Facts and Figures

• Demographics
• Health

Demographics

• More than 4.4 million women live in New Jersey.
• Approximately 85% of New Jersey women are under the age of 65.
• 55% of women are married.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 4 out of 5 New Jersey women rate their health status as good, very good, or excellent.

Preventive Care Among Women

• 91% report having had a routine medical check-up within the past 2 years.
• Over 77% have visited a dentist in the past year.
• Nearly 3 out of 4 women age 40 and older report having a mammogram within the past 2 years.
• 84% age 18 and older have had a pap smear within the past 3 years.
• To test for colorectal cancer, 25% have had a blood stool test during the past 2 years and almost 55% had a sigmoidoscopy at some time in their lives.
• 66% of pregnant women receive early and adequate prenatal care.

HIV/AIDS

• New Jersey has the highest proportion of females among people living with AIDS of all 50 states.
• 34% of new HIV cases in 2002 were women.
• 36% of people living with HIV/AIDS are women.
• 4 out of 5 women living with HIV/AIDS are minorities.
• 66% of new adult/adolescent female HIV cases were among African American women.

¹Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
²Hispanic mortality totals are not included in the mortality totals because Hispanic ethnic classifications were recorded separate from white, African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Other racial classifications.

New Jersey Insurance Coverage and Health Policies

• Offer breast, cervical, prostate, and colorectal cancer screenings.
• Cover diabetic supplies, equipment, and/or out-patient management training.
• Cover inpatient stay for at least 72 hours after a radical mastectomy and at least 48 hours after a simple mastectomy.
• Cover reconstructive surgery after mastectomy if policy covers mastectomies.
• Offer at least one standard basic plan in individual and small group market that provides coverage for FDA-approved contraceptives.
• Cover infertility diagnosis and treatment for insurers with more than 50 persons.
• Exempts religious employers if request is made.
• Cover OB/GYNS as primary care providers.
• State has Religious or Moral Refusal Clauses for reproductive health services.
• State does not mandate hospital emergency rooms to offer/provide sexual assault survivors with emergency contraception.
• Pharmacists cannot provide emergency contraception to women without a doctor’s prescription.

Reproductive Health

• The chlamydia rate per 100,000 women is 312.8.
• The rate of female reported Gonorrhea cases per 100,000 is 103.0.

• Abortion
• There were approximately 32,760 reported legal abortions in 2003.
• New Jersey State Medicaid funds medically necessary abortions.
• New Jersey does not require waiting periods or parental consent/notification, or bar late-term procedures.