Selected U.S. State/Territory Research Findings

The links below provide selected sources for research findings and facts about women's health in states/territories (including District of Columbia) in the United States. Also see related links on this page.

Health Topics

Arthritis
Cancer
Child and Adolescent Health
Deaths
Diabetes
Disabilities
Environmental Health
Heart Disease and Stroke (Cardiovascular Disease)
Injury
Malaria
Nutrition
Oral Health
Overweight and Obesity
Physical Activity
Pregnancy and Reproductive Health
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs and HIV/AIDS)
Smoking and Tobacco
Tuberculosis
Violence
Water-Related Issues

Prevalence of Doctor-Diagnosed Arthritis and Possible Arthritis- 30 States, 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5318a2.htm

Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Korean Women- Santa Clara County, California, 1994 and 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5333a4.htm

Breast Cancer Screening and Socioeconomic Status- 35 Metropolitan Areas, 2000 and 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5439a2.htm

Declines in Lung Cancer Rates- California, 1988-1997
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4947a4.htm

Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility: Evaluating Direct-to-Consumer Marketing- Atlanta, Denver, Raleigh-Durham, and Seattle, 2003
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5327a1.htm

Inadequate Functional Health Literacy in Spanish as a Barrier to Cervical Cancer Screening Among Immigrant Latinas in New York City
http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2004/oct/03_0038.htm

Trends in Self-Reported Use of Mammograms (1989-1997) and Pap Tests (1991-1997)- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss4806a1.htm

United States Cancer Incidence Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/uscs/

Alcohol Use among Adolescents and Adults- New Hampshire, 1991-2003
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5308a3.htm

Brief Report: Imported Case of Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS)- New Hampshire, 2005
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5445a5.htm

Increasing Infant Mortality Among Very Low Birthweight Infants- Delaware, 1994-2000
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5236a3.htm

National and State-Specific Pregnancy Rates Among Adolescents- United States, 1995-1997
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4927a1.htm

State Specific Birth Rates for Teenagers- United States, 1990-1996
ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Publications/mmwr/wk/mm4636.pdf

Teenage Births in the United States: State Trends, 1999-2000
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr50/nvsr50_09.pdf

Types of Alcoholic Beverages Usually Consumed by Students in 9th-12th Grades- Four States, 2005

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs/

Deaths, Age-Adjusted Death Rates, and Comparisons by State for Selected Leading Causes of Death
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/03facts/mortalitytables.htm

Increase in Poisoning Deaths Caused by Non-Illicit Drugs- Utah, 1991 - 2003
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5402a1.htm

Mortality Data
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/dvs/mortdata.htm

Diabetes-Related Preventive-Care Practices- Guam, 2001—2003
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5413a3.htm
PDF (p. 333)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5413.pdf

Prevalence of Diabetes
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/prev/state/

Disability and Health State Chartbook– 2006 Profiles of Health for Adults with Disabilities
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dh/chartbook/

Environmental Barriers to Health Care among Persons with Disabilities- Los Angeles County, California, 2002-2003
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5548a4.htm

ATSDR Releases Public Health Assessment Concerning Lead for the Omaha Lead Site- Omaha, Nebraska: Exposure to Lead by Children 6 and Younger Puts Them at Risk for Health Effects
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/NEWS/omahane060704.html

Death of a Child after Ingestion of a Metallic Charm- Minnesota, 2006
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm55d323a1.htm

Increase in Coccidioidomycosis- Arizona, 1998-2001
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5206a4.htm

Lead Poisoning Associated with Ayurvedic Medications- Five States (California, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Texas), 2000-2003
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5326a3.htm

Report Finds Health Risks for Children, Adolescents at Picayune Wood Treating Site- Mississippi
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/NEWS/picayunems012506.html

Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke among American Indians and Alaska Natives 2005
http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/fs050517.htm

Disparities in Premature Deaths from Heart Disease- 50 States and the District of Columbia, 2001
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5306a2.htm

Heart Disease and Stroke Maps
http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/library/maps/index.htm

State-Specific Mortality from Sudden Cardiac Death- United States, 1999
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5106a3.htm

