STATE PROFILE: CALIFORNIA
PERCENTAGE OF PERSONS UNDER AGE 65 WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE (2004-06 data)
CALIFORNIA: 19.1%
U.S.: 16.6%
PERCENTAGE OF BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED MOTHERS (2006 preliminary data)
CALIFORNIA 37.6
U.S. RATE 38.5
2006 RANK 25
2005 CALIFORNIA RATE 35.7
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +1.9
EARLY PRENATAL CARE (Percent receiving prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy, 2005)
CALIFORNIA 86.6
37-STATE, D.C., AND NEW YORK CITY REPORTING AREA 83.9
2004 CALIFORNIA RATE 87.1
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 -0.5
CESAREAN DELIVERY RATE (2006 preliminary data)
CALIFORNIA 31.3
U.S. RATE 31.1
2006 RANK 19 (tie)
2005 CALIFORNIA RATE 30.3
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +1.0
PRETERM BIRTH RATE (2006 preliminary data)
CALIFORNIA 10.7
U.S. RATE 12.8
2006 RANK 45
2005 CALIFORNIA RATE 10.8
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 -0.1
TEEN BIRTH RATE (Number of live births per 1,000 females aged 15-19, 2006)
CALIFORNIA 39.9
U.S. RATE 41.9
RANK 27
2005 CALIFORNIA RATE 38.8
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 +1.1
LOW BIRTHWEIGHT RATE (2006 preliminary data)
CALIFORNIA 6.8
U.S. RATE 8.3
2006 RANK 44 (tie)
2005 CALIFORNIA RATE 6.9
CHANGE FROM 2005 TO 2006 -0.1
INFANT MORTALITY RATE (2005)
CALIFORNIA 5.22
U.S. RATE 6.83
RANK 46
2004 CALIFORNIA RATE 5.25
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 -0.03
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LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE U.S. (2005) |
1. HEART DISEASE
DEATHS 64,916
CALIFORNIA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 196.3
U.S. RATE 211.1
2005 RANK 26
2004 CALIFORNIA RATE
202.1
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
-5.8
2. CANCER
DEATHS 54,372
CALIFORNIA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 167.0
U.S. RATE 183.8
2005 RANK 45
2004 CALIFORNIA RATE 166.8
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +0.2
3. STROKE
DEATHS 15,585
CALIFORNIA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 47.4
U.S. RATE 46.6
2005 RANK 26
2004
CALIFORNIA RATE
52.7
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
-5.3
4. CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES
DEATHS 13,188
CALIFORNIA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 40.9
U.S. RATE 43.2
2005 RANK 36
2004 CALIFORNIA RATE 39.7
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +1.2
5. ACCIDENTS
DEATHS 11,129
CALIFORNIA
DEATH RATE
(age-adjusted) 31.4
U.S. RATE 39.1
2005 RANK 44
2004 CALIFORNIA RATE 30.4
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +1.0
6. DIABETES
DEATHS 7,697
CALIFORNIA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 23.5
U.S. RATE 24.6
2005 RANK 30 (tie)
2004
CALIFORNIA RATE
22.2
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
+1.3
7. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
DEATHS 7,706
CALIFORNIA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 23.2
U.S. RATE 22.9
2005 RANK 27 (tie)
2004 CALIFORNIA RATE 21.8
CHANGE FROM 2004 TO 2005 +1.4
8. INFLUENZA/PNEUMONIA
DEATHS 7,553
CALIFORNIA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 22.8
U.S. RATE
20.3
2005 RANK
13
2004
CALIFORNIA RATE 22.8
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
0.0
9. KIDNEY DISEASE
DEATHS 2,482
CALIFORNIA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 7.5
U.S. RATE 14.3
2005 RANK 45
2004
CALIFORNIA RATE
7.4
CHANGE FROM 2004
TO 2005
+0.1
10. SEPTICEMIA
DEATHS 1,033
CALIFORNIA DEATH RATE (age-adjusted) 3.1
U.S. RATE 11.2
2005 RANK 50
2004 CALIFORNIA 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.