2011 | El Paso, Colorado
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| El Paso County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Colorado | Rank (of 57) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 28 | ||||
| Mortality | 23 | ||||
| Premature death | 6,509 | 6,277-6,742 | 5,564 | 6,094 | |
| Morbidity | 33 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 11% | 10-12% | 10% | 13% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.1 | 2.9-3.3 | 2.6 | 3.1 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.0 | 2.8-3.3 | 2.3 | 3.0 | |
| Low birthweight | 9.8% | 9.6-10.0% | 6.0% | 8.9% | |
| Health Factors | 34 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 33 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 20% | 18-21% | 15% | 19% | |
| Adult obesity | 20% | 18-21% | 25% | 19% | |
| Excessive drinking | 16% | 15-18% | 8% | 18% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 12 | 11-13 | 12 | 15 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 455 | 83 | 395 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 45 | 44-46 | 22 | 45 | |
| Clinical Care | 32 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 20% | 17-22% | 13% | 20% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,359:1 | 631:1 | 816:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 47 | 46-49 | 52 | 52 | |
| Diabetic screening | 72% | 68-77% | 89% | 80% | |
| Mammography screening | 61% | 57-65% | 74% | 65% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 34 | ||||
| High school graduation | 80% | 92% | 77% | ||
| Some college | 71% | 68% | 66% | ||
| Unemployment | 8.3% | 5.3% | 7.7% | ||
| Children in poverty | 15% | 12-17% | 11% | 14% | |
| Inadequate social support | 15% | 14-17% | 14% | 17% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 27% | 20% | 27% | ||
| Homicide rate | 4 | 4-5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Physical Environment | 40 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 44% | 92% | 59% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 11 | 17 | 12 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
