NEW JERSEY
Ranking:
New
Jersey is 21st this year; it was 14th in
2006.
Strengths:
Strengths include a low infant mortality rate at 5.1 deaths per
1,000 live births, a high rate of high school graduation with 86.3
percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate within four years
and ready access to primary care with 141.8 primary care
physicians per 100,000 population.
Challenges: Challenges
include limited access to adequate prenatal care with 63.4 percent
of pregnant women receiving adequate prenatal care, a high
incidence of infectious disease at 27.3 cases per 100,000
population and a high rate of preventable hospitalizations with
83.9 discharges per 1,000 Medicare enrollees.
Significant
Changes:
↑ In the past
year, the percentage of children in poverty increased from 8.8
percent to 12.5 percent of persons under age 18.
↓ In the past
year, the rate of deaths from cardiovascular disease decreased
from 310.1 to 300.0 deaths per 100,000 population.
↑ Since 1990,
the rate of uninsured population increased from 8.8 percent to
15.5 percent.
↓ Since 1990,
the violent crime rate declined from 541 to 352 offenses per
100,000 population.
Health
Disparities:
In New Jersey,
blacks experience 83 percent more premature death than whites.
In the large metropolitan areas, residents in the central counties
experience 42 percent more premature death than residents in the
fringe counties.
State Health
Department Web Site:
www.state.nj.us/health/
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