2011 | Hempstead, Arkansas
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| Hempstead County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Arkansas | Rank (of 75) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 48 | ||||
| Mortality | 19 | ||||
| Premature death | 8,859 | 7,545-10,173 | 5,564 | 9,545 | |
| Morbidity | 72 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 28% | 22-34% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.9 | 3.7-6.0 | 2.6 | 4.0 | |
| Poor mental health days | 5.3 | 3.8-6.8 | 2.3 | 3.7 | |
| Low birthweight | 11.0% | 9.8-12.3% | 6.0% | 9.0% | |
| Health Factors | 63 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 62 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 25% | 19-32% | 15% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 33% | 27-40% | 25% | 30% | |
| Excessive drinking | 14% | 9-20% | 8% | 13% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 34 | 25-43 | 12 | 26 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 1,079 | 83 | 499 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 83 | 75-91 | 22 | 62 | |
| Clinical Care | 65 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 27% | 22-32% | 13% | 23% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,531:1 | 631:1 | 867:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 115 | 106-124 | 52 | 87 | |
| Diabetic screening | 68% | 53-83% | 89% | 78% | |
| Mammography screening | 61% | 47-76% | 74% | 60% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 54 | ||||
| High school graduation | 80% | 92% | 74% | ||
| Some college | 41% | 68% | 52% | ||
| Unemployment | 7.7% | 5.3% | 7.3% | ||
| Children in poverty | 32% | 24-41% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 35% | 27-43% | 14% | 22% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 37% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 8 | |||
| Physical Environment | 15 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 43% | 92% | 46% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 13 | 17 | 8 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
