Category: Stat of the Day
CDC “Stats of the States” — 2024 State Data Update
The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics updated its “Stats of the States” pages with the final 2024 state-level data on selected vital statistics topics, including— General fertility rates Teen birth rates Leading causes of death Other major causes of death The map pages let you sort and compare states from highest to lowest (or Read More >
Posted on bySTAT OF THE DAY – April 11, 2018
#STATOFTHEDAY Life expectancy at birth in U.S. was 7 years longer for white males than black males in 1980; now 4 years https://t.co/LaWvd8acee #NationalMinorityHealthMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) April 11, 2018 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – March 7, 2018
#STATOFTHEDAY Nearly 2 in 3 adults age 50-75 (62.4%) received #Colorectal #Screening in 2015 compared to 1 in 3 adults age 50-75 (33.9%) in 2000 https://t.co/vvYVIGARsZ #NationalColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) March 7, 2018 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – January 3, 2018
#STATOFTHEDAY At 28 million #DoctorsOffice visits, a #cervical #PapTest is performed https://t.co/nhr6p7fsKK #CervicalHealthAwarenessMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) January 3, 2018 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – December 20, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY #December has the 3rd lowest number of #Suicides of any month during the year https://t.co/18vdBSKn4s — NCHS (@NCHStats) December 20, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – December 5, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY Percentage of U.S. adults aged 18-49 that received an #influenza #vaccination during the past year increased from 30.5% in first quarter of 2016 to 34.7% in first quarter of 2017 https://t.co/7ckmC6Knzk #influenzavaccinationweek — NCHS (@NCHStats) December 5, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – November 30, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY #November has the fewest number of #Births in the U.S. of any month except #February https://t.co/0K719eKQ1z — NCHS (@NCHStats) November 30, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – November 21, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY 6.7% of U.S. adults feel that #EverythingIsAnEffort all/most of the time and 10.3% some of the time https://t.co/FiuvkwcFz7 — NCHS (@NCHStats) November 21, 2017 Read More >
Posted on bySTAT OF THE DAY – November 15, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY Alzheimer’s Disease is the 6th leading cause of death in U.S. https://t.co/pzZiTz0V6C #AlzheimersDiseaseAwarenessMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) November 15, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – November 14, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY In 2011–2014, approximately 1 in 9 adults in the United States had diabetes https://t.co/wC1dWDgnBY #AmericanDiabetesMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) November 14, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – November 7, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY Mortality from #LungCancer in the U.S. has declined each year since 2000 https://t.co/9npUzrk8eS #GreatAmericanSmokeout — NCHS (@NCHStats) November 7, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – November 2, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY 10.5% of US adults have been diagnosed with #diabetes, Jan-March 2017 estimate https://t.co/2uXO80eELr #AmericanDiabetesMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) November 2, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – October 31, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY 18.6% of American youth age 5-19 years have untreated #DentalCavities https://t.co/ca979oPrtX #HalloweenCandy #OralHealth — NCHS (@NCHStats) October 31, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – October 30, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY #DrugOverdose #DeathRate for US teens aged 15-19 doubled from 1999 (1.6) to 2015 (3.7) https://t.co/LH4w4INX4d #RedRibbonWeek — NCHS (@NCHStats) October 30, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – October 25, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY 2 in 10 US adults (21%) w/ low HDL cholesterol did not meet recommended physical activity guidelines https://t.co/yfDfdFlgcI — NCHS (@NCHStats) October 25, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – October 23, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY Chronic lower respiratory disease is the 3rd leading cause of death in US https://t.co/vMMHEsb5xq #RespiratoryCareWeek — NCHS (@NCHStats) October 23, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – September 14, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY From 2000 to 2015, % of US suffocation #suicides up (includes hangings) https://t.co/X9TnZJtTel #NationalSuicidePreventionWeek — NCHS (@NCHStats) September 14, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – August 7, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY Nearly 8 in 10 babies in the U.S. are breastfed per 2011-13 data https://t.co/hBcnfE3l2V #NationalBreastfeedingMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) August 7, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – August 3, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY 72.2% of children 19-35 months old get a combined 7-vaccine series https://t.co/3b1i0lAvoe #NationalImmunizationAwarenessMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) August 3, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – August 2, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY #EyeDoctor visits up 4 kids 2-17; 27.8%, 2015; 23%, 2006; 19.6, 1997 https://t.co/Fh1lyxvDle #ChildrensEyeHealthAndSafetyMonth — NCHS (@NCHStats) August 2, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – July 31, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY 1,239 new #HepatitisA cases reported compared to 56,797 in 1970 https://t.co/dXlIZLRwyL #EliminateHepatitis #NoHep #Hepatitis — NCHS (@NCHStats) July 31, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – July 27, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY In 2015, 17.1% of US adults w/ diabetes had 3-dose vaccinations for hepatitis B in their lifetime https://t.co/bH6rBqU4EJ — NCHS (@NCHStats) July 27, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – July 26, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY In 2015, there were 577 heat-related deaths in the United States https://t.co/GH9nP64AfA — NCHS (@NCHStats) July 26, 2017 Source: CDC WONDER Multiple Cause of Death Codes: X30 (exposure to excessive natural heat), T67 (heatstroke or sunstroke) Read More >
Posted on byStat of the Day – July 24, 2017
#STATOFTHEDAY In 2016, more than 1/2 of US adults met federal physical activity guidelines for aerobic activity https://t.co/UmZD1DHxti — NCHS (@NCHStats) July 24, 2017 Read More >
Posted on byQuickStats: Percentage of Office-Based Primary Care Physicians Accepting New Patients, by Source of Payment Accepted
Overall, 88.9% of primary care physicians reported that they accepted new patients. However, acceptance varied by the patient’s expected payment source: 94.2% of physicians accepting new patients accepted privately insured patients, 77.4% accepted new Medicare patients, and 71.6% accepted new Medicaid patients. The percentages of primary care physicians accepting new Medicaid or Medicare patients were Read More >
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