Health Status Indicators	1996	US	AK
1		Race/ethnicity-specific infant mortality as measured by the rate (per 1,000
		live births) of deaths among infants under one year of age ▲u1
			Total	7.3	7.2
			White	6.1	5.3
			Black	14.1	*
			American Indian / Alaskan Native	9.9	11.7
			Asian / Pacific Islander	5.2	*
			Hispanic▲u2	6.1	*
2		Total deaths per 100,000 population. (ICD-9 nos. 0-E999)▲u3		491.5	478.4
3		Motor vehicle crash deaths per 100,000 population. (ICD-9 nos. E810-E825)▲u3		16.2	16.6
4		Work-related injury deaths per 100,000 population.▲u4		2.3	10.4
5		Suicides per 100,000 population. (ICD-9 nos. E950-E959)▲u3		10.8	20.7
6		Homicides per 100,000 population. (ICD-9 nos. E960-E978)▲u3		8.5	7.1
7		Lung cancer deaths per 100,000 population. (ICD-9 no. 162)▲u3		37.9	37.6
8		Female breast cancer deaths per 100,000 women. (ICD-9 no. 174)▲u3		20.2	19.5
9		Cardiovascular disease deaths per 100,000 population. (ICD-9 nos. 390-448)▲u3		170.7	132.3
		Heart disease deaths per 100,000 population. (ICD-9 nos. 390-398, 402, 404-429)▲u3		134.5	97.9
		Stroke deaths per 100,000 population. (ICD-9 nos. 430-438)▲u3		26.4	26.0
10		Reported incidence (per 100,000 population) of acquired
		immunodeficiency syndrome▲u4		25.2	5.9
11		Reported incidence (per 100,000 population) of measles ▲u5
			Rate	0.2	10.4
			Number of cases	508	63
12		Reported incidence (per 100,000 population) of tuberculosis		8.0	15.8
13		Reported incidence (per 100,000 population) of primary and secondary syphilis		4.3	0.0
14		Prevalence of low birth weight as measured by the percentage of live born
		infants weighing under 2,500 grams at birth		7.4	9.4
		Prevalence of very low birth weight as measured by the percentage of
		live born infants weighing under 1,500 grams at birth		1.4	1.0
15		Births to adolescents (ages 10-17 years) as a percentage of total live births		5.1	3.8
16		Prenatal care as measured by the percentage of mothers delivering live
		infants who did not receive care during the first trimester of pregnancy		18.2	19.3
17		Childhood poverty, as measured by the proportion of children under
		15 years of age living in families at or below the poverty level.
			5-17 years▲u6	18.9	9.8
			(standard error)	0.5	2.5
		Proportion of persons living in counties exceeding any U.S. Environmental
18		Protection Agency National Ambient Air Quality Standard during the previous year ▲u7		33.3	55.1
* Figure does not meet standards of reliability or precision (based on fewer than 20 events)
▲u1▼1996 linked birth and infant death data.
▲u2▼Hispanic origin can be of any race.
▲u3▼Age adjusted to the 1940 U.S. standard population.
▲u4▼Reported during calendar year 1996
▲u5▼Based on total number of cases (indigenous and imported).
▲u6▼Related children in families.
▲u7▼1996 data based on 1996 census county population estimates.
Results of national data may differ from those reported in Healthy People due to different data sources and population base
Data Sources:
1-3, 5-9, 14-16		National Vital Statistics System, CDC, NCHS.
4		Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
10		AIDS Surveillance System, CDC, NCID.
11-13		National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System, CDC, EPO.
17		Current Population Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
18		AIRS World Wide Web Data, Ofice of Air and Radiation, EPA.
Reported in National Center for Health statistics annual lotus worksheets.