Helping Women Lead Healthier Lives
Nebraska Women's Health Statistics
DEMOGRAPHICS
- Women represent 51% of Nebraska's overall population and 58% of Nebraska's 65 and older population.
- 55.5% of Nebraska women are married.
- Nebraska Women rank 4th in the Nation for high school graduation rates.
- 13% of all Nebraska women had incomes at or below federal poverty guidelines in 2004-05.
- As of 2004, 70.3% of Nebraska women reside in urban areas, and 29.7% live in rural areas.
- Median annual earnings for women in 2004 were $25,000, compared to $29,200 on average for U.S. women
- 16.7 % of non-elderly women were uninsured in 2006.
- There were 26,144 live births in 2005.
- Women, ages 20-29 accounted for 57.1% of all live births, 32.75% for women 30-39, 8.3% for teenaged women, and 1.9% for women 40+
- Low birth weight (babies weighing less than 5.5 pounds) rates were 72.02 per 1,000 in 2005.
- Very low birth weight (babies weighing less than 3.3 pounds) rates were 14.34 per 1,000 live birth in 2005.
- 8,055 live births were recorded in 2005 among unmarried women, up from 7,680 in 2003.
CHRONIC DISEASE
- 31% of women reported having arthritis in 2005.
- 10.9% of women reported that they have been diagnosed with asthma in 2005
- The rate of AIDS for Nebraska women was 1.91 per 100,000 women, compared to 9.1 per 100,000 women in the U.S. in 2005
- 34.7 percent of women report having poor mental health in the last 30 days in 2004,
- Genital Herpes rates increased 34.3% from 67.4 (per 100,000 people) in 2004 to 90.9 (per 100,000) in 2005.
- 33.4% of Women who have ever been diagnosed with high cholesterol, in 2005
- 24.2% of women who have ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure, in 2005
BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTORS
- 12.2 % of women report having 5 or more drinks (binge-drinking) on one or more occasions during the past month.
- 17.8 % of women report smoking every day or some days.
- 24.5 % of women reported eating fruits and vegetables five or more times per day, in 2005
- 78.4 % of women report having participated in physical activity in the last month (2006).
- 30.1% of Women reported being overweight (bmi 25-29.9) and 26.7% reported being obese (bmi 30.0-99.8) in 2006.
PREVENTION
- 73.3 % of women 40+ report having had a mammogram within the past two years in 2006.
- Currently, 37 states rank higher than Nebraska in the percentage of women who receive mammograms.
- 81.6% of women 18+ reported receiving Pap smears within the past three years in 2006.
- Currently, Nebraska ranks 42nd in the nation for Pap testing percentages.
- 53.2% of women report having a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy in 2006.
For more statistics on Nebraska women, please see the 2006-2007 Annual Report, 931KB.
Sources:
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July 2006 Annual Census Estimates, U.S. Census Bureau
Making the Grade on Women’s Health 2004
2005 American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau.
State Health Facts. Kaiser Family Foundation
DHHS Vital Statistics Report 2004
DHHS 2004-2008 Comprehensive HIV Plan
DHHS STD Case and Incidence Rates 1999-2005
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
National STD Surveillance
National Vital Statistics Reports, September 2006
Quick Health Data (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services)
Contact Information:
Nebraska Office of Women’s Health
PO Box 94817
Lincoln, NE 68509-4817
402-471-0158
Toll-free 877-257-0073
officeofwomenshealth@dhhs.ne.gov
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