2011 | Shasta, California
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| Shasta County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
California | Rank (of 56) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 42 | ||||
| Mortality | 48 | ||||
| Premature death | 8,841 | 8,356-9,327 | 5,564 | 6,128 | |
| Morbidity | 23 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 12% | 9-16% | 10% | 18% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.8 | 3.1-4.6 | 2.6 | 3.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.7 | 2.9-4.5 | 2.3 | 3.6 | |
| Low birthweight | 6.2% | 5.8-6.6% | 6.0% | 6.7% | |
| Health Factors | 36 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 53 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 23% | 18-29% | 15% | 15% | |
| Adult obesity | 27% | 22-33% | 25% | 23% | |
| Excessive drinking | 21% | 16-27% | 8% | 17% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 19 | 16-21 | 12 | 12 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 221 | 83 | 407 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 41 | 39-43 | 22 | 40 | |
| Clinical Care | 14 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 18% | 14-22% | 13% | 24% | |
| Primary care physicians | 832:1 | 631:1 | 847:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 55 | 52-57 | 52 | 59 | |
| Diabetic screening | 82% | 76-88% | 89% | 77% | |
| Mammography screening | 69% | 63-75% | 74% | 59% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 33 | ||||
| High school graduation | 85% | 92% | 71% | ||
| Some college | 61% | 68% | 59% | ||
| Unemployment | 14.8% | 5.3% | 11.4% | ||
| Children in poverty | 24% | 20-28% | 11% | 19% | |
| Inadequate social support | 15% | 11-19% | 14% | 26% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 35% | 20% | 30% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 496 | 100 | 520 | ||
| Physical Environment | 38 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 3 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 10 | 0 | 51 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 48% | 92% | 79% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 9 | 17 | 9 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
