Indiana State Health Improvement Plan (I-SHIP) - State of Indiana

INDIANA STATE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN
Partnering for the Public’s Health
MEASURING HEALTH STATUS IN INDIANA
LEADING HEALTH INDICATORS
This section provides an overview of the leading issues that affect the
health status of residents of Indiana. The health status of the state is a
description of the health of its population. The information used to report
health status comes from a variety of sources, including birth and death
records; hospital discharge data; and health information collected from
health care records, personal interviews, physical examinations, and
telephone surveys.
8%
FIGURE 1.4 ESTIMATED POPULATION BY RACE
4% 1%
0%
Source: *US Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/acs/, D.C. Department of Health, State Center
for Health Statistics
TABLE 1.17 HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS
HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS WHITE BLACK TOTAL
Live Births 2007 77,171 10,303 89,719
Percent Preterm Births 2007 10.1% 16.3% 10.8%
Infant Mortality Rate Per 1,000 Live Births
2007
6.5 15.7 7.5
Percent Births to Mothers Receiving Prenatal
Care in First Trimester 2007
69.4% 53.4% 67.5%
Infant Deaths 2007 499 162 677
Percent of Adults Smoking 2009 22.2% 31.6% 23.1%
Percent of Adults Considered Obese Based on
BMI (2009)
29.8% 34.5% 30%
Cancer Incidence Per 100,000 2007 27,970 2,041 30,871
Number of Total Deaths from All Causes
2007
49,454 4,282 53,882
Age-Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000
Population 2007
802.28 995.09 808.06
Heart Disease Age-Adjusted Death Rate Per
100,000 Population 2007
201.85 294.94 203.47
Hypertension Age-Adjusted Death Rate Per
100,000 Population 2007
7.18 14.05 7.58
Cerebrovascular Diseases Age-Adjusted Death
Rate Per 100,000 Population 2007
43.76 59.76 44.50
Sources: Birth and death data, Indiana State Department of Health, Epidemiology Resource Center,
Data Analysis Team
87%
White
Black
Hispanic/Latino
Asian
American Indian