STATE PROFILE:  NEBRASKA

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

NEBRASKA:  12.4%

U.S.:  16.6%
 
PERCENT OF BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS (2006 preliminary data)
NEBRASKA U.S RATE 2006 RANK 2005 NEBRASKA RATE CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006
 
32.3 38.5 42nd 30.9 +1.5
EARLY PRE-NATAL CARE (Percent Receiving pre-natal care in the first trimester of pregnancy, 2005)
NEBRASKA U.S RATE (12 state reporting area)    
75.3
 		 70.2
 		    
 
CESAREAN DELIVERY RATE (2006 preliminary data)
NEBRASKA U.S RATE 2006 RANK 2005 NEBRASKA RATE CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006
 
28.8 31.1 33rd 28.6 +0.2
 
PRE-TERM BIRTH RATE (2006 preliminary data)
NEBRASKA U.S RATE 2006 RANK 2005 NEBRASKA RATE CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006
 
12.5 12.8 27th (tie) 12.2 +0.3
 
TEEN BIRTH RATE (Number of live births per 1,000 females aged 15-19, 2006)
NEBRASKA U.S RATE RANK 2004 NEBRASKA RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
 		  
33.4 41.9 36 (tie) 34.2 -0.8  
 
LOW BIRTHWEIGHT RATE (2006 preliminary data)
NEBRASKA U.S RATE 2006 RANK 2005 NEBRASKA RATE CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006
 
7.1 8.3 35th (tie) 7.0 +0.1
 
INFANT MORTALITY RATE (2005)
NEBRASKA U.S RATE RANK 2004 NEBRASKA RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
6.34 6.41 35th (tie) 6.00 +0.34
 
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE U.S. (2005)

1. HEART DISEASE

DEATHS NEBRASKA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 NEBRASKA RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
3640 176.7 211.1 38th 185.3 -8.6

2. CANCER

DEATHS NEBRASKA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 NEBRASKA RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
3355 174.8 183.8 37th 173.6 +1.2

3. STROKE

DEATHS NEBRASKA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 NEBRASKA RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
986 47.7 46.6 22nd (tie) 48.0 -0.3

4. CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES

DEATHS NEBRASKA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 NEBRASKA RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
949 48.3 43.2 21st 42.0 +6.3

5. ACCIDENTS

DEATHS NEBRASKA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 NEBRASKA RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
704 37.1 39.1 33rd (tie) 39.4 -1.3

6. DIABETES

DEATHS NEBRASKA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 NEBRASKA RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
449 23.2 24.6 33rd (tie) 20.4 +2.8

7. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

DEATHS NEBRASKA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 NEBRASKA RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
473 21.8 22.9 34th 21.7 -0.1

8. INFLUENZA/PNEUMONIA

DEATHS NEBRASKA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 NEBRASKA RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
370 17.3 20.3 40th 17.1 +0.2

9. KIDNEY DISEASE

DEATHS NEBRASKA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 NEBRASKA RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
245 12.2 14.3 32nd 14.4 -2.2

10. SEPTICEMIA

DEATHS NEBRASKA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) U.S. RATE 2005 RANK 2004 NEBRASKA RATE CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005
123 6.4 11.2 37th 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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