2011 | Pulaski, Arkansas
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| Pulaski County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Arkansas | Rank (of 75) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 31 | ||||
| Mortality | 40 | ||||
| Premature death | 10,188 | 9,818-10,557 | 5,564 | 9,545 | |
| Morbidity | 23 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 14% | 13-16% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.3 | 3.1-3.6 | 2.6 | 4.0 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.3 | 3.0-3.6 | 2.3 | 3.7 | |
| Low birthweight | 10.4% | 10.1-10.7% | 6.0% | 9.0% | |
| Health Factors | 8 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 10 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 19% | 18-21% | 15% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 28% | 26-31% | 25% | 30% | |
| Excessive drinking | 16% | 14-17% | 8% | 13% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 19 | 17-20 | 12 | 26 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 786 | 83 | 499 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 61 | 60-63 | 22 | 62 | |
| Clinical Care | 1 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 20% | 18-23% | 13% | 23% | |
| Primary care physicians | 467:1 | 631:1 | 867:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 65 | 63-66 | 52 | 87 | |
| Diabetic screening | 79% | 74-84% | 89% | 78% | |
| Mammography screening | 66% | 61-70% | 74% | 60% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 31 | ||||
| High school graduation | 65% | 92% | 74% | ||
| Some college | 65% | 68% | 52% | ||
| Unemployment | 6.2% | 5.3% | 7.3% | ||
| Children in poverty | 25% | 22-29% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 19% | 17-21% | 14% | 22% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 41% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Homicide rate | 17 | 15-18 | 1 | 8 | |
| Physical Environment | 68 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 11 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 86% | 92% | 46% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 11 | 17 | 8 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
