High Risk Behaviors but Low Injury-Related Mortality Among Hispanic Teens in Missouri.

Objective: Our objective was to examine racial/ethnic disparities in injury-related risk behaviors and deaths among teens in Missouri, with a focus on Hispanic people-the fastest-growing racial/ethnic group in the state.

Methods: We used data from the 2013 Missouri Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which included 1616 students in grades 9 through 12 from 32 public and charter high schools. The overall response rate was 69%.

Risk Factors, Preventive Practices, and Health Care Among Breast Cancer Survivors, United States, 2010.

Introduction: We compared behavioral risk factors and preventive measures among female breast cancer survivors, female survivors of other types of cancers, and women without a history of cancer. Survivorship health care indicators for the 2 groups of cancer survivors were compared.

Methods: Using data from the 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we calculated the proportion of women with risk factors and their engagement in preventive practices, stratified by cancer status (cancer survivors or women with no history of cancer), and compared the proportions after adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics.

The burden of chronic diseases in Missouri: progress and challenges.

Chronic diseases are the major causes of premature death, disability and loss of quality of life in Missouri. The prevalence of many chronic diseases, conditions and risk behaviors is greater in Missouri than the U.S.

Economic effect of smoke-free ordinances on 11 Missouri cities.

Introduction: The harmful effects of secondhand smoke are convincing more and more communities across the United States and the world to prohibit smoking in public places, especially in eating and drinking establishments. A 1993 Missouri state law allows smoking in designated areas in indoor public places such as restaurants and bars. Consequently, some Missouri communities have adopted local ordinances that prohibit smoking in all indoor workplaces, including restaurants and bars.

Economic impact of a smoke-free ordinance on bars and restaurants in a small, rural, Missouri community.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the economic impact of a city-wide smoke-free ordinance in the small, relatively isolated, rural, Northeast Missouri community of Kirksville. A model similar to prior studies was applied to the taxable sales revenues of eating and drinking establishment data prior to and following enactment of a smoke-free ordinance. It was found that there was a significant positive change in eating and drinking establishment taxable sales revenues post-enactment.

Tobacco use among Missouri middle and high school students, 2003-2009.

Reducing tobacco use among young people is an important public health goal. This article summarizes the results of the analysis of Missouri Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS) data collected between 2003 and 2009. The YTS collects information regarding tobacco use and related issues among Missouri public middle and high school students.

Health and economic burden of traumatic brain injury: Missouri, 2001-2005.

Objective: We examined the financial and social costs resulting from traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Missouri.

Methods: We computed mortality rates from death certificates, the direct cost of TBI from hospital and emergency department (ED) visit charges, the social cost in terms of years of potential life lost (YPLL) using an abridged Missouri life table, and the indirect financial cost in terms of lost productivity due to premature death for all TBI and four major causes of TBI in Missouri.

Results: During 2001-2005, a mean of 1358 lives were lost due to TBI in Missouri.

The health and economic burden of smoking in Missouri, 2000-2004.

This study used the Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Morbidity and Economic Cost (SAMMEC) software developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assess the health consequences and economic burden due to smoking in Missouri. During 2000-2004, cigarette smoking resulted in 9,600 deaths (17.5% of all deaths), 132,103 Years of Potential Life Lost, and $2.