Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Supplement, October 31, 2014 / Vol. 63 / No.4

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• Alternative Title:
  CDC National Health Report : Leading Causes of Morbidity and Mortality and Associated Behavioral Risk and Protective Factors — United States, 2005–2013
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Supplement
• Personal Author:
  Johnson, Nicole Blair ; Hayes, Locola D. ; Brown, Kathryn ; Hoo, Elizabeth C. ; Ethier, Kathleen A.
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Program Performance and Evaluation Office ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division of Oral Health
• Description:
  This MMWR Supplement presents data related to disease patterns across the United States and describes recent national trends in health status. Indicators of health status (i.e., measures of observed or calculated data on the status of a health condition) were chosen to reflect the range of health issues relevant to CDC’s programs that are used across the agency to monitor health. In response to the status of these health issues, CDC works with state and local health systems across the United States on these diseases and others to save lives and protect persons.
  
  Although the United States has made overall progress in improving public health and increasing life expectancy, progress has been slow, and in some aspects of health, change has not occurred or trends are not favorable. Too many adults and adolescents still use tobacco, and each day, approximately 1,000 young persons become daily cigarette smokers (1). An estimated 40% of U.S. households do not have easy access to large grocery stores and supermarkets, and fruit and vegetable consumption remains lower than recommended levels ( 2). Obesity rates have leveled but have not declined, and one in three adults and one in six children is obese ( 3). Each year, one in six U.S. residents becomes sick from foodborne illness, resulting in approximately 3,000 deaths ( 4), and approximately one in 25 hospitalized patients develops a health-care–associated infection, resulting in approximately 75,000 deaths (5). Breastfeeding and vaccine rates remain too low and teen birth rates remain too high, putting the health of future generations at risk
  
  
• Subjects:
  Cause Of Death Health Policy Health Promotion Health Status Health Surveys Life Expectancy Public Health Risk-Taking Risk Factors Risk Reduction Behavior
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Supplement, 2014; v.63, no. 4
• Series:
  Supplements: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  2380-8950 (print) ; 2380-8942 (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  25356673
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  32 pdf pages
• Volume:
  63
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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