Then and Now - Cascadia Over 15 Years
Now that we've turned 15, how has Cascadia changed?
Sightline, which turned 15 years old in the fall of 2008, has changed quite a bit since our early days. So has Cascadia. For example, since 1993, we've added to our numbers (there are 25 percent more of us), we're living longer (lifespan has increased by 3 years) and we use less gasoline per person. See below for the by-the-numbers story.
(For more trends relating to Cascadia, check out the Cascadia Scorecard Score)
| Trend | 1993 |
2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Gasoline consumption |
7.8 |
6.8 |
| (gallons per capita, weekly) |
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| Measured per person, gasoline use in Cascadia has been falling for a decade -- and recent price increases accelerated the trend. | ||
| Population | 13.0 |
16.3 |
| (total residents in WA, OR, BC and Idaho, in millions) |
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| The population of Cascadia has grown by a quarter in the last 15 years. | ||
| Life Expectancy |
77.3 |
79.9 |
| (years a newborn can expect to live) |
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| Deaths from illnesses and accidents have fallen since 1993, lengthening average lifespans by about 2 years and 7 months. | ||
| Fertility |
1.9 |
1.9 |
| (lifetime births per female resident) |
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| Despite advances in contraceptive technology and policy, Cascadia has made little progress in reducing births that result from unintended pregnancies. | ||
| Teen Birth Rate |
45 |
28 |
| (births per a thousand teenage women) |
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| Cascadian teens are choosing to delay childbearing until later. | ||
| Orcas | 97 |
83 |
| (total population of Southern resident orcas) |
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| Recent orca population trends have been disappointing. | ||
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