health + wellness - Explore Big Sky
health + wellness - Explore Big Sky
health + wellness - Explore Big Sky
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
<strong>Big</strong> <strong>Sky</strong><br />
July 1, 2011<br />
Volume 2 // Issue #12<br />
MONTANA HEALTH STATS<br />
Number of reported HIV/AIDS cases<br />
known to be living in Montana<br />
Living Adult HIV cases<br />
Living Adult AIDS cases<br />
Living Pediatric HIV/AIDS cases<br />
New cases diagnosed in 2009<br />
Total new cases diagnosed in 2008<br />
TEEN HEALTH<br />
43% 38%<br />
Montana high school students<br />
who have had a drink of<br />
alcohol in the past 30 days<br />
50% of students reported having<br />
texted or e-mailed while driving a car<br />
during the past 30 days<br />
445<br />
158<br />
285<br />
2<br />
31<br />
22<br />
Prostate, lung and<br />
bronchus, female<br />
breast, and colon<br />
and rectum --<br />
accounted for<br />
57% of all reported<br />
cancers in Montana<br />
in the interval<br />
2004-2008.<br />
Students who drove a car after<br />
drinking during the past 30 days:<br />
22% 2001<br />
11% 2011<br />
*All information from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human<br />
Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a self-reporting student<br />
survey administered by Montana’s Office of Public Instruction<br />
big sky <strong>health</strong>...34<br />
<strong>health</strong> news...37<br />
Featured Clinic...39<br />
injury prevention...41<br />
Montana ranks as the 25th <strong>health</strong>iest state in the U.S.<br />
americas<strong>health</strong>rankings.org<br />
CARDIOVASCULAR<br />
DISEASE IS THE LEADING<br />
CAUSE OF DEATH IN<br />
MONTANA<br />
MORE THAN 18% OF MONTANA HIGH<br />
SCHOOL STUDENTS REPORTED TAKING<br />
A PRESCRIPTION DRUG WITHOUT A<br />
DOCTOR’S PRESCRIPTION<br />
acupuncture...34<br />
nutrition Column...45<br />
pilates...47<br />
yoga..48<br />
inFoGraphiC by kelsey dzintars<br />
1 in 3<br />
Montanans under the age of 65 went<br />
without <strong>health</strong> insurance for all or part<br />
of the two-year period 2007-2008<br />
familiesusa2.org<br />
TEEN PREGNANCIES<br />
AGES 15-19<br />
4890<br />
pregnancies in Montana<br />
between 2004-2006<br />
4883<br />
pregnancies in Montana<br />
between 2007-2009<br />
252<br />
pregnancies in Gallatin<br />
County between 2004-2006<br />
250<br />
pregnancies in Gallatin<br />
County between 2007-2009<br />
dphhs.mt.gov/statisticalinformation/index.shtml<br />
explorebigsky.com July 15, 2011 33
Change language