2011 | Jefferson, Arkansas
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| Jefferson County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Arkansas | Rank (of 75) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 50 | ||||
| Mortality | 52 | ||||
| Premature death | 10,915 | 10,103-11,728 | 5,564 | 9,545 | |
| Morbidity | 42 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 18% | 15-21% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.4 | 2.9-4.0 | 2.6 | 4.0 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.4 | 2.7-4.1 | 2.3 | 3.7 | |
| Low birthweight | 12.3% | 11.6-13.0% | 6.0% | 9.0% | |
| Health Factors | 59 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 69 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 24% | 20-28% | 15% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 37% | 33-42% | 25% | 30% | |
| Excessive drinking | 12% | 10-16% | 8% | 13% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 24 | 20-28 | 12 | 26 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 1,282 | 83 | 499 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 68 | 65-71 | 22 | 62 | |
| Clinical Care | 2 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 20% | 16-24% | 13% | 23% | |
| Primary care physicians | 609:1 | 631:1 | 867:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 63 | 59-66 | 52 | 87 | |
| Diabetic screening | 80% | 71-89% | 89% | 78% | |
| Mammography screening | 66% | 56-76% | 74% | 60% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 66 | ||||
| High school graduation | 70% | 92% | 74% | ||
| Some college | 48% | 68% | 52% | ||
| Unemployment | 9.2% | 5.3% | 7.3% | ||
| Children in poverty | 29% | 22-35% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 28% | 23-33% | 14% | 22% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 54% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Homicide rate | 17 | 14-21 | 1 | 8 | |
| Physical Environment | 45 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 40% | 92% | 46% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 4 | 17 | 8 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
