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Baltimore City Health Status Report 2008

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:  
Letter from the Commissioner 3
Baltimore City Demographics 4

Health Care Access

8
Maternal & Infant Health  

General Fertility Rate

9

Teen Birth

10

Prenatal Care

11

Low Birth Weight

12

Infant Mortality

13
Youth Health  

Immunizations

14

Lead Poisoning

14

Childhood Asthma

15

Childhood Injury

16
Injury  

Homicide

17
Mental Health 18
Substance Abuse  

Intoxication Deaths

19

Treatment and Funding

20

Substances of Abuse

21
Infectious Diseases  

HIV/AIDS

22

Sexually Transmitted Infections

24

Reportable Diseases

25

Tuberculosis

26
Chronic Disease Risk Factors  
Youth Smoking 27

Adult Smoking

29
Childhood Obesity 30

Adult Obesity

31
Chronic Diseases  

Cardiovascular Disease

32

Cancer

34

Diabetes

36
Mortality  

Leading Causes of Death

37

Age Adjusted Mortality Rates

38

Years of Potential Life Lost

39
Summary Health Indicators 42
   
Technical Notes and Data Source Information 44