State Findings: California, 2021, 2021 Annual Report
Strengths
- Low premature death rate
- Low prevalence of multiple chronic conditions
- Low prevalence of cigarette smoking
Challenges
- Low prevalence of colorectal cancer screening
- Low supply of primary care providers
- High levels of air pollution
Highlights
- Adults who avoided care due to cost decreased 28% from 11.9% to 8.6% between 2019 and 2020
- Voter participation increased 24% from 47.3% to 58.5% of U.S. citizens age 18 and older between 2014/2016 and 2018/2020
- Drug deaths increased 16% from 13.5 to 15.7 deaths per 100,000 population between 2018 and 2019
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