2011 | Van Buren, Arkansas
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| Van Buren County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Arkansas | Rank (of 75) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 54 | ||||
| Mortality | 51 | ||||
| Premature death | 10,885 | 8,937-12,834 | 5,564 | 9,545 | |
| Morbidity | 47 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 25% | 19-32% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.5 | 3.2-5.8 | 2.6 | 4.0 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.8 | 3.2-6.5 | 2.3 | 3.7 | |
| Low birthweight | 8.3% | 6.8-9.8% | 6.0% | 9.0% | |
| Health Factors | 41 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 39 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 27% | 21-35% | 15% | 23% | |
| Adult obesity | 29% | 24-36% | 25% | 30% | |
| Excessive drinking | 10% | 6-16% | 8% | 13% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 48 | 36-61 | 12 | 26 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 78 | 83 | 499 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 72 | 62-81 | 22 | 62 | |
| Clinical Care | 50 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 27% | 22-32% | 13% | 23% | |
| Primary care physicians | 2,749:1 | 631:1 | 867:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 91 | 83-98 | 52 | 87 | |
| Diabetic screening | 76% | 60-91% | 89% | 78% | |
| Mammography screening | 76% | 58-94% | 74% | 60% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 47 | ||||
| High school graduation | 85% | 92% | 74% | ||
| Some college | 49% | 68% | 52% | ||
| Unemployment | 9.9% | 5.3% | 7.3% | ||
| Children in poverty | 30% | 22-37% | 11% | 25% | |
| Inadequate social support | 30% | 22-38% | 14% | 22% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 32% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 8 | |||
| Physical Environment | 29 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 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


