What state has the highest population of teen pregnancies

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lower standards as to get more votes from minority’s in future elections

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What is Amerikkkas healthcare rating?

Q: Introduction to Risk Factors Personal Behaviors Prevalence of Smoking Motor Vehicle Deaths Prevalence of Obesity High School Graduation Community Environment Violent Crime Lack of Health Insurance Infectious Disease Children in Poverty Occupational Fatalities Health Policies Per Capita Public Health Spending Immunization Coverage Adequacy of Prenatal Care Introduction to Outcomes Limited Activity Days Cardiovascular Deaths Cancer Deaths Total Mortality Infant Mortality Premature Death Intro and Findings Components State Snapshots Methodology Commentaries and Special Features Foreword and Introduction Selection of Components State-by-State Snapshots Methodology Letter from Michael Leavitt, Secretary, US Health and Human Services Measures of Success Combined Measures: Risk Factors/Outcomes All State Snapshots Weighting of Components Putting Patients First with Personal Health Information Technologyby Myrl Weinberg, President, National Health Council 2005 Results Appendices How do Health Care Systems Recover, and Even Improve, After a Catastrophe?by Frederick Cerise, MD, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Changes from 2004, 1990 Risk Factors Index of Tables Healthy Workforce = Healthy Business = Healthy Stateby John Clymer, President, Partnership for Prevention Comparison to Other Nations Outcomes Health Disparities Investing in Prevention to Improve Our Healthby Georges Benjamin, Executive Director, American Public Health Association Importance of Creating a Smokefree Environment Great Progress, More Work Aheadby John Kirkwood, President and CEO, American Lung Association Teen Pregnancy in Americaby Sarah Brown, Executive Director, National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Findings2005 ResultsAmerica’s Health Rankings™ – 2005 Edition shows Minnesota at the top of the list of healthiest states. Minnesota has been among the top two states since 1990. Vermont is ranked second this year and has consistently moved up in the rankings for the last five years. New Hampshire is number three, followed by Utah, Hawaii and North Dakota. Mississippi is 50th and the least healthy state, while Louisiana is 49th. Tennessee, South Carolina and Arkansas complete the bottom five states.Minnesota is first this year, a position it has held for 10 of the 16 years since the 1990 Edition. Minnesota’s strengths include ranking first for a low rate of cardiovascular deaths, a low premature death rate and a low percentage of uninsured population. It is also in the top five states for a low percentage of children in poverty, a low total mortality rate, a low infant mortality rate, a low occupational fatalities rate, a low rate of motor vehicle deaths and a high rate of high school graduation. Minnesota’s biggest challenges are a high prevalence of smoking at 20.7 percent of the population, a high prevalence of obesity at 22.6 percent of the population and limited access to adequate prenatal care with 75.8 percent of pregnant women receiving adequate prenatal care. Mississippi is 50th this year, down from 49th in the 2004 Edition. It has been in the bottom three states since the 1990 Edition. The state ranks well in all three health policy measures: 8th for access to adequate prenatal care, which is available to 81.8 percent of pregnant women; 11th for per capita public health spending, at $197 per person; and 14th for immunization coverage, with 84.0 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations. It ranks in the bottom five states on nine of the 18 measures: a high premature death rate, a high infant mortality rate, a high total mortality rate, a high rate of cardiovascular deaths, a high percentage of children in poverty, a high prevalence of obesity, a high rate of motor vehicle deaths, a high occupational fatalities rate, and a high number of limited activity days. It also ranks in the bottom 10 states for two other measures. Table 4 lists the score and ranking for each of the 50 states. Scores presented in the tables indicate the percentage a state is above or below the national norm. For example, a state with a score of 20 is 20 percent above the national average for that component. A negative score means the state is below the national average. When comparing states from year to year, differences in score are more important than changes in ranking.Table 4 2005 Overall America’s Health RankingsALPHABETICAL BY STATE RANK ORDER 2005 RANK (1-50) STATE SCORE* 2005 RANK (1-50) STATE SCORE* 45 Alabama -12.8 1 Minnesota 22.2 30 Alaska -1.2 2 Vermont 21.3 31 Arizona -1.6 3 New Hampshire 18.3 47 Arkansas -16.1 4 Utah 17.4 22 California 6.0 5 Hawaii 16.9 17 Colorado 9.7 6 North Dakota 16.6 7 Connecticut 15.9 7 Connecticut 15.7 33 Delaware -2.6 8 Maine 15.4 40 Florida -8.6 9 Massachusetts 15.2 43 Georgia -10.2 10 Iowa 15.0 5 Hawaii 17.0 11 Nebraska 12.5 16 Idaho 10.4 12 Rhode Island 11.2 28 Illinois 0.9 13 Wisconsin 10.9 32 Indiana -2.1 14 Washington 10.8 10 Iowa 14.9 15 New Jersey 10.6 23 Kansas 5.8 16 Idaho 10.4 42 Kentucky -9.7 17 Colorado 10.1 49 Louisiana -18.4 18 Oregon 8.4 8 Maine 15.5 19 South Dakota 6.7 34 Maryland -3.6 19 Wyoming 6.7 9 Massachusetts 15.2 21 Montana 5.9 29 Michigan 0.3 22 California 5.8 1 Minnesota 22.1 23 Kansas 5.7 50 Mississippi -19.1 24 Virginia 5.5 35 Missouri -4.1 25 Pennsylvania 2.1 21 Montana 6.6 26 Ohio 1.3 11 Nebraska 12.2 27 New York 1.0 37 Nevada -5.9 28 Illinois 0.9 3 New Hampshire 18.1 29 Michigan 0.1 15 New Jersey 10.6 30 Alaska -0.6 38 New Mexico -6.2 31 Arizona -1.5 26 New York 1.2 32 Indiana -2.3 36 North Carolina -5.6 33 Delaware -3.4 6 North Dakota 16.6 34 Maryland -3.5 27 Ohio 1.1 35 Missouri -3.8 44 Oklahoma -11.4 36 North Carolina -5.6 18 Oregon 8.3 37 Nevada -5.7 25 Pennsylvania 1.9 38 New Mexico -5.9 12 Rhode Island 11.5 39 Texas -6.7 46 South Carolina -15.8 40 Florida -8.6 20 South Dakota 6.7 41 West Virginia -9.1 48 Tennessee -17.1 42 Kentucky -9.8 39 Texas -6.7 43 Georgia -10.1 4 Utah 17.5 44 Oklahoma -11.4 2 Vermont 21.3 45 Alabama -12.7 24 Virginia 5.5 46 Arkansas -15.6 14 Washington 10.7 47 South Carolina -15.7 41 West Virginia -9.3 48 Tennessee -16.8 13 Wisconsin 11.0 49 Louisiana -18.3 19 Wyoming 7.0 50 Mississippi -19.4

