2011 | Highlands, Florida
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| Highlands County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Florida | Rank (of 67) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 37 | ||||
| Mortality | 42 | ||||
| Premature death | 9,328 | 8,553-10,103 | 5,564 | 7,896 | |
| Morbidity | 33 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 17% | 13-21% | 10% | 16% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.2 | 2.7-5.6 | 2.6 | 3.5 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.7 | 3.2-6.3 | 2.3 | 3.5 | |
| Low birthweight | 7.5% | 6.9-8.1% | 6.0% | 8.5% | |
| Health Factors | 38 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 16 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 19% | 15-25% | 15% | 20% | |
| Adult obesity | 26% | 23-29% | 25% | 24% | |
| Excessive drinking | 14% | 10-20% | 8% | 16% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 25 | 21-29 | 12 | 19 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 320 | 83 | 389 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 67 | 63-71 | 22 | 45 | |
| Clinical Care | 44 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 33% | 28-38% | 13% | 27% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,270:1 | 631:1 | 983:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 73 | 70-75 | 52 | 65 | |
| Diabetic screening | 82% | 76-88% | 89% | 82% | |
| Mammography screening | 66% | 60-72% | 74% | 67% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 47 | ||||
| High school graduation | 65% | 92% | 65% | ||
| Some college | 42% | 68% | 58% | ||
| Unemployment | 11.1% | 5.3% | 10.5% | ||
| Children in poverty | 26% | 20-32% | 11% | 18% | |
| Inadequate social support | 22% | 18-27% | 14% | 21% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 33% | 20% | 35% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 387 | 100 | 706 | ||
| Physical Environment | 55 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 38% | 92% | 82% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 8 | 17 | 9 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
