California

Highlights

• In the past five years, high school graduation increased 9% from 76.0% to 83.0% of students
• In the past five years, children in poverty decreased 24% from 23.8% to 18.1% of children ages 0 to 17
• In the past 10 years, the percentage uninsured decreased 61% from 18.5% to 7.3% of the population
• In the past 10 years, infant mortality decreased 19% from 5.3 to 4.3 deaths per 1,000 live births
• Since 1990, cancer deaths decreased 13% from 193.6 to 169.2 deaths per 100,000 population
• In the past six years, diabetes increased 18% from 8.9% to 10.5% of adults