StateMaster - Alaskan Health statistics

AIDS Case Rate All Ages	8.4	[26th of 51]
Alcohol consumption > Binge drinkers	16.3%	[17th of 52]
Alcohol consumption > Casual drinkers	57.8%	[23rd of 52]
Alcohol consumption > Heavy drinkers	5.1%	[21st of 52]
Alcohol related traffic fatalities, as a percentage	31%	[49th of 51]
Attempts to Quit Smoking	58.3 %	[12th of 50]
Birth Rate per 1,000	15.5	[6th of 51]
Chlamydia Cases	3,900	[38th of 50]
Chlamydia Rate	605.8	[1st of 50]
Gonorrhea Cases	573	[41st of 50]
Gonorrhea Rate	89	[30th of 50]
Health Index	-4.98	[37th of 50]
Mental Health > State Expenditures Per Capita	$81.00	[22nd of 51]
Obesity Rate	21 %	[19th of 51]
Oral health > Loss of natural teeth	23%	[21st of 52]
Overweight and Obesity Rate	59.5 %	[5th of 51]
Prevalence of Poor Mental Health	31.7 %	[41st of 50]
Smokeless tobacco users	21.9%	[11th of 18]
Suicides	124	[44th of 51]
Teen Birth Rate per 1,000	38.6	[28th of 51]

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SOURCES: 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 ; statehealthfacts.org ; Morgan Quitno Press, 2005; statehealthfacts.org; statehealthfacts.org ; 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, 2000.; American Association of Suicidology, 2003; statehealthfacts.org

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