A: I don’t see how all your facts have any value. Next time try asking a real question.

Is the H1N1 vaccine a way to reduce the population?

Q: John Holdren, Obama’s Science Czar: Forced abortions and mass sterilization needed to save the planetBook he authored in 1977 advocates for extreme totalitarian measures to control the populationForced abortions. Mass sterilization. A “Planetary Regime” with the power of life and death over American citizens.The tyrannical fantasies of a madman? Or merely the opinions of the person now in control of science policy in the United States? Or both?These ideas (among many other equally horrifying recommendations) were put forth by John Holdren, whom Barack Obama has recently appointed Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology — informally known as the United States’ Science Czar. In a book Holdren co-authored in 1977, the man now firmly in control of science policy in this country wrote that:• Women could be forced to abort their pregnancies, whether they wanted to or not;• The population at large could be sterilized by infertility drugs intentionally put into the nation’s drinking water or in food;• Single mothers and teen mothers should have their babies seized from them against their will and given away to other couples to raise;• People who “contribute to social deterioration” (i.e. undesirables) “can be required by law to exercise reproductive responsibility” — in other words, be compelled to have abortions or be sterilized.• A transnational “Planetary Regime” should assume control of the global economy and also dictate the most intimate details of Americans’ lives — using an armed international police force.Impossible, you say? That must be an exaggeration or a hoax. No one in their right mind would say such things.Well, I hate to break the news to you, but it is no hoax, no exaggeration. John Holdren really did say those things, and this report contains the proof. Below you will find photographs, scans, and transcriptions of pages in the book Ecoscience, co-authored in 1977 by John Holdren and his close colleagues Paul Ehrlich and Anne Ehrlich. The scans and photos are provided to supply conclusive evidence that the words attributed to Holdren are unaltered and accurately transcribedKrissi Danielsson reporting from About.com quotes an article from the Minneapolis Star Tribune which showed how some pregnant women are skeptical of the new H1N1 vaccine. Several women blogging at the end of the article had experienced miscarriages with the H1N1 vaccine.Pregnant women are considered one of the “high risk” groups, but many women are less than thrilled about the idea of getting the shot, reporting concerns about the safety of the vaccine and possible effects for the unborn baby.I can definitely see where they are coming from, being someone who was concerned about safety of pretty much everything when I was pregnant. And there’s not much research on the safety of any type of flu vaccine during the first trimester, much less thimerosal exposure in the first trimester, although the CDC says that flu vaccination is advisable in any trimester during a pandemic. As with most cases, all you can really do is weigh the risks and benefits of both courses of action and discuss your concerns with your doctor – then make an informed choice on how to proceed.What are your thoughts? Do you plan to get the H1N1 flu vaccine, especially if you are currently pregnant or hope to become pregnant in the near future?

