Comparison of Selected Health Status Indicators—All Races and White non-Hispanic: 2007
Health Indicator All Races White Non-Hispanic
Crude birth rate per 1,000 population by race of mother 14.3 11.6 Percentage of live births to women receiving first-trimester prenatal care
67.5 74.9
Percentage of live births to women receiving third-trimester prenatal care or no prenatal care
8.4 5.5
Percentage of live births to teenage childbearing women—under 18
3.4 2.0
Percentage of low birth weight per live births <2,500 grams
8.22 7.28
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births (2006) 6.7 5.6 Cancer—all sites per 100,000 population 446.7 479.4 Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population Men: 65.4 69.1
Women: 47.4 54.5 Breast cancer incidence per 100,000 122.5 133.5 Prostate cancer incidence per 100,000 158.3 158.7 Male death rates from suicide, all ages, age adjusted per 100,000 resident population
11.3 21.9
Male death rates from homicide, all ages, age adjusted per 100,000 resident population
6.1 3.7
Source: National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2010: With Special Feature on Death and Dying. Hyattsville, MD. 2011: Author, pp. 102, 106, 107, 110, 124, 137, 180–181, 184–185, and 204. Retrieved from www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus10.pdf 2011.
Table 13–6 Comparison of Selected Health Status Indicators—All Races, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, and White Non-Hispanic: 2007
Health Indicator All Races
American Indian and Alaska Native
Asian/Pacific Islander1
Black or African American
Hispanic or Latino
White Non-Hispanic
Crude birth rate per 1,000 population by race of mother
14.3 15.3 17.2 16.9 23.4 11.6
Percentage of live births to women receiving first-trimester prenatal care
67.5 53.2 69.8 57.0 56.1 74.9
Percentage of live births to women receiving third-trimester or no prenatal care
8.4 14.0 7.7 12.6 12.9 5.5
Percentage of live births to teenage childbearing women—under 18
3.4 6.1 0.9 6.1 5.3 2.0
Percentage of low-birth- weight per live births <2,500 grams
8.22 7.46 8.10 13.55 6.93 7.28
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births (2006) 6.7 8.3 4.5 12.9 5.4 5.6
Cancer—all sites per 100,000 population 446.7 332.0 322.0 470.0 326.5 479.4
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Lung cancer incidence per 100,000 population
Men: 65.4 Women: 47.4
a a
52.4 27.0
87.2 51.2
38.0 22.5
69.1 54.5
Breast cancer incidence per 100,000 122.5 83.4 98.0 120.5 83.8 133.5
Prostate cancer incidence per 100,000 158.3 77.9 93.3 227.4 116.2 158.7
Male death rates from suicide, all ages, age adjusted per 100,000 resident population
11.3 18.1 9.0 8.8 10.1 21.9
Male death rates from homicide, all ages, age adjusted per 100,000 resident population
6.1 9.2 3.3 37.1 11.2 3.7
Source: National Center for Health Statistics. (2006). Health, United States, 2006 with chartbook on trends in the health of Americans. Hyattsville, MD: Author, pp. 135, 140, 144, 149, 160, 227, 230, 244. a: no data available. 1Pacific Islanders are clustered with Asian health statistics when indicated.
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are listed as examples in the tables, the health differences and disparities in the overall populations are readily apparent.
Table 13–7 lists the 10 leading causes of death for Whites and compares them with the causes of death for the general population in 2007.
In this chapter, as in this entire book, I have attempted to open the door to the enormous diversity in health and illness beliefs that exists in White (European American) communities specifically and in the entire American population in general. I have only opened the door and invited you to peek inside. There is a richness of knowledge to be gained. It is for you to acquire it as you care for all patients. Ask them what they believe about health/HEALTH and illness/ILLNESS and what their traditional beliefs, practices, and remedies are. The students whom I am working with find this to be a very enlightening experience.
Table 13–7 Comparison of the 10 Leading Causes of Death for White Americans and for All Persons: 2007