NCHStats

During 2012, the percentage of adults aged 18 years or older who reported that they regularly had insomnia or trouble sleeping during the past 12 months ranged from 15.8% for those with family incomes more than 400% of the poverty level to 24.8% for those with family incomes under 100% of the poverty level.  For both men and women, the percentage who regularly had insomnia or trouble sleeping decreased as family income increased. At every family income level, women were more likely than men to ave had insomnia or trouble sleeping.

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an uncommon but progressive condition. Much of what we know about PH comes from specialized disease registries.  PH occurs when the blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries, which carry oxygen and blood from the heart to the lungs, is much higher than normal. 

The decline in death rates associated with PH among males from 1980 to 2005 has reversed and now shows a significant increasing trend. Similarly, the death rates for women with PH have continued to significantly increase during the past decade, according to new research in the April 3rd edition of  Chest Journal.  However, there have been significant declines in PH-associated mortality rates for those with pulmonary embolism and emphysema.

The article, “Pulmonary Hypertension Surveillance — United States, 2001–2010,” authored by Mary G. George, Linda J. Schieb, Carma Ayala, Shaleah Levant, and Anjali Talwalkar of the National Center for Health Statistics shows continued surveillance of PH helps us understand and address evolving trends in hospitalization and mortality associated with PH and for PH-associated conditions, especially for sex, age, and race/ethnicity disparities.

The study is based on analyzed mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System and data from the National Hospital Discharge Survey between 2001 and 2010.

http://journal.publications.chestnet.org/article.aspx?articleid=1857526

http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fs_pulmonary_hypertension.htm

During 2010–2012, 30% of adults 65 years or older living in nonmetropolitan areas had no natural teeth, compared with 21% of those living in metropolitan areas. The percentage of adults 65 years or older with no natural teeth was higher in nonmetropolitan areas than in metropolitan areas in all regions of the United States. In both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, the West had the lowest percentage of adults with no natural teeth.

During 2012, approximately 69% of children aged 5–17  had a dental visit in the past 6 months; among children aged 2–4 years, the percentage with a dental visit was 45%.  Approximately 19% of those aged 5–17 years and 12% of those aged 2–4 years had a visit more than 6 months to 1 year.  Approximately 40% of those aged 2–4 years and 5% of those aged 5–17 years had not had a dental visit in more than 2 years or had never seen a dentist.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6312a6.htm?s_cid=mm6312a6_w