WOMEN’S HEALTH STATISTICS

Edited by Dr. Rachel JesuDas

I.  POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

II.  SCREENING INITIATIVES

III.  LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH

IV. RISK FACTORS FOR DISEASE

V. RECAPITULATION: WOMEN’S HEALTH STATISTICS

 Sources cited:        

  http://www.4woman.org/screeningcharts/index.htm  

 http://www.4woman.gov/faq/minority.htm 

 http://www.4woman.gov

 http://www.4woman.gov/owh/pub/minority/services.htm 

 http://www.4woman.gov/owh/pub/minority/status.htm

 http://www.4woman.gov/owh/pub/minority/concerns.htm

 http://www.4woman.gov/owh/pub/minority/table1.htm

 http://www.4woman.gov/owh/pub/minority/table2.htm

The source of the following information is obtained primarily from the following link:  http://www.4woman.gov/owh/pub/minority/status.htm

Certain portions of the original article have been omitted for sake of brevity as well as pertinence to topics of interest to us. 

In this section we will see how important minority women’s health is using statistics and pictorial graphs as a means of evaluation.  Because the population is in a continuum of constant change, our statistics may go back 2-3 years for the sake of substantiated evidence.