Health+Stats+US

** 11/28/08 **      __  Health Insurance Coverage Stats:  __     Persons under age 65; Uninsured= 43 million (2007), which is roughly 16.5%. % w/ private insurance= 66.8%     Children under 18; % uninsured= 8.9%. % w/private insurance= 59.9%. % w/public health coverage= 32.7% (2007)     In 2005–2006, there were an estimated 2.3 million average annual emergency room visits made by those who had been discharged within 7 days from any hospital. This is Approximately 68 returning patients for every 1,000 discharged.    __ Leading causes in death __ : Heart disease (625,091), Cancer (559,312), Stroke ( 143,579), Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases (130,933), Accidents (117,809), Diabetes (75,119), etc. (2005)    __ Infant Mortality __ : In 2005, the U.S. infant mortality rate was 6.86 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, not significantly different than the rate of 6.89 in 2000.      The Healthy People 2010 target goal for the U.S. infant mortality rate is 4.5 infant deaths per 1,000 live births (__ [|4] __). The current U.S. rate is about 50% higher than the goal.      The impact of infant mortality is considerable: There are more than 28,000 deaths to children under 1 year of age each year in the United States.     Children prescribed medication for emotional or behavioral conditions: Approximately 2.9 million children (5.1%) were prescribed medication for such difficulties. (2008)      Boys were prescribed meds twice as often as girls     Almost 9 in 10 children who were prescribed medication for emotional or behavioral difficulties received this medication for the symptoms of ADHD.     In 1999-2006, the prevalence of HIV infection among U.S. adults aged 18-49 years residing in households was 0.47%. In addition, race/ethnic and gender disparities were present. HIV infection was higher among non-Hispanic blacks compared with other race/ethnic groups and higher among men than women.     HIV infection was significantly associated with HSV-2 (Herpes Simplex 2) infection. The association was especially strong among non-Hispanic blacks where infection with HSV-2 is significantly higher than in all other race/ethnic groups.     Births/Natality: Number of births: 4,138,349. Birth rate: 14 per 1,000. Total fertility rate: 66.7 births per 1,000 women. Percent born low birth weight: 8.2. Percent unmarried: 36.9. Mean age at first birth: 25.2. (2005)       Deaths/Mortality: Number of deaths= 2,448,017. Death rate= 825.9 deaths per 100,000 people. Life expectancy- 77.8 years.     Leading contraceptive method: Pill. % of women aged 15-44 using the pill: 19%. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">    Percent of adults who engaged in regular leisure-time physical activity: 31 (2006) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">    Percent of adults who engaged in no leisure-time physical activity: 39.5 (2006) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">    Percent of children ages 2-17 with a dental visit in the past year: 76 (2006) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">    Percent of adults ages 18-64 with a dental visit in the past year: 62 (2006) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">    Percent of adults ages 65 and over with a dental visit in the past year: 58 (2006) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">    Percent of adults with a limitation in usual activities due to one or more chronic health conditions: 11.4 (2006) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings">    In 2007, only one state ( Colorado ) had a prevalence of obesity less than 20%. Thirty states had a prevalence equal to or greater than 25%; three of these states ( Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee ) had a prevalence of obesity equal to or greater than 30%. All the above was taken from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs
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