State Findings: Georgia, 2021, 2021 Health Of Women And Children
Strengths
- Low prevalence of youth alcohol use
- Low prevalence of smoking during pregnancy
- High immunization coverage among children
Challenges
- High infant mortality rate
- High prevalence of asthma among children
- Low prevalence of exercise among women
Highlights
- Children in poverty decreased 29% from 26.5% to 18.7% of children ages 0-17 between 2013 and 2019
- Preventive dental care decreased 9% from 83.5% to 76.2% of children ages 1-17 between 2016-2017 and 2019-2020
- Teen births decreased 35% from 30.4 to 19.7 births per 1,000 females ages 15-19 between 2013 and 2019
- Frequent mental distress increased 32% from 13.6% to 18.0% of women ages 18-44 between 2015-2016 and 2018-2019
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