2011 | Tulare, California
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| Tulare County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
California | Rank (of 56) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 46 | ||||
| Mortality | 43 | ||||
| Premature death | 8,440 | 8,134-8,746 | 5,564 | 6,128 | |
| Morbidity | 45 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 25% | 21-30% | 10% | 18% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.7 | 3.8-5.6 | 2.6 | 3.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.8 | 3.8-5.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | |
| Low birthweight | 5.9% | 5.7-6.1% | 6.0% | 6.7% | |
| Health Factors | 55 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 56 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 20% | 15-25% | 15% | 15% | |
| Adult obesity | 32% | 26-38% | 25% | 23% | |
| Excessive drinking | 18% | 14-23% | 8% | 17% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 25 | 23-27 | 12 | 12 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 433 | 83 | 407 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 70 | 69-72 | 22 | 40 | |
| Clinical Care | 47 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 22% | 19-25% | 13% | 24% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,446:1 | 631:1 | 847:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 77 | 75-79 | 52 | 59 | |
| Diabetic screening | 79% | 74-83% | 89% | 77% | |
| Mammography screening | 61% | 56-65% | 74% | 59% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 55 | ||||
| High school graduation | 70% | 92% | 71% | ||
| Some college | 41% | 68% | 59% | ||
| Unemployment | 15.3% | 5.3% | 11.4% | ||
| Children in poverty | 31% | 27-35% | 11% | 19% | |
| Inadequate social support | 32% | 27-38% | 14% | 26% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 33% | 20% | 30% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 548 | 100 | 520 | ||
| Physical Environment | 52 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 12 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 104 | 0 | 51 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 76% | 92% | 79% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 5 | 17 | 9 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
