STATE PROFILE:  MISSISSIPPI

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

MISSISSIPPI:  19.4%

U.S.:  16.6%  
PERCENT OF BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS (2006 preliminary data)
MISSISSIPPI U.S RATE 2006 RANK 2005 MISSISSIPPI RATE CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006
52.8 38.5 1st 49.4 +3.4
EARLY PRE-NATAL CARE (Percent Receiving pre-natal care in the first trimester of pregnancy, 2005)
MISSISSIPPI U.S RATE, 37 STATE REPORTING AREA 2004 MISSISSIPPI RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
84.2
 		 83.9
 		 84.4
 		 -0.2
 
 
CESAREAN DELIVERY RATE (2006 preliminary data)
MISSISSIPPI U.S RATE 2006 RANK 2005 MISSISSIPPI RATE CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006
35.4 31.1 3rd (tie) 35.1 +0.3
 
PRE-TERM BIRTH RATE (2006 preliminary data)
MISSISSIPPI U.S RATE 2006 RANK 2005 MISSISSIPPI RATE CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006
18.8 12.8 1st 18.8 none
 
TEEN BIRTH RATE (Number of live births per 1,000 females aged 15-19, 2006)
MISSISSIPPI U.S RATE RANK 2005 MISSISSIPPI RATE CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006  
68.4 41.9 1 60.5 +7.9  
 
LOW BIRTHWEIGHT RATE (2006 preliminary data)
MISSISSIPPI U.S RATE 2006 RANK 2005 MISSISSIPPI RATE CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006
12.4 8.3 1st 11.8 +0.6
 
INFANT MORTALITY RATE (2005)
MISSISSIPPI U.S RATE 2005 RANK 2004 MISSISSIPPI RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
10.74 6.86 1st 10.32 +0.42
 
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE U.S. (2005)

1. HEART DISEASE

DEATHS MISSISSIPPI DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 MISSISSIPPI RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
8637 306.8 211.1 1st 300.1 +6.7

2. CANCER

DEATHS MISSISSIPPI DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 MISSISSIPPI RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
6065 208.4 188.5 4th 209.8 -1.4

3. STROKE

DEATHS MISSISSIPPI DEATH RATE
 (age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 MISSISSIPPI RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
1622 58.0 46.6 6th 60.1 -2.1

4. CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES

DEATHS MISSISSIPPI DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 MISSISSIPPI RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
1473 51.9 43.2 13th 48.4 +3.5

5. ACCIDENTS

DEATHS MISSISSIPPI DEATH RATE
 (age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 MISSISSIPPI RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
1936 66.6 39.1 2nd (tie) 59.5 +7.1

6. DIABETES

DEATHS MISSISSIPPI DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 MISSISSIPPI RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
667 23.5 24.6 30th (tie) 23.6 -0.1

7. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

DEATHS MISSISSIPPI DEATH RATE
 (age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 MISSISSIPPI RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
721 26.7 22.9 20th (tie) 23.9 +1.6

8. INFLUENZA/PNEUMONIA

DEATHS MISSISSIPPI DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 MISSISSIPPI RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
645 23.5 20.3 10th 23.5 none

9. KIDNEY DISEASE

DEATHS MISSISSIPPI DEATH RATE
 (age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 MISSISSIPPI RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
667 23.7 14.3 2nd 23.9 -0.2

10. SEPTICEMIA

DEATHS MISSISSIPPI DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted)		 U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 MISSISSIPPI RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
559 19.7 11.3 4th 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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