2011 | Mississippi, Arkansas
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| Mississippi County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Arkansas | Rank (of 75) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 70 | ||||
| Mortality | 67 | ||||
| Premature death | 12,263 | 11,189-13,338 | 5,564 | 9,545 | |
| Morbidity | 75 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 28% | 24-34% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 5.4 | 4.4-6.5 | 2.6 | 4.0 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.7 | 3.7-5.8 | 2.3 | 3.7 | |
| Low birthweight | 11.7% | 10.9-12.6% | 6.0% | 9.0% | |
| Health Factors | 73 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 65 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 26% | 21-31% | 15% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 35% | 29-41% | 25% | 30% | |
| Excessive drinking | 9% | 6-13% | 8% | 13% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 27 | 21-33 | 12 | 26 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 1,158 | 83 | 499 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 100 | 94-106 | 22 | 62 | |
| Clinical Care | 55 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 18% | 15-22% | 13% | 23% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,461:1 | 631:1 | 867:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 124 | 117-131 | 52 | 87 | |
| Diabetic screening | 71% | 61-81% | 89% | 78% | |
| Mammography screening | 43% | 34-53% | 74% | 60% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 72 | ||||
| High school graduation | 60% | 92% | 74% | ||
| Some college | 46% | 68% | 52% | ||
| Unemployment | 13.1% | 5.3% | 7.3% | ||
| Children in poverty | 34% | 26-42% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 28% | 22-35% | 14% | 22% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 52% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Homicide rate | 10 | 7-14 | 1 | 8 | |
| Physical Environment | 39 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 50% | 92% | 46% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 6 | 17 | 8 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
