Nevada

Nevada is 37^th this year; it was 36^th in 2003. The state's strengths include a low occupational fatalities rate at 4.6 deaths per 100,000 workers, a low infant mortality rate at 6.1 deaths per 1,000 live births and a moderate prevalence of obesity at 21.2 percent of the population. Nevada's challenges include a high rate of uninsured population at 18.9 percent, low access to adequate prenatal care with 69.7 percent of pregnant women receiving adequate prenatal care, a high rate of cancer deaths at 215.3 deaths per 100,000 population and a high total mortality rate at 934.4 deaths per 100,000 population. It is 41^st for the combined measures of risk factors and 33^rd for the combined measures of outcomes, indicating the state's relative health may remain steady or decline in the future if the risk factors are not addressed. Health disparities within the state are not as evident as in other states.

In the past year, the occupational fatalities rate decreased from 5.2 to 4.6 deaths per 100,000 workers, the percentage of children in poverty increased from 9.1 percent to 14.8 percent of persons under age 18 and the number of limited activity days per month increased from 1.9 to 2.1 days in the previous 30 days.

Since 1990, the prevalence of smoking has decreased from 35.7 percent to 25.2 percent of the population, the incidence of infectious disease has dropped from 49.8 to 22.7 cases per 100,000 population and the high school graduation rate has declined from 81.8 percent to 70.2 percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate in four years.

To learn more about health and health initiatives in Nevada, visit the Nevada state department of health Web site at: health2k.state.nv.us/

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* Data sources and/or methdology may not be comparable for this year.