3. Finding Education and Income
Those who live and work in low
s socioeconomic circumstances are at an
increased risk
Social Mortality
Determinants Morbidity
of Health Unhealthy behaviors
Reduced access to healthcare
Inadequate quality of care
A substantial proportion of the adult
population with insufficient resources
is vulnerable to health problems.
6. Finding Inadequate and unhealthy housing
s Lack of structural and
safety features increase
risk of
Injuries
Blood lead levels
Worsening of other
Environmental conditions
Hazards
Poor indoor air quality
increases risk of
Cancer
Asthma
Coronary Heart disease
7. Air Pollution
Urban
counties are
generally
near
sources of
air pollution
Racial and ethnic minority groups, are
more likely to live in urban counties and
more likely to experience a disparately
larger impact
8. Findin Health Insurance Coverage
gs Insurance coverage is strongly related
to better health outcomes
Healthcare
Higher percentage of males are
Access uninsured
18-34 year olds are twice as likely to be
uninsured as 45-64 year olds
Hispanics and blacks had significantly
higher uninsured rates compared to non-
Hispanic whites and Asian/Pacific
Islanders
9. Findin
gs
Access to
Preventive
Influenza vaccination coverage
Health
Services
During the 2009-2010 flu vaccination
period, non-Hispanic blacks and
Hispanics had lower vaccination rates
than non-Hispanic whites
10. Preventive Screenings
Colorectal cancer
screenings
Disparities exist based on
Age group
Ethnic group
Disability
Insurance status
12. Findin
gs
Mortality
Infant Deaths
Motor Vehicle Related Deaths
Health
Suicides
Outcomes
Drug-Induced Deaths
Coronary Heart Disease and Strokes
Homicides
13. Infant Mortality
African-American Infants
Are 1 ½ to 3 times
more likely to die
than infants of other
ethnicities
14. Suicide and Homicide
Suicide Homicide
Men of all ages and Highest rate for those
race/ethnicities are between ages 15-34
approximately four 4 times greater in
times more likely to males than females
die by suicide than Highest rate among
females non-Hispanic blacks
15. Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke
Leading cause of disability African American Men and
and death in US Women
Men are more likely to More likely to die of
die from coronary heart disease and
heart diseases than stroke than their white
women counterparts
16. Drug Induced Deaths
Rates of drug-induced Prescription drug abuse
deaths increased now kills more persons
between 2003 and 2007 than illicit drugs
among men and women
of all race/ethnicities,
with the exception of
Hispanics.
Rates are highest among
non-Hispanic whites.
18. Findin
Morbidity
gs Obesity
Pre-term Births
Potentially Preventable
Hospitalizations
Current Asthma Prevalence
Health
HIV Infection
Outcomes
Diabetes
P
Hypertension and Hypertension
Control
19. Obesity
What percentage of your state’s population is obese?
Prevalence of obesity is
lower among whites
than among blacks and
Mexican-Americans
Among females,
prevalence of obesity is
highest among blacks
20. Hypertension
Do You Know Your Numbers?
Hypertension is most
prevalent among non-
Hispanic blacks (42% versus
28.8% among whites).
Women are significantly
more likely to have
hypertension controlled
than men
Uninsured persons are only
about half as likely to have
hypertension under control
than those with insurance,
regardless of type
22. Findin
gs
Behavioral Risk Factors
Binge Drinking
Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbirth
Health
Cigarette Smoking
Outcomes
23. Binge Drinking
What is binge drinking? Who’s at risk?
Younger people and men
are more likely to binge
drink and consume more
alcohol than older people
and women.
More than half of alcohol
Consuming four or more consumption by adults in
alcoholic drinks on one or the United States is in the
more occasion for women form of binge drinking
and five or more for men.
24. Tobacco Use
Leading cause of
preventable illness and
death
Disparities in smoking rates
persist among certain racial
and ethnic minorities:
American Indians and Alaska
Natives
Smoking rates decline with
increasing income
Smoking rates decline with
increasing educational
attainment
25. Teen Pregnancy
Disparities Persist
Rates of adolescent
pregnancy and childbirth
have been falling or holding
steady for all racial/ethnic
minorities in all age groups.
Birth rates for Hispanics and
non-Hispanic blacks are 3
and 2.5 times those of whites