STATE PROFILE:  WYOMING

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

WYOMING:  N/A

U.S.:  16.6%

PERCENT OF BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS (2006 preliminary data)
WYOMING    33.0 

U.S RATE    38.5

2006 RANK    40 (tie)

2005 WYOMING RATE    32.8

CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006    +0.2
EARLY PRE-NATAL CARE (Percent Receiving pre-natal care in the first trimester of pregnancy, 2005)
WYOMING    84.9


38 STATE REPORTING AREA RATE    83.9
 

2004 WYOMING RATE    85.2
 

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    -0.3

CESAREAN DELIVERY RATE (2006 preliminary data)
WYOMING    26.3

U.S RATE    31.1

2006 RANK    40

2005 WYOMING RATE   24.6

CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006    +1.7

PRE-TERM BIRTH RATE (2006 preliminary data)
WYOMING    12.8

U.S RATE    12.8

2006 RANK    23 (tie)

2005 WYOMING RATE    13.1

CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006    -0.3

TEEN BIRTH RATE (Number of live births per 1,000 females aged 15-19, 2006)
WYOMING    47.3

U.S RATE    41.9

RANK    15

2005 WYOMING RATE    43.2

CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006    +4.1
LOW BIRTHWEIGHT RATE (2006 preliminary data)
WYOMING    8.9

U.S RATE    8.3

2006 RANK    13 (tie)

2005 WYOMING RATE    8.6

CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006    +0.3
INFANT MORTALITY RATE (2005)
WYOMING    6.95

U.S RATE    6.83

RANK    23

2004 WYOMING RATE    6.99

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    -0.16

 
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE U.S. (2005)

1. HEART DISEASE

DEATHS    952

WYOMING DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    186.9

U.S. RATE    211.1

2005 RANK    30

2004 WYOMING RATE    191.0

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    -4.1

2. CANCER

DEATHS    886

WYOMING DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    167.7

U.S. RATE    183.8

2005 RANK    44

2004 WYOMING RATE    170.8

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    -3.1

3. STROKE

DEATHS    221

WYOMING DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    44.8

U.S. RATE    46.6

2005 RANK    34

2004 WYOMING RATE    43.9

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    +0.9

4. CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES

DEATHS    291

WYOMING DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    57.2

U.S. RATE    43.2

2005 RANK    5

2004 WYOMING RATE    62.6

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    -5.4

5. ACCIDENTS

DEATHS   302

WYOMING DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    58.6

U.S. RATE    39.1

2005 RANK    4

2004 WYOMING RATE    47.0

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    +11.6

6. DIABETES

DEATHS    130

WYOMING DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    25.7

U.S. RATE    24.6

2005 RANK    22

2004 WYOMING RATE    22.1

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    +3.6

7. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE    

DEATHS    110

WYOMING DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    22.7

U.S. RATE    22.9

2005 RANK    29

2004 WYOMING RATE    22.1

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    +0.6

8. INFLUENZA/PNEUMONIA

DEATHS    119

WYOMING DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    24.4

U.S. RATE    20.3

2005 RANK    6

2004 WYOMING RATE    22.4

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    +2.0

9. KIDNEY DISEASE

DEATHS    66

WYOMING DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    13.5

U.S. RATE    14.3

2005 RANK    27

2004 WYOMING RATE    9.2

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    +4.3

10. SEPTICEMIA

DEATHS    31

WYOMING DEATH RATE (age-adjusted)    6.1

U.S. RATE    11.2

2005 RANK    39

2004 WYOMING RATE    n/a

CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005    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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