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2008 Health Status Report: "Common Health for the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Trends in the Determinants of Health"
The 2008 MHC "Common Health for the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Trends in the Determinants of Health" was released at the State House by Senator Richard Moore and Representative
Peter Koutoujian. The report tracks the trends of 11 preventable, costly health indicators and highlights the increasing trends in the areas of asthma, Hepatitis C, high school drop-out rates, obesity, poor oral
health and domestic violence.Commissioner John Auerbach, Mary Laubry, Executive Director of Jane Doe, Inc., Dr. Mike Monopli of Delta Dental, Rachelle Wengler Bennett, Director of the
Student Support Unit for the Dept. of Education, Dr. Alfred DeMaria, Director, Bureau of Communicable Disease for DPH all spoke in detail
about the issues with rising trends that are of the greatest concern to the Council. Among the most dramatic findings in the report:
- MA continues to have the highest rate for violent crime in the Northeast with an increasing presence in girls and younger children.
- Hepatitis C rates are rising in ages 15-29.
- 15.4% of Massachusetts adults have asthma, 21% of middle school students have been diagnosed with asthma.
- There are 3 times the number of domestic violence deaths as there were in 2005.
- 3.8% of Massachusetts high school students dropped out of school (11,436 students).
- 23.4% of MA adults did not see a dentist in the past year.
- 59% of MA adults are overweight or obese.
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