State Findings: Washington, 2021, 2021 Annual Report
Strengths
- Low premature death rate
- Low percentage of low birthweight infants
- Low prevalence of insufficient sleep
Challenges
- High prevalence of non-medical drug use
- Low rate of high school graduation
- High prevalence of high-risk HIV behaviors
Highlights
- Food insecurity decreased 32% from 12.9% to 8.8% of households between 2013-2015 and 2018-2020
- Adults who avoided care due to cost decreased 23% from 11.5% to 8.9% between 2019 and 2020
- Drug deaths increased 19% from 13.7 to 16.3 deaths per 100,000 population between 2014 and 2019
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