 12,406,690           3,353,610          7,612,780           1,440,300          
   US Population (#)1 285,077,110           77,266,430          173,576,850           34,233,820          
 
 Death by Gender Total Population Male Female United States
   Infant Deaths2 1,413                                                 27,568  
   Death Rate per 100,0002 882.3               1081.7              740.4              868.3 / 1053.1 / 730.8  
 
 Measures of Maternal-Child
 Health - Total Population
Number Rate per 1,000 Rate per 100,000 United States
   Births3 180,622             14.3               –                 4,021,726 / 13.9  
   Teen Births 19,7584            42.23              –                 445,944 / 43  
   Teen Birth Rate of Change12 -27             –                 –                 -26.2  
   Preterm Births (% of live births)3 12.6             –                 –                 12.1  
   Low Birth Weight3 14,725             –                 –                 314,077  
   Low Birth Weight (% of live births)3 8.2             –                 –                 7.8  
   Infant Deaths2 1,413             7.7               –                 27,568 / 6.8  
   Child Death Rate5 –               –                 22               22  
   Teen Death Rate5 –               –                 52               50  
   % Mothers 1st Trimester Care3 84.9             –                 –                 83.7  
   % Children Immunized6 81             –                 –                 78  
 
 Selected Risk Factors
 by Gender
Total Population Male Female United States
   Adult Smoking Rate (%)7 22.9             26.1              19.8              23.1 / 25.9 / 20.9  
   Obesity (%)8 21             –                 –                 21  
   Overweight and Obesity (%)8 56             62              49              56 / 65 / 47  
   Chlamydia Cases9 48101             13942              34154              834555 (total)  
   Chlamydia Rate per 100,0009 387.3             229.3              538.8              296.5 / 130.1 / 455.4  
   Gonorrhea Cases9 24026             11750              12273              351852 (total)  
   Gonorrhea Rate per 100,0009 193.5             193.2              193.6              125 / 124.2 / 125.3  
   Syphilis Cases9 1592             –                 –                 32,871  
   Syphilis Rate per 100,0009 12.8             –                 –                 11.7   
 
 Selected Health Statistics
 by Ethnicity
Total Population White Black Hispanic Asian American Indian Other
   Births3 180,622     140,163     31,833     41,022     8,362     264     –      
   Birth Rate per 1,00010 14.3     11.7     16.5     24.4     16.4     5.7     –      
   Teen Births (number)4 19,758     6,579     7,120     5,926     166     30     –      
   Teen Birth Rate per 1,00011 42.2     26     94     90     –       –       –      
   Preterm Birth (% of live births)3 12.63    11.14    18.44    11.64    –       –       –      
   % Mothers 1st Trimester Care3 84.9     90.8     74.2     78.4     –       –       –      
   Infant Deaths2 1,413     854     515     –       –       –       –      
   Infant Death Rate per 1,0002 7.7     6     15.5     –       –       –       –      
   Low Birth Weight Infants, Number3 14,725     6,944     4,517     2,530     –       –       –      
   % of Low Birth Weight Infants3 8.2     7     14.3     6.2     –       –       –      
   Deaths per 100,00013 882.3     846.6     1180.6     –       –       –       410.5    
   % Adults Smoking8 22.9     22.6     25.7     23.9     21     NSD     28.3    
   Overweight and Obesity Rate8 56     55     67     50     43     NSD     56    
 
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SOURCES
All of the data from the following data sources obtained from "The Kaiser Family Foundation, State Health Facts Online." http://www.statehealthfacts.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi?
1 Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured estimates based on pooled March 2002 and 2003 Current Population Surveys.Total US numbers are based on March 2003 estimates.
2 Arias E, Anderson RN, Hsiang-Ching K, Murphy SL, Kochanek KD. Deaths: Final Data for 2001. Division of Vital Statistics. National Vital Statistics Report, Vol 52, No. 3, Sept. 18, 2003. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics, 2003.
3 Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Sutton PD, Ventura SJ, Menacker F, Munson ML, Births: Final Data for 2002, National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 52, No. 10, December 17, 2003, Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr52/nvsr52_10.pdf.
4 Special Data Request. Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2003.
5 Kids Count National Data, 2004 Kids Count Data Book Online. Website at http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/databook/ .
6 Estimated Vaccination Coverage with Individual Vaccines and Selected Vaccination Series Among Children 19-35 Months of Age by State -- U.S., National Immunization Survey, Q3/2002 - Q2/2003. National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nip/coverage/NIS/02-03/toc-0203.htm.
7 "State-Specific Prevalence of Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults --- United States, 2002," National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2004. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5253a1.htm.
8 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2001, unpublished data. National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
9 STD Surveillance 2002, Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, September 2003. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats/toc2002.htm.
10 Sutton PD and Matthews TJ, Trends in Characteristics of Births by State: United States, 1990, 1995, and 2000-2002, National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 52, No. 19, May 10, 2004, Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr52/nvsr52_19.pdf.
11 U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics: Overall Trends, Trends by Race and Ethnicity And State-by-State Information. The Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2004. Available at: http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/state_pregnancy_trends.pdf . State-by-State Information, based on data from the National Center for Health Statistics.
12 Joyce A. Martin, M.P.H.; Brady E. Hamilton, Ph.D.; Stephanie J. Ventura, M.A.; Fay Menacker, Dr. P.H.; Melissa Park, M.P.H.; Paul Sutton, Ph.D., Births: Final Data for 2001, National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 51, No. 2, December 18, 2002, Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr51/nvsr51_02.pdf.
13 United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, Compressed Mortality File compiled from 1999-2000, Series 20, No. 2F 2003 on CDC WONDER On-line Database.