MONTANA HEALTH STATS INFOGRAPHIC BY KELSEY DZINTARS
Montana ranks as the 25th healthiest state in the U.S. americashealthrankings.org
Number of reported HIV/AIDS cases known to be living in Montana
445
158 Living Adult AIDS cases 285 Living Pediatric HIV/AIDS cases 2 New cases diagnosed in 2009 31 Total new cases diagnosed in 2008 22 Living Adult HIV cases
TEEN HEALTH
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN MONTANA Prostate, lung and bronchus, female breast, and colon and rectum -accounted for 57% of all reported cancers in Montana in the interval 2004-2008.
1 in 3
Montanans under the age of 65 went without health insurance for all or part of the two-year period 2007-2008 familiesusa2.org
43%
38%
Montana high school students who have had a drink of alcohol in the past 30 days
TEEN PREGNANCIES AGES 15-19 MORE THAN 18% OF MONTANA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS REPORTED TAKING A PRESCRIPTION DRUG WITHOUT A DOCTOR’S PRESCRIPTION Students who drove a car after drinking during the past 30 days:
texted or e-mailed while driving a car during the past 30 days *All information from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a self-reporting student survey administered by Montana’s Office of Public Instruction
4883
pregnancies in Montana between 2007-2009
22% 2001 11% 2011 50% of students reported having
4890
pregnancies in Montana between 2004-2006
252
pregnancies in Gallatin County between 2004-2006
250
pregnancies in Gallatin County between 2007-2009
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