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Pregnancy, Birth, and Abortion Rates Among Teens Have Been Steadily Declining in the U.S. Download Source Guttmacher Institute “U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions, 2008: National Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity” February 2012
Poorer Women Shoulder a Greater Burden of Illness Download Source 2008 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey, Kaiser Family Foundation
Multiple factors predispose women to needing long-term care Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Access to Care File, 2006
Most New Cases of Sexually Transmitted Infections Occur in Youth and Young Adults Download Source CDC, STD Trends in the United States: 2011 National Data for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis, 2012. HIV Surveillance Report, Supplemental Report: Estimated HIV Incidence in the United States, 2007-2010, 2012
Most Medicaid Programs Cover Cancer Screening Services Important for Women Download Source KCMU/HMA Survey of State Medicaid Coverage of Adult Preventive Services
More than One in Ten Women Have Caregiving Responsibilities Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation, 2008 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey
Medicaid Programs in the South and Southwest Cover a Higher Share of Births Download Source Sonfield, A., Kost, K., Benson Gold, R., & Finer, L.B. (2011). The public cost of births resulting from unintended pregnancies: National and state-level estimates. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 43(2): 94-102
medicaid-family-planning-programs-2012-womenshealth Download Source Guttmacher Institute, Medicaid Family Planning Eligibility Expansions, State Policies in Brief, November 2012
Medicaid Enrollment Among Women Varies Between States Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of Urban Institute estimates based on March 2012 Current Population Survey, Census Bureau
Medicaid Enrollees are Predominately Women of Reproductive Age Download Source Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and Urban Institute analysis of 2009 MSIS, 2012
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