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Health, United States 2020-2021 Infographics

Image of a shaded blue U.S. map overlayed with a white tooth and medical cross symbol. Unequal distribution creates shortages in some states: Image of a dentist wearing a face mask and a U.S. map showing states with high and low rates of dentists. Income affects receipt of needed dental care: Image of a scale showing higher out-of-pocket costs for dental care than clinical care in 2019. Image of a bar graph showing adults with lower incomes received less dental care in 2019.

Image of a shaded blue U.S. map overlayed by a hospital and red medical cross symbol. People with Medicaid are more likely to: Image of an ambulance exiting an emergency department. Image of a bar chart showing that adults aged 18-64 with Medicaid were more likely to visit the emergency department in 2019. Image of a nurse next to a patient in a hospital bed. Image of a bar chart showing that people aged 18-64 with Medicaid were more likely to have a hospital stay in 2019. Private insurance pays the largest portion of hospital expenditures: Picture of a hand with a dollar bill and a pie chart showing that private insurance pays the largest portion of hospital outlays.

Image of a shaded blue U.S. map. Males are more likely to die from: Images of a heart and blue cancer ribbons. Text says males were more likely than women to die of heart disease and cancer. Substance use is more common in males: Pictures of beer, a cigarette, and pills. Text says more males than females use heavy alcohol and illicit drugs and smoke. Males use less health care: Image of a doctor. Text says the doctor visit rate was 27 percent lower for males than females in 2018. Image of a bar chart showing that the emergency department visit rate was lower for men that women in 2018.

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Health, United States, 2020–2021

Pictures of beer, a cigarette, and pills. Text says more males than females use heavy alcohol and illicit drugs and smoke.

Substance use is more common in males

Unequal distribution of dentists creates shortages in some states

Pictures of a scale and a bar graph. Text says income and high out-of-pocket costs affects receipt of needed dental care.

Income affects receipt of needed dental care

Pictures of a hand and dollar bill and a pie chart showing that private insurance pays the largest portion of hospital outlays.

Private insurance pays the largest portion of hospital expenditures

Health, United States, 2019

Childhood asthma

In 2018, non-Hispanic black children were more likely to have asthma than Hispanic, non-Hispanic white, and non-Hispanic Asian children under 18 years.

Childhood asthma

Current asthma among children under 18 years decreased from 2008 to 2018.

Cigarette smoking

The percentage of adults who currently smoked cigarettes decreased from 20.6% in 2008 to 13.9% in 2018.

Dentists

In 2019, the number of dentists per 100,000 U.S. residents was lowest in Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi.

Drug overdose deaths

In 2018, males were more than twice as likely as females to die of a drug overdose.

Emergency department

In 2018, women were more likely than men to have an ED visit in the past 12 months.

Heart disease deaths

Death rates for heart disease, the leading cause of death in the U.S., decreased from 2008 to 2018.

HPV vaccination

In 2018, 49% of teenage boys and 54% of teenage girls had up-to-date HPV vaccination coverage.

Hypertension

Hypertension among adults aged 20 and over increased from 2013-2014 to 2017-2018 after decreasing for over a decade.

Hypertension

The older you are, the more likely you are to have hypertension.

Infant mortality

Infant mortality rates decreased from 6.61 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2008 to 5.67 in 2018.

Leading causes of death

In 2018, heart disease and cancer were the top two leading causes of death in the U.S.

Female life expectancy

Life expectancy at birth for females increased from 2017 to 2018 after decreasing from its peak in 2014.

Male life expectancy

Life expectancy at birth for males increased from 2017 to 2018 after decreasing from 2014 to 2017.

Mammography

In 2018, 69.4% of women aged 40-74 had a mammogram in the past two years.

Maternal mortality

Maternal mortality was higher among non-Hispanic black women than among non-Hispanic white and Hispanic women in 2018.

Physicians

In 2018, the number of physicians in patient care per 100,000 U.S. residents was highest in D.C., Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.

Personal health care spending

In 2018, personal health care spending in the U.S. totaled $3.08 trillion - a 4.1% increase from 2017.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

There was a record number of new chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis cases in 2018 - nearly 2.4 million new cases in total.

Untreated cavities

In 2017-2018, approximately 1 out of 8 (12.1%) children and adolescents aged 5-19 had untreated cavities.

Teen births

From 2008 to 2018, the teen birth rate decreased from 40.2 to 17.4 live births per 1,000 females aged 15-19.

Spotlight Infographics

The Health, United States Spotlight is an infographic series that explores topics of public health importance using data from the Health, United States annual report. Spotlights are published throughout the year and feature the most current data available at the time of publication. Consistent with the annual report, the Spotlight focuses on trends over time and features data from both NCHS and non-NCHS (government or private) sources. Health, United States data cover four subject areas: health status and determinants, utilization of health resources, health care resources, and health care expenditures and payers.

Heart Disease

Health US - Spotlight - April 2019 - page 1

Includes data on heart disease deaths, respondent-reported heart disease prevalence, and four heart disease risk factors: hypertension, obesity, diabetes, and high total cholesterol

Adolescent Health

Health US - Spotlight - December 2017 - page 1

Includes data on teen births, tobacco use, suicides, and obesity

Health Care Utilization and Resources

Includes data on access to needed care, supply of dentists, and flu vaccination coverage

Health Care Expenditures and Payers

Includes data on Medicaid coverage, Medicare managed care, and prescription drug spending

Health Status & Determinants

Includes data on causes of death, diabetes, substance use, and asthma & allergies

Selected Health Indicators

Includes data on cigarette smoking, nursing homes, emergency department visits, and health insurance coverage

Methodology

Where possible, changes over time and differences across groups are tested for statistical significance. Differences were assessed for statistical significance using statistical testing methods recommended by the individual data systems. Statistical significance is assessed at the 0.05 level without correction for multiple comparisons.

To describe differences across groups, terms such as “similar” and “no difference” are used to indicate that the estimates being compared were not found to be significantly different, while terms such as “higher” or “lower” indicate that a significant difference was detected. Lack of comment regarding the difference between estimates does not necessarily mean that differences were tested and found not to be significant.

To describe trends, terms such as “stable” and “no clear trend” are used to indicate that the slope of the segment was not statistically different from 0, while terms such as “increased” and “decreased” indicate that a significant slope was detected. Since the 2018 publication of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Guidelines for Analysis of Trends, the Health, United States infographics have adhered to these guidelines in order to analyze trends from NCHS complex sample surveys and the National Vital Statistics System.