2011 | Arkansas, Arkansas
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| Arkansas County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Arkansas | Rank (of 75) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 66 | ||||
| Mortality | 66 | ||||
| Premature death | 12,221 | 10,413-14,029 | 5,564 | 9,545 | |
| Morbidity | 62 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 29% | 23-36% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.2 | 3.2-5.2 | 2.6 | 4.0 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.1 | 2.8-5.4 | 2.3 | 3.7 | |
| Low birthweight | 10.9% | 9.5-12.4% | 6.0% | 9.0% | |
| Health Factors | 62 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 57 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 24% | 17-33% | 15% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 35% | 29-42% | 25% | 30% | |
| Excessive drinking | 10% | 6-17% | 8% | 13% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 32 | 22-41 | 12 | 26 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 645 | 83 | 499 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 61 | 54-68 | 22 | 62 | |
| Clinical Care | 23 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 22% | 18-25% | 13% | 23% | |
| Primary care physicians | 832:1 | 631:1 | 867:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 104 | 96-112 | 52 | 87 | |
| Diabetic screening | 76% | 60-92% | 89% | 78% | |
| Mammography screening | 58% | 43-73% | 74% | 60% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 65 | ||||
| High school graduation | 85% | 92% | 74% | ||
| Some college | 46% | 68% | 52% | ||
| Unemployment | 14.7% | 5.3% | 7.3% | ||
| Children in poverty | 27% | 20-34% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 25% | 18-33% | 14% | 22% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 36% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 8 | |||
| Physical Environment | 57 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 22% | 92% | 46% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 5 | 17 | 8 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