Emergency Medical System Responses to Suicide-Related Calls- Maine, 1999-2000
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5103a3.htm

Injury Maps
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/

Nonfatal Fall-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Among Older Adults- California, 1996-1999
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5213a3.htm

State Injury Profiles
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/StateProfiles/index.htm

Unintentional and Undetermined Poisoning Deaths- 11 States, 1990—2001
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5311a2.htm

Congenital Malaria- Nassau County, New York, 2004
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5415a3.htm

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by State
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/5ADaySurveillance

National Oral Health Surveillance System
http://www.cdc.gov/nohss/

State-Specific Prevalence of Obesity among Adults- United States, 2005
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5536a1.htm

U.S. Obesity Trends
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/trend/maps/

Prevalence of No Leisure-Time Physical Activity- 35 States and the District of Columbia, 1988-2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5304a4.htm

U.S. Physical Activity Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/stats/us_physical_activity/

Abortion Surveillance- United States, 2000
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5212a1.htm

Accutane-Exposed Pregnancies- California, 1999
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4902a2.htm

Assisted Reproductive Technology Reports
http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/art.htm

Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance- United States, 2000
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5209a1.htm

Assisted Reproductive Technology Use- United States, 1996 and 1998
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5105a2.htm

Birth and Fertility Rates for States by Hispanic Origin Subgroups- United States, 1990 and 2000
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_21/sr21_057.pdf

Birth Data
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/births.htm

Breastfeeding Practices: Results from the 2005 National Immunization Survey
http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/NIS_data/data_2005.htm

Disparities in Universal Prenatal Screening for Group B Streptococcus- North Carolina, 2002-2003
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5428a3.htm

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, New York, 1995-1997
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5120a2.htm

Folic Acid Awareness and Use among Women with a History of a Neural Tube Defect Pregnancy- Texas, 2000-2001
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5113a5.htm

Folic Acid Campaign and Evaluation- Southwestern Virginia, 1997-1999
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4840a2.htm

Knowledge and Use of Folic Acid Among Women of Reproductive Age- Michigan, 1998
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5010a2.htm

Laboratory Practices for Prenatal Group B Streptococcal Screening- Seven States (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, New York, Oregon, Tennessee), 2003
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5323a3.htm

Motivational Intervention to Reduce Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies- Florida, Texas, Virginia, 1997-2001
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5219a4.htm

Neural Tube Defect Surveillance and Folic Acid Intervention- Texas-Mexican Border, 1993-1998
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4901a1.htm

Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease Prevention- Minnesota
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol11no09/04-1109.htm

PRAMS: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/prams/

PRAMS and Postpartum Depression
http://www.cdc.gov/PRAMS/PPD.htm

PRAMS and Unintended Pregnancy
http://www.cdc.gov/PRAMS/UP.htm

Pregnancy in Perinatally HIV-Infected Adolescents and Young Adults- Puerto Rico, 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5208a1.htm

QuickStats: Average Age of Mothers at First Birth, by State- United States, 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5419a5.htm

QuickStats: Total Fertility Rates, by State– United States, 2003
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5449a5.htm

Rates of Cesarean Delivery among Puerto Rican Women- Puerto Rico and the U.S. Mainland, 1992-2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5503a2.htm?s_cid=mm5503a2_e

Serum Folate Levels Among Women Attending Family Planning Clinics- Georgia, 2000
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5113a2.htm

Sociodemographic Patterns in Spina Bifida Birth Prevalence Trends- North Carolina, 1995-1999
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5113a4.htm

Smoking During Pregnancy, 1990s
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr49/nvsr49_07.pdf

State-Specific Maternal Mortality Among Black and White Women- United States, 1987-1996
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr//preview/mmwrhtml/mm4823a3.htm

Surveillance for Disparities in Maternal Health-Related Behaviors: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)- Selected States (Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Nebraska, North Carolina), 2000-2001
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5304a1.htm

Surveillance for Selected Maternal Behaviors and Experiences Before, During, and After Pregnancy: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 2000
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5211a1.htm

Trends in Characteristics of Births by State: United States, 1990, 1995, and 2000-2002
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/04facts/trendsbirths.htm

