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Continued from A1 vorce rate behind Nevada and Arkansas in 2004, according to the federal government's National Center for Health Statistics. By 2007, the Cowboy State still held one of the top five spots in the rankings.
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(This should not be contused with either the Bush administration's proposal for personal retireinent accounts or so-called consumer health plans approved through federal legislation.) Imagine a situation in which a consumer has a debit card that can be used to pay for care, very much like how many pretax medical spending accounts operate. Quality training would be guided by the content of the Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program (MHSIP) Consumer Survey, implemented by SAMHSA and the state mental health agencies during the past ten years and recently updated.
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State legislators are addressing the complaints filed by managed care patients who are dissatisfied with the way they are being treated by their health maintenance organizations (HMOs). Statistics show that about 900 state laws have already been passed. However, most of the laws only address specific issues such as the 48-hr hospital stay for maternity cases, information regarding medical options and coverage for emergency hospital coverage. Some legislators believe in some regulation when necessary since overregulation could hurt HMOs' business.
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Health officials are "going gangbusters" with smoking cessation efforts as more than a quarter of pregnant West Virginians smoke, a state tobacco prevention official says. About 26.7 percent of women who gave birth in 2007 reported smoking while pregnant, according to vital statistics released Wednesday by the state Department of Health and Human Resources.
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Statistics provided by the State Plan on Services for Michigan's Older Adults, the U.S. Administration on Aging and "Improving the Lives of LGBT Older Adults," a study released by Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Elders and the LGBT Movement Advancement Project.
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Slightly fewer adults in Clark County are lighting up cigarettes these days. The areas adult smoking rate fell in 2008, part of a state trend that has given Washington the sixth-lowest smoking rate in the nation. According to annual statistics released Wednesday by the state Department of Health, 16.7 percent of Clark Countys adults were smokers in 2008. Thats down from the past two years, when annual surveys pegged the countys adult smoking rate at about 17.5 percent.
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... FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. PART 283: IMPLEMENTATION OF SE... which the National Center for Health Statistics has released final birth data by State. Most recen...
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Colorado's Hispanic population is disproportionately affected by several major health problems, topping the charts for diabetes deaths, motor vehicle deaths, childhood obesity and cervical cancer cases, according to a report released Wednesday by state health officials. Despite the grim statistics, however, there is some good news: A local program is launching to combat part of the problem. Funded by a $155,000 grant from the Office of Health Disparities and run by the Latin American Health Network, the program will serve Hispanics in Colorado Springs, Peyton, Calhan and Avondale (in Pueblo County).
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Trust for America's Health (TFAH) released a new study today that found the amount of federal funds states receive for public health programs does not correlate with the healthiness of individuals in each state. The report, entitled "Shortchanging America's Health: A State- By- State Look at How Federal Public Health Dollars Are Spent," reviewed key health statistics and key federal public health funding at a state-by-state level. The report emphasized that the country is falling short on achieving federally established goals for reducing disease and improving health, and there has not been sufficient funding or strategies to result in wide-scale change.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Half of Americans aged 55- 64 have high blood pressure - a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke - and two in five are obese, according to Health, United States, 2005, the government's annual report to the President and Congress on the health of all Americans. The report was prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics from data gathered by state and federal health agencies and through ongoing national surveys. The report features an in-depth look at the 55-64 age group, which includes the oldest of the baby boomers. In 2011, the oldest of the boomers will be eligible for Medicare, and by 2014, the ranks of Americans ages 55-64 will swell to 40 million, up from 29 million in 2004.
