How healthy are we? Is our social safety net working?
Changes in uninsured percentages in Sacramento County mostly track the data for the region (Sacramento, Placer, Yolo, El Dorado Counties). However, in general the percentage of the uninsured population is higher in Sacramento than in the four county region. There appears to be an increase in the percentage of those uninsured that tracks the economic downturn. The numbers significantly decrease recent years, perhaps due to implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Although the percentage of the population that is uninsured was still higher in 2014 than in 2001.
17.6% of adults in Sacramento County were smokers in 2014.
In Sacramento from 2008 to 2011, there were 5,509 births by mothers under 20. The data shows a slight decline in births by mother under the age of 20 by almost a half of a percent perhaps due to education and awareness. Zip codes included are 95812 through 95835, 95838, 95841, 95842, 95864.