Trends in Folic Acid Supplement Intake among Women of Reproductive Age- California, 2002-2006

AIDS Cases by State and Metropolitan Area of Residence, 2000
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/hasrsupp82.htm

Cluster of HIV-Positive Young Women- New York, 1997-1998
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4820a1.htm

Diagnoses of HIV/AIDS- 32 States, 2000-2003
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5347a3.htm

High Prevalence of Chlamydial and Gonococcal Infection in Women Entering Jails and Juvenile Detention Centers- Chicago, Birmingham, and San Francisco, 1998
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4836a1.htm

HIV/AIDS Basic Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats.htm

HIV/AIDS Diagnoses among Blacks- Florida, 1999-2004
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5604a2.htm

HIV Counseling and Testing in Publicly Funded Sites: Annual Report 1997 and 1998
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/cts98.pdf

HIV Testing- United States, 2001
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5223a2.htm

HIV Transmission among Black Women- North Carolina, 2004
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5404a2.htm
PDF
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5404.pdf

Missed Opportunities for Earlier Diagnosis of HIV Infection- South Carolina, 1997-2005
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5547a2.htm

National Center for HIV/AIDS, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP) State Profiles
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/stateprofiles/usmap.htm

Prenatal HIV Testing and Antiretroviral Prophylaxis at an Urban Hospital- Atlanta, Georgia, 1997-2000
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5251a1.htm
PDF
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5251.pdf

Progress Toward Elimination of Perinatal HIV Infection- Michigan, 1993-2000
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5105a1.htm

Reporting of Chlamydial Infection- Massachusetts, January-June 2003
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5422a3.htm

Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report
http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats/

STD Surveillance: Women and Infants
http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats/womenandinf.htm

Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Slides, 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats/slides.htm

Trends in HIV/AIDS Diagnoses- 33 States, 2001-2004
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5445a1.htm

State-Specific Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking among Adults and Quitting among Persons Aged 18-35 Years- United States, 2006

Cigarette Smoking During the Last 3 Months of Pregnancy among Women Who Gave Birth to Live Infants- Maine, 1988-1997
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4820a3.htm

Prevalence of Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults and Changes in Prevalence of Current and Some Day Smoking- United States, 1996-2001
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5214a2.htm

State Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco-Dependence Treatments- United States, 2005
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5544a2.htm

State Prenatal Smoking Databook
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/drh/PrenatalSmkbk/

State-Specific Prevalence of Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults- United States, 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5253a1.htm

State-Specific Prevalence of Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults, and Policies and Attitudes About Secondhand Smoke- United States, 2000
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5049a1.htm

State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation System
http://www2a.cdc.gov/nccdphp/osh/state/

Tobacco Control: State Highlights, 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/statehi/html_2002/state_highlights2002.htm

Tobacco Use Among Adults- Arizona, 1996 and 1999
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5020a2.htm

Reported Tuberculosis in the United States
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/surv/Surv.htm

Tuberculosis Cases among Exotic Dancers and Close Contact- Kansas, 1994-2000
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5015a4.htm

Intimate Partner Violence Injuries– Oklahoma, 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5441a2.htm

Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence and Injuries- Washington, 1998
http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4926a2.htm

Use of Medical Care, Police Assistance, and Restraining Orders by Women Reporting Intimate Partner Violence- Massachusetts, 1996-1997
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4922a1.htm

Mycobacteria in Nail Salon Whirlpool Footbaths- California
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol11no04/04-0936.htm
PDF
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol11no04/pdfs/04-0936.pdf

Women’s Health Topics A-Z
http://www.cdc.gov/women/az.htm

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/

Fast Stats A-Z: State and Territorial Data
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/map_page.htm

Fast Stats A-Z: Women’s Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/womens_health.htm

Geographic Information Systems Maps on Multiple Health Topics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/gis/gis_atnchs.htm

Health Data for All Ages
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/health_data_for_all_ages.htm

Health- United States
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm

Healthy Women: State Trends in Health and Mortality
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/statab/chartbook.htm

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/

National Women’s Health Indicators Database
http://www.womenshealth.gov/statedata (Non-CDC site)