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All Residents Residents in Poverty <br />Medicare <br />Orange County <br />9.5% <br />8.0% <br />State <br />14.4% <br />18.3% <br />Medicaid <br />Orange County <br />4.9% <br />21.8% <br />State <br />10.8% <br />52.5% <br />Uninsured <br />Orange County <br />12.7% <br />34.7% <br />128.3% <br />State <br />1 12.8% <br />Of the estimated 13,462 people in Orange County without health insurance, 1,866 of those are <br />aged 17 and under and 11,596 are between the ages of 18 and 64. All residents aged 65 and over <br />are covered by Medicare. <br />The Orange County Health Assessment includes the following information about reproductive <br />health issues: <br />• There are more than 1,800 pregnancies and 1,100 live births in Orange County in a given <br />year. <br />• The rate of teen pregnancies in Orange County is nearly 4 times greater among Nonwhites <br />than Whites; the overall rate of teen pregnancies for both groups is lower than for the whole <br />state. <br />• A clear gap exists in the level of care received by Nonwhite and White women. <br />• Orange County Nonwhites giving birth are more likely than Whites to be under age 18, <br />without a high school degree, unmarried, on their fourth or more birth, smokers, and having <br />faced the death of a previous live born child. <br />The Orange County Health Assessment team reports that community residents believe economic <br />status is a chief factor in explaining why some people in Orange County enjoy better health than <br />others. "People believe that low income contributes to ill health for a number of reasons: the poor <br />cannot afford medical care; they have no insurance; they don't have access to health education <br />programs or health promoting activities; they have to work 2 or 3 jobs to survive and have little <br />time for their families; their poor finances cause them more anxiety or depression; stress can lead <br />to substance abuse, further compounding health problems." <br />9. Substance Abuse Services and Issues <br />Drug and alcohol treatment and rehabilitation was the third most common cause for <br />hospitalization among Orange County residents during 1989 -1994 with a total of 1,983 persons <br />being admitted during this six year period. <br />10 <br />11 <br />