STATE PROFILE: ALASKA
PERCENTAGE OF PERSONS UNDER AGE 65 WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE (2004-06 data)
ALASKA: n/a
U.S.: 16.6%
PERCENTAGE OF BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS (2006 preliminary data)
ALASKA 36.8
U.S. RATE 38.5
2006 RANK 28
2005 ALASKA RATE 36.0
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +0.8
EARLY PRENATAL CARE (Percent receiving prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy, 2005)
ALASKA 80.2
37-STATE, D.C., AND NEW YORK CITY REPORTING AREA 83.9
2004 ALASKA RATE 80.7
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 -0.5
CESAREAN DELIVERY RATE (2006 preliminary data)
ALASKA 23.0
U.S. RATE 31.1
2006 RANK 48
2005 ALASKA RATE 22.0
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +1.0
PRETERM BIRTH RATE (2006 preliminary data)
ALASKA 11.2
U.S. RATE 12.8
2006 RANK 42
2005 ALASKA RATE 10.6
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +0.6
TEEN BIRTH RATE (Number of live births per 1,000 females aged 15-19, 2006)
ALASKA 44.3
U.S. RATE 41.9
RANK 19
2005 ALASKA RATE 37.3
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +7.0
LOW BIRTHWEIGHT RATE (2006 preliminary data)
ALASKA 6.0
U.S. RATE 8.3
2006 RANK 50
2005 ALASKA RATE 6.0
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 0.0
INFANT MORTALITY RATE (2005)
ALASKA 6.45
U.S. RATE 6.83
RANK 27
2004 ALASKA RATE 6.36
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +0.09
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LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE U.S. (2005) |
1. HEART DISEASE
DEATHS 627
ALASKA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 162.6
U.S. RATE 211.1
2005 RANK 46 (tie)
2004 ALASKA RATE
158.3
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
+4.3
2. CANCER
DEATHS 732
ALASKA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 169.2
U.S. RATE 183.8
2005 RANK 41
2004 ALASKA RATE 183.8
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 -14.6
3. STROKE
DEATHS 178
ALASKA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 53.2
U.S. RATE 46.6
2005 RANK 11
2004
ALASKA RATE
52.1
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
+1.2
4. CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES
DEATHS 158
ALASKA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 42.2
U.S. RATE 43.2
2005 RANK 34
2004 ALASKA RATE 39.4
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +2.8
5. ACCIDENTS
DEATHS 313
ALASKA
DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted) 51.3
U.S. RATE 39.1
2005 RANK 12
2004 ALASKA RATE 56.1
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 -4.8
6. DIABETES
DEATHS 93
ALASKA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 22.2
U.S. RATE 24.6
2005 RANK 39
2004
ALASKA RATE
22.5
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
0.3
7. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
DEATHS 61
ALASKA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 21.3
U.S. RATE 22.9
2005 RANK 36
2004 ALASKA RATE 17.6
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +3.7
8. INFLUENZA/PNEUMONIA
DEATHS 44
ALASKA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 12.3
U.S. RATE
20.3
2005 RANK
49
2004
ALASKA RATE 14.7
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
-6.2
9. KIDNEY DISEASE
DEATHS 38
ALASKA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 10.3
U.S. RATE 14.3
2005 RANK 37
2004
ALASKA RATE
7.0
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
+3.3
10. SEPTICEMIA
DEATHS 27
ALASKA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 5.5
U.S. RATE 11.2
2005 RANK 44
2004 ALASKA 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.