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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...
Mortality and Life Expectancy
[2002, 2004
Supplement] - In
Washington State and nationally,
age-adjusted death rates are highest for
African Americans and American Indians and
Alaska Natives and lowest for Asians and
Pacific Islanders. Additionally, African
Americans and ...
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