State Findings: Georgia, 2022, 2022 Health Of Women And Children Report
Strengths
- Low prevalence of alcohol use among youth
- High percentage of youth who are flourishing
- Low prevalence of cigarette smoking during pregnancy
Challenges
- High prevalence of asthma among children
- High prevalence of avoiding care due to cost among women
- High prevalence of insufficient sleep among women
Highlights
- Frequent mental distress increased 61% from 12.2% to 19.7% of women ages 18-44 between 2014-2015 and 2019-2020.
- Mortality increased 21% from 104.7 to 126.7 deaths per 100,000 women ages 20-44 between 2019 and 2020.
- Average voter participation increased 18% from 53.8% to 63.5% of female U.S. citizens ages 18 and older between the 2014/2016 and 2018/2020 elections.
- High health status increased 5% from 88.3% to 92.8% of children ages 0-17 between 2018-2019 and 2020-2021.
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