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General Health Status (Section Overview)
- One of the two
major goals of Healthy People 2010 is to
increase the quality and years of healthy
life. Given this goal, it is important to
understand the general health status of
people in Washington in terms of patterns of
disease, disability, and death. Recent
research from Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention shows that...
Self-Reported Health Status
- Adults responding to the state Behavioral
Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) are
asked "Would you say that in general
your health is excellent, very good, good,
fair, or poor?" In 2000, 88.1% (±1.2%)
of all respondents said that their health
was excellent, very good, or...
Hospitalization
- There were 529,665 Washington resident
discharges from Washington and Oregon
hospitals in 1999. These stays led to $5.1
billion in charges by the hospitals to
health care payers. Women were...
Mortality and Life Expectancy
[2002, 2004
Update] - In 2000, there
were 43,904 deaths in Washington
(age-adjusted rate 804 per 100,000). Washington’s
age-adjusted total death rate is lower than
the national rate...
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