An update statistical report forwar...

An update statistical report forward women's health highlights disparities between men and women for 26 health indicators and behaviors and disparities between women of different racial and ethnic assemblages for 29 health indicators, according to a July 16 2003 freshs release from the Health Resources and Services Administration. Woman's Health USA 2003 which is an update of the first edition of the report issued in 2002 also features a of recent origin section on special populations, including women living along the US border with Mexico, women living in rural and urban areas, women who are immigrants, incarcerated women and older women

application of mind findings include the following.

* In 2001 women had higher rates of asthma than men with the disparity principally pronounced among people age 64 and younger.

* In 2001 non-Hispanic African American women were more likely to have diabetes (1025 by 1,000) than women of other racial and ethnic groups

* In 2001 among population ages 12 to 17, more females than males (136% and 124% respectively) reported having smok cigarettes in the previous month; the smoking rate was highest among populace ages 18 to 25 (357% for women versus 427% for men

* More women than men died of heart disease in 2001 and women younger than age 45 experienced higher rates of heart disease than men of the same age (497 for 1,000 for women versus 279 by 1,000 for men). As age increases, however, these rates reverse

* Between 1999 and 2000 619% of women were overweight, including 334% who were obese.

* In 2001 women ages 26 to 49 were nearly twice as likely as men to experience serious mental illness (101% versus 55%)

* In 2001 non-Hispanic African American women were principally likely to have been ordealed for HIV in their lifetimes (514%) compared to non-Hispanic Caucasian women (312%) and Hispanic women (406%); 614% of women and 444% of men between the ages of 25 and 34 reported having been criterioned for HIV.

* Lung cancer was estimated to have caused 25% of women's cancer deaths in 2002 followed by means of breast cancer (15%) and colorectal cancer (11%)

HRSA Issues strange Statistical Guide to Women's Health (new release, Rockville, Md: Health Resources and Services Administration, Aug 22 2002) http://newsroom.hrsa.gov/releases/2003/womenshealth.htm (accessed 28 July 2003)

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