STATE PROFILE:  IOWA

PERCENT OF PERSONS UNDER AGE 65 WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE (2004-06 data)

IOWA:  9.3%

U.S.:  16.6% 
PERCENT OF BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS (2006 preliminary data)
IOWA U.S RATE 2006 RANK 2005 IOWA RATE CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006
33.8 38.5 38 (tie) 32.5 +1.3
EARLY PRE-NATAL CARE (Percent Receiving pre-natal care in the first trimester of pregnancy, 2005)
IOWA RATE IN 37 STATE REPORTING AREA 2004 IOWA RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
87.6
 		 83.9
 		 88.4
 		 -0.8
 
 
CESAREAN DELIVERY RATE (2006 preliminary data)
IOWA U.S RATE 2006 RANK 2005 IOWA RATE CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006
27.7 31.1 38 26.7 +1.0
 
PRE-TERM BIRTH RATE (2006 preliminary data)
IOWA U.S RATE 2006 RANK 2005 IOWA RATE CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006
11.6 12.8 37 (tie) 11.8 -0.2
 
TEEN BIRTH RATE (Number of live births per 1,000 females aged 15-19, 2006)
IOWA U.S RATE RANK 2005 IOWA RATE CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006  
32.9 41.9 38 32.6 +0.3  
 
LOW BIRTHWEIGHT RATE (2006 preliminary data)
IOWA U.S RATE 2006 RANK 2005 IOWA RATE CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006
6.9 8.3 38 (tie) 7.2 -0.3
 
INFANT MORTALITY RATE (2005)
IOWA U.S RATE RANK 2004 IOWA RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
5.40 6.83 43 5.36 +0.04
 
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE U.S. (2005)

1. HEART DISEASE

DEATHS IOWA DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 IOWA RATE CHANGE FROM
2004 TO 2005
7437 191.4 211.1 28 191.9 -0.5

2. CANCER

DEATHS IOWA DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 IOWA RATE CHANGE FROM
2004 TO 2005
6453 182.5 183.8 29 181.8 +0.7

3. STROKE

DEATHS IOWA DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 IOWA RATE CHANGE FROM
2004 TO 2005
1902 47.7 46.6 22 (tie) 49.5 -1.8

4. CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES

DEATHS IOWA DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 IOWA RATE CHANGE FROM
2004 TO 2005
1703 46.6 43.2 25 42.5 +4.1

5. ACCIDENTS

DEATHS IOWA DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 IOWA RATE CHANGE FROM
2004 TO 2005
1202 36.1 39.1 35 33.0 +3.1

6. DIABETES

DEATHS IOWA DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 IOWA RATE CHANGE FROM
2004 TO 2005
727 19.8 24.6 44 19.4 +0.4

7. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

DEATHS IOWA DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 IOWA RATE CHANGE FROM
2004 TO 2005
1082 25.4 22.9 23 (tie) 23.3 +2.1

8. INFLUENZA/PNEUMONIA

DEATHS IOWA DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 IOWA RATE CHANGE FROM
2004 TO 2005
896 21.4 20.3 22 22.2 -0.8

9. KIDNEY DISEASE

DEATHS IOWA DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 IOWA RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
250 6.2 14.3 49 7.1 -0.9

10. SEPTICEMIA

DEATHS IOWA DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 IOWA RATE CHANGE FROM
2004 TO 2005
227 6.3 11.2 38 n/a n/a

Sources:  Health Insurance data come from National Health Statistics Reports, No. 1; 2005 birth data come from National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 6; 2006 preliminary birth data come from National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 7; Infant mortality data come from the 2005 period linked birth/infant death data set; Leading cause of death data come from  National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 10 and rankings are based on age-adjusted death rates.  States are categorized from highest rate to lowest.  Although adjusted for differences in age-distribution and population size, rankings by state do not take into account other state specific population characteristics that may effect the level of mortality.  When the number of deaths is small, rankings by state may be unreliable due to instability in death rates.  For more information on age-adjustment, click Here.

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