NCHStats

The Aloha State has mortality rates that are lower than the total U.S. for the following causes: heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases, stroke, accidents, Alzheimer’s disease, and diabetes. Hawaii also has the lowest mortality rate in the country for chronic lower respiratory disease and Alzheimer’s disease, 2nd lowest cancer mortality rate, and 3rd lowest heart disease mortality rate.

Hawaii also ranks ranks 46th in cesarean delivery rates (25% of all births), and has a much lower percent of people without health insurance (5.8%) than nationally (14.7%). But the state ranks 15th in preterm birth rates with a rate higher than the national average.

March is National Nutrition Month and NCHS has been collecting dietary data on the U.S. population for more than 40 years. The primary data source for monitoring nutrition in the U.S. is the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which uses personal interviews, standardized physical examinations and laboratory tests. Through NHANES, NCHS obtains nationally representative data on dietary intake and behaviors, biomarkers of nutritional status, body measurements (such as height and weight) and body composition.

NHANES data on dietary intake (food, beverages, and dietary supplements) are used to estimate food and nutrient intakes by the U.S. population and by specific age, gender, race/ethnic groups.

Here are some Findings from NHANES:

• Approximately 13 percent of adults’ total caloric intake came from added sugars in 2005-2010.
• Approximately one-half of the U.S. population consumes sugar drinks on any given day between 2005-2008.
• Use of dietary supplements is common among the U.S. adult population. Over 40% used supplements in 1988–1994, and over one-half in 2003–2006.
• Data from 2007-2010 showed that adults consumed, on average, 11.3 percent of their total daily calories from fast food.

Links:

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/factsheets/factsheet_nutrition_data.pdf

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db122.pdf

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db71.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db61.pdf

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db114.pdf

Among the 50 U.S. states, Florida ranks 3rd highest for cesarean delivery rates, and 4th highest in the proportion of births to unmarried mothers and preterm births.

The Sunshine State also has a higher homicide rate and higher mortality rate from drug overdose deaths than the national rate, and has a significant larger proportion of its population without health insurance than the national average.

However, among the ten leading causes of death in the U.S.,  Florida has lower mortality rates than the national rate for the following causes: heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, kidney disease, and influenza/pneumonia.

In 2012, 69.6% of adults aged 40 years or older who ever had a cardiovascular event (73.2% of men and 65.4% of women) were taking low-dose aspirin to prevent or control heart disease. Non-Hispanic white men (75.9%) were more likely to be taking low-dose aspirin compared with Hispanic (60.7%) and non-Hispanic black men (60.6%). No statistically significant differences were oberved among women by race/ethnicity.

For More Information:

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6308a5.htm?s_cid=mm6308a5_e