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The Midwest > Iowa > Health

IOWAN HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Abortion Rate 9 [36th of 47]
AIDS Case Rate All Ages 2.2 [48th of 51]
Definition: Health > AIDS Case Rate All Ages
Source: statehealthfacts.org
Alcohol consumption > Binge drinkers 18.9% [4th of 52]
Definition: Health > Alcohol consumption > Binge drinkers
Source: statehealthfacts.org
Alcohol consumption > Casual drinkers 56.8% [26th of 52]
Definition: Health > Alcohol consumption > Casual drinkers
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.
Alcohol consumption > Heavy drinkers 5.5% [15th of 52]
Definition: Health > Alcohol consumption > Heavy drinkers
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.
Alcohol related traffic fatalities, as a percentage 28% [50th of 51]
Definition: Health > Alcohol related traffic fatalities, as a percentage
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.
Birth Rate per 1,000 13 [38th of 51]
Definition: Health > Birth Rate per 1,000
Source: MADD Official Website statistics, 2004
Chlamydia Cases 6,491 [34th of 50]
Definition: Health > Chlamydia Cases
Source: statehealthfacts.org
Chlamydia Rate 221 [38th of 50]
Definition: Health > Chlamydia Rate
Source: statehealthfacts.org
Gonorrhea Cases 1,554 [34th of 50]
Definition: Health > Gonorrhea Cases
Source: statehealthfacts.org
Gonorrhea Rate 52.9 [37th of 50]
Definition: Health > Gonorrhea Rate
Source: statehealthfacts.org
Health Index 14.57 [6th of 50]
Definition: Health > Health Index
Source: statehealthfacts.org
Mental Health > State Expenditures Per Capita $73.00 [26th of 51]
Definition: Health > Mental Health > State Expenditures Per Capita
Source: Morgan Quitno Press, 2005
Obesity Rate 22 % [14th of 51]
Definition: Health > Obesity Rate
Source: statehealthfacts.org
Oral health > Loss of natural teeth 23.2% [19th of 52]
Definition: Health > Oral health > Loss of natural teeth
Source: statehealthfacts.org
Overweight and Obesity Rate 58.8 % [11th of 51]
Definition: Health > Overweight and Obesity Rate
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.
Prevalence of Poor Mental Health 29.2 % [44th of 50]
Definition: Health > Prevalence of Poor Mental Health
Source: statehealthfacts.org
Suicides 352 [31st of 51]
Definition: Health > Suicides
Source: statehealthfacts.org
Teen Birth Rate per 1,000 31.9 [38th of 51]
Definition: Health > Teen Birth Rate per 1,000
Source: American Association of Suicidology, 2003
Total Spending on Medicaid $37,875.00 [30th of 36]
Definition: Health > Total Spending on Medicaid
Source: statehealthfacts.org

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SOURCES: statehealthfacts.org; statehealthfacts.org ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.; MADD Official Website statistics, 2004; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org ; Morgan Quitno Press, 2005; statehealthfacts.org; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org ; American Association of Suicidology, 2003; statehealthfacts.org ; statehealthfacts.org

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