2011 | Ouachita, Arkansas
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| Ouachita County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Arkansas | Rank (of 75) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 60 | ||||
| Mortality | 50 | ||||
| Premature death | 10,858 | 9,436-12,281 | 5,564 | 9,545 | |
| Morbidity | 66 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 21% | 15-28% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.5 | 3.5-5.4 | 2.6 | 4.0 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.9 | 3.1-6.8 | 2.3 | 3.7 | |
| Low birthweight | 12.5% | 11.2-13.8% | 6.0% | 9.0% | |
| Health Factors | 34 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 47 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 22% | 16-29% | 15% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 34% | 28-40% | 25% | 30% | |
| Excessive drinking | 10% | 6-18% | 8% | 13% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 32 | 24-40 | 12 | 26 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 959 | 83 | 499 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 73 | 66-79 | 22 | 62 | |
| Clinical Care | 10 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 20% | 16-24% | 13% | 23% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,225:1 | 631:1 | 867:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 75 | 69-81 | 52 | 87 | |
| Diabetic screening | 81% | 67-95% | 89% | 78% | |
| Mammography screening | 54% | 40-68% | 74% | 60% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 42 | ||||
| High school graduation | 85% | 92% | 74% | ||
| Some college | 44% | 68% | 52% | ||
| Unemployment | 7.5% | 5.3% | 7.3% | ||
| Children in poverty | 30% | 23-37% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 14% | 22% | |||
| Children in single-parent households | 42% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Homicide rate | 13 | 8-18 | 1 | 8 | |
| Physical Environment | 19 | ||||
| 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 | 12 | 17 | 8 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
