2011 | Elbert, Colorado
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| Elbert County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Colorado | Rank (of 57) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 6 | ||||
| Mortality | 5 | ||||
| Premature death | 4,254 | 3,338-5,344 | 5,564 | 6,094 | |
| Morbidity | 10 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 6% | 4-10% | 10% | 13% | |
| Poor physical health days | 2.3 | 1.7-2.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | |
| Poor mental health days | 2.7 | 1.5-3.8 | 2.3 | 3.0 | |
| Low birthweight | 8.8% | 7.4-10.3% | 6.0% | 8.9% | |
| Health Factors | 18 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 24 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 19% | 14-26% | 15% | 19% | |
| Adult obesity | 19% | 16-24% | 25% | 19% | |
| Excessive drinking | 19% | 14-27% | 8% | 18% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 21 | 14-29 | 12 | 15 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 61 | 83 | 395 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 14 | 11-17 | 22 | 45 | |
| Clinical Care | 23 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 20% | 16-23% | 13% | 20% | |
| Primary care physicians | 631:1 | 816:1 | |||
| Preventable hospital stays | 68 | 58-78 | 52 | 52 | |
| Diabetic screening | 93% | 64-100% | 89% | 80% | |
| Mammography screening | 55% | 33-76% | 74% | 65% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 14 | ||||
| High school graduation | 80% | 92% | 77% | ||
| Some college | 69% | 68% | 66% | ||
| Unemployment | 7.5% | 5.3% | 7.7% | ||
| Children in poverty | 7% | 5-9% | 11% | 14% | |
| Inadequate social support | 14% | 10-20% | 14% | 17% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 14% | 20% | 27% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 4 | |||
| Physical Environment | 45 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 20% | 92% | 59% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 9 | 17 | 12 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
