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Health
Highlights from the indicator data for health include:
  • Infant death rates and low birth weights are higher for African American babies than for Caucasian babies and vary throughout the county.
  • An increasing percentage of children are covered by public health plans.
  • While the rate of teen pregnancy is dropping, there is still a rate of 31.7 per 1,000 females ages 15-19.
  • The number of adults defined as working poor without health care insurance is rising in the county.
  • The HIV incidence rate almost doubled between 2001 and 2004 (5.3 to 9.6)
All three groups surveyed ranked many aspects of health as some of the most important issues in Washtenaw County with the least adequate resources available. Adults without health insurance and affordable health care were consistently rated as major issues by all three groups (76%-94%). A slightly lower percent of respondents ranked affordable prescription medicine and affordable dental care as an issue. Community residents completing the written survey had a very different perception of dental care 82% believed it was a major issue, and 70% believed resources were not adequate. Teen pregnancy was viewed as a major issue by 71% of residents (written), but not by the other two groups (29% and 39%). Children without health insurance and substance abuse were rated as major issues by most respondents (62%-80%). In contrast, only 12% of residents believed that infant mortality was a major issue, and 78% believed resources were adequate.
Health Indicators Table
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