This report presents comparable health indicator data for nine United States jurisdictions with data organized along the lines of the Leading Health Indicators in Healthy People 2010. The report reveals that overall the adult population of the Washington metropolitan area is healthier than the nation. On some measures the region appears less healthy than the nation: AIDS, gonorrhea, and other STDs, tuberculosis, binge drinking and firearm-related deaths, an infant mortality and low birth weight.
Author(s): Soto, Michael A., Durch, Rand Jane, Allan, Susan Originator(s): Metropolitan Washington Assessment Center
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16/11/2002
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