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 Each year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
works diligently with its partners throughout the United States to
promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling
disease, injury, and disability nationally and internationally.
Since 1987, CDC has highlighted its partnerships with state and
local health departments and other public and private agencies through
the annual State Health Profiles. Public health officials and
policymakers have used these profiles, which include all 50 states and
the District of Columbia (DC), as a snapshot of the nation's health.
They have also used them to monitor how federal funds and programs
aimed at improving the nation's health are being applied at state and
local levels.
In 2002, the Profiles changed in two key ways. First, the 51
volumes were streamlined into one publication that offered easy
comparisons among all states and DC, and second, the publication was
made available on CDC's website.
The 2003 Profiles again focus on key information regarding
the nation's overall health status, distribution of federal
health-care expenditures and services, and CDC's partnerships with the
50 states and DC. CDC's collaborative efforts with partners at the
federal, state, and local levels have lead to major public health
achievements during the past 50 years, including record low rates for
vaccine-preventable diseases, decreases in infant mortality rates,
control of infectious diseases, and declines in heart disease and
deaths caused by strokes.
By providing meaningful public health information to policymakers
and the public through the annual State Health Profiles, we
strive to continue our efforts to improve the nation's health. We hope
you find this publication useful.
Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, CDC
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State Health Profiles 2003
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