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Alaska RANKING: Alaska is 31st this year, it was 30thin 2005.STRENGTHS: Strengths include high per capita public health spending at $482 per person, a low percentage of children in poverty, at 12.1 percent of persons under age 18 and a low rate of deaths from cardiovascular disease at 263.1 deaths per 100,000 population.CHALLENGES: Challenges include limited access to adequate prenatal care with 63.9 percent of pregnant women receiving adequate prenatal care, low immunization coverage with 75.4 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations, a low high school graduation rate with 68.0 percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate within four years and a high prevalence of smoking at 24.9 percent of the population.SIGNIFICANT CHANGES: In the past year, the incidence of infectious disease decreased from 15.9 to 14.4 cases per 100,000 population. In the past year, the prevalence of obesity increased from 23.6 percent to 27.4 percent of the population. Since 1990, the infant mortality rate declined from 10.6 to 5.7 deaths per 1,000 live births. Since 1990, the violent crime rate increased from 455 to 632 offenses per 100,000 population. HEALTH DISPARITIES: In Alaska, the percentage of women who receive prenatal care varies from 71 percent among Native Americans to 84 percent among whites. Cancer is 69 percent more prevalent among whites (416.2 cases per 100,000 population) than Hispanics (246.4 cases per 100,000 population).CLINICAL CARE: The cost of clinical care in Alaska is high compared to other states and the quality of care is low.STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WEB SITE: http://health.hss.state.ak.us/ |
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