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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           25          61           14          
   US Population (%)1 100           27          61           12          
   State Population (#)1 8,521,890           2,114,020          5,238,480           1,169,390          
   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 747               –                 –                 27,568  
   Death Rate per 100,0002 852.2               1039.4              719.4              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 114,751             13.4               –                 4,021,726 / 13.9  
   Teen Births 7,6934            26.83              –                 445,944 / 43  
   Teen Birth Rate of Change12 -28.1             –                 –                 -26.2  
   Preterm Births (% of live births)3 12             –                 –                 12.1  
   Low Birth Weight3 9,185             –                 –                 314,077  
   Low Birth Weight (% of live births)3 8             –                 –                 7.8  
   Infant Deaths2 747             6.5               –                 27,568 / 6.8  
   Child Death Rate5 –               –                 14               22  
   Teen Death Rate5 –               –                 29               50  
   % Mothers 1st Trimester Care3 80.3             –                 –                 83.7  
   % Children Immunized6 81             –                 –                 78  
 
 Selected Risk Factors
 by Gender		 Total Population Male Female United States
   Adult Smoking Rate (%)7 19.1             20.4              17.9              23.1 / 25.9 / 20.9  
   Obesity (%)8 19             –                 –                 21  
   Overweight and Obesity (%)8 55             64              46              56 / 65 / 47  
   Chlamydia Cases9 14164             1962              12183              834555 (total)  
   Chlamydia Rate per 100,0009 168.3             48.1              281.3              296.5 / 130.1 / 455.4  
   Gonorrhea Cases9 7894             3930              3958              351852 (total)  
   Gonorrhea Rate per 100,0009 93.8             96.3              91.4              125 / 124.2 / 125.3  
   Syphilis Cases9 1062             –                 –                 32,871  
   Syphilis Rate per 100,0009 12.6             –                 –                 11.7   
 
 Selected Health Statistics
 by Ethnicity 		Total Population White Black Hispanic Asian American Indian Other
   Births3 114,751     84,493     19,952     24,664     10,134     172     –      
   Birth Rate per 1,00010 13.4     11     15.4     20.2     17.9     5.6     –      
   Teen Births (number)4 7,693     1,777     3,005     3,041     112     16     –      
   Teen Birth Rate per 1,00011 26.8     13     67     69     –       –       –      
   Preterm Birth (% of live births)3 123    10.44    17.84    12.64    –       –       –      
   % Mothers 1st Trimester Care3 80.3     89     63.8     68.7     –       –       –      
   Infant Deaths2 747     430     293     –       –       –       –      
   Infant Death Rate per 1,0002 6.5     5.1     14.2     –       –       –       –      
   Low Birth Weight Infants, Number3 9,185     4,232     2,388     1,753     –       –       –      
   % of Low Birth Weight Infants3 8     6.9     13.3     7.1     –       –       –      
   Deaths per 100,00013 852.2     831.5     1106.7     –       –       –       382.1    
   % Adults Smoking8 19.1     22.2     20.8     19.1     8.3     NSD     24.5    
   Overweight and Obesity Rate8 55     55     69     54     28     NSD     51    
 
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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.