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2015 Annual Report
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State Findings: District of Columbia, 2015, 2015 Annual Report
Strengths
- Few poor physical health days
- Low prevalence of obesity
- Low prevalence of excessive drinking
Challenges
- High violent crime rate
- Low rate of high school graduation
- High prevalence of low birthweight
Highlights
- In the past year, HPV immunization among females ages 13 to 17 years increased 88% from 30.2% to 56.9%
- In the past 2 years, drug deaths increased 57% from 9.5 to 14.9 per 100,000 population.
- In the past 2 years, smoking decreased 16% from 19.6% to 16.4% of adults.
- In the past 5 years, preventable hospitalizations decreased 26% from 55.3 to 40.7 per 1,000 Medicare beneficiaries.
- In the past 10 years, infant mortality decreased 28% from 10.1 to 7.3 deaths per 1,000 live births.
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*Negative value denotes below US average; positive value denotes above US average. **Difference in the percentage of adults aged 25 and older with vs. without a high school education who report their health is very good or excellent.