December 2005

Chronic Conditions of Californians
Mona Jhawar, Steven P. Wallace

This publication from UCLA Center for Health Policy Research presents findings from the 2003 California health Interview Survey.

Chronic diseases are the leading causes of death in California and have become among the most common, costly, and often preventable of all health problems. Chronic Conditions of Californians reports that in 2003, 11.5 million California adults over age 18 were living with one or more chronic conditions including heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, asthma, or fair/poor health status. In addition, 1.9 million children ages 1-17 were living with asthma or fair/poor health status.