Health, United States, 2019, the 43rd annual report on the nation's health, is now available. | | | | | | About the report
Health, United States brings together many sources of federal and external data, making it easier to find and use accurate and reliable trend data on a variety of topics. Selected findings from the report include: - The age-adjusted heart disease death rate decreased 15% between 2008 and 2018, from 192.1 to 163.6 deaths per 100,000 population.
- In 2018, non-Hispanic white adults aged 50–75 reported the highest percentage of colorectal cancer screening compared with non-Hispanic black, non-Hispanic Asian, and Hispanic adults.
- Between 2008 and 2018, the supply of professionally active physicians in patient care increased from 256.63 to 278.49 per 100,000 resident population. In general, West South Central and Mountain states had the fewest physicians in patient care per population.
- About four of every five Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and over had some form of Medicare supplemental coverage from 2010 to 2018, while one in five had traditional Medicare alone.
On Thursday, March 4th, join Health, United States for a live webinar on key findings of the report and updates on program modernization efforts. Register here. | | | National Center for Health Statistics 3311 Toledo Rd Hyattsville, MD 20782 | | | | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Rd Atlanta, GA 30329 1-800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636) TTY: 888-232-6348
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