America’s Health Rankings Health of Women and Children Report Shows Nationwide Increase in Teen Suicide and Child Mortality
17 Setembro 2019 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
- Teen suicide rate in the United States has increased 25%
nationwide since the 2016 Report
- Child mortality rate in the U.S. has increased 6% nationwide
since the 2016 Report
- Nation has made encouraging improvements to decrease the
rate of teen births and smoking
Teen suicide and child mortality rates have increased sharply
since the 2016 Report, according to the United Health Foundation’s
2019 America’s Health Rankings® Health of Women and Children
Report. The Report finds the teen suicide rate and child mortality
rate rising over the past three years.
“This year’s Health of Women and Children Report highlights
troubling health trends for America’s youth in particular and
underscores a pressing need to address these challenges as a nation
as soon as possible,” said Dr. Linda Genen, Optum Chief Medical
Director of Women’s Health.
Key national findings from this year’s Report include:
- The U.S. teen suicide rate increased 25% for adolescents ages
15-19 since the 2016 Report, rising from 8.4 to 10.5 deaths per
100,000 adolescents.
- The U.S. child mortality rate increased 6% for children ages
1-19 since the 2016 Report – an especially concerning trend after
declines since 1980.
- The maternal mortality rate is highest among African American
mothers at 63.8 deaths per 100,000 live births, 3.8-times higher
than the lowest rate (among Asian/Pacific Islander mothers).
“Maternal mortality rates continue to be troubling as well, and
are more distressing for African American women and in specific
states by comparison. Collectively, we must do more to reverse
these concerning trends,” said Dr. Janice Huckaby, Optum Chief
Medical Officer, Maternal-Child Health Strategy.
Positive Trends in Teen Birth, Smoking and Flu
Vaccinations
Despite the health challenges faced by women and children, the
nation has made encouraging improvements to decrease the rate of
teen births and smoking, and to increase the rate of flu
vaccinations among women since the 2016 Report. Notably:
- Tobacco smoking among women ages 18-44 decreased 12%.
- Teen births decreased 22% among teens ages 15-19.
- Nearly 1.3 million more women ages 18-44 received the flu
vaccine than in 2016, an increase of 5%.
Partner Says Findings Critical to Helping Meet Needs of Young
People
Lighthouse Youth & Family Services, a Cincinnati-based,
nationally recognized innovator of services for youth and families
in crisis that receives support from the United Health Foundation,
praised the findings of the Report for its accuracy and value.
“Data sources that help quantify the impact of social
determinants of health in our community are an important part of
helping Lighthouse adapt to meet the needs of young people and
families,” said Paul Haffner, President & CEO of Lighthouse
Youth & Family Services. “We know first-hand that the needs are
significant, and in some cases, growing. We are grateful to the
United Health Foundation for this information to help us advance
conversations with policymakers at various local, state and
national levels.”
State Rankings in 2019: Rhode Island Ranks No. 1, Mississippi
Ranks No. 50
Rhode Island is the healthiest state for women and children,
according to the 2019 America’s Health Rankings Health of Women and
Children Report, followed by Massachusetts (No. 2), New Hampshire
(No. 3), Vermont (No. 4) and Connecticut (No. 5). Mississippi ranks
as the state with the most health challenges for women and
children, followed by Arkansas (No. 49), Oklahoma (No. 48),
Louisiana (No. 47) and Nevada (No. 46).
New York has made the most progress on women and children’s
health since last year’s report, improving six ranks from 19 to 13.
Maine showed the next greatest improvement, moving up five ranks,
followed by Maryland, Missouri and New Jersey at four ranks each.
Nebraska and Washington experienced the greatest declines since
2018, with each falling six ranks to 28 and 17, respectively.
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