A: Now that you mention it, I do remember Obama mentioning this in his campaign.”Can we force you to get an abortion whether you want it or not? YES WE CAN!”That’s when I knew he was the candidate for me!

What do you think of my education reform proposal?

Q: * Set up one federal bureau of education that will be responsible for asking for certain funding and outlining needs,structures and developments. * Set up 50 state education bureaus to tackle state educational issues.Such as rigorous surprise school inspections to make sure that every school/staff is up to excellent standards. * Make sure that every city that has a population of 200,000+ has two community colleges,two high schools,two elementary/junior high schools,and 1 main library. * Make internet access and the newest technology/textbooks mandatory in every public school in the country. Spend an approximate $13 billion to make sure that every school has computers,the internet,and textbooks for every single student. * Cover SAT prepping and testing costs for every public school student in the country to make sure that our students are competitive & able to get into the school of their choice. * Create at least 400 more vocational institutes state wide to give students the option to go to college or prepare to go into the workforce or learn a trade. * Promote sex education in high schools,teach them the consequences of teen pregnancy and where it leads them too.Teach them about their choices,their alternatives,and what they can accomplish. * Create the Autism Education Program(A.E.D.) to vigorously tackle the investigation of the causes and cures for autism and at the same time create free of charge educational institutions for these children and special parenting courses.Degree Incentive ProgramI want a program that will create an incentive for people in this country to pursue the goal of getting a college or vocational degree. The incentive would be in the form of tax rebates for those that can prove that they are alumni of a college or vocational institution. They would go in the following order.Associates Degree/Vocational Degree/Military Service(2+ years): $350 annual rebate for a 3 year periodBachelor’s Degree: $700 annual rebate for a 5 year periodMaster’s degree: $1200 annual rebate for a 7 year periodDoctorate’s Degree + : $1700 annual rebate for a 9 year period.Property tax incentive: A reduction of 5% on all property taxes for a period of 7 years for all of the aforementioned.These tax reductions will aid in student loan paybacks.

A: Very interesting and well thought out. My thoughts…we already have federal agencies and state depts. of education to enforce standards. How will your bureaus differ? Where will the money come from to fund building schools, technology and the curriculum you outline? What is the realistic student body count in cities of 200K if there are only 4 grade/junior/high schools? What will the per school student/teacher ratio be and how will that affect instruction? Why only fund and educate autistic children? What about other disabilities and illnesses that affect children? Are you offering incentives to everyone who has earned a college degree? Will I get a tax rebate since my UG degree was earned 30 years ago? Your rebates don’t cover the full cost of many tuition rates. How did you determine each amount? Will the rebates go back to the student or directly to loan providers? What about folks who don’t own property? Is there a tax incentive somewhere for them? It is evident you have put great thought into your proposal. Here’s an additional question to ponder…What do you think about only assessing school taxes on people who have children, so that the childless are exempt?