2011 | St. Lucie, Florida
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| St. Lucie County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Florida | Rank (of 67) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 32 | ||||
| Mortality | 32 | ||||
| Premature death | 8,518 | 8,096-8,939 | 5,564 | 7,896 | |
| Morbidity | 35 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 17% | 14-20% | 10% | 16% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.9 | 3.0-4.7 | 2.6 | 3.5 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.1 | 3.1-5.1 | 2.3 | 3.5 | |
| Low birthweight | 8.3% | 7.9-8.7% | 6.0% | 8.5% | |
| Health Factors | 34 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 21 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 22% | 19-26% | 15% | 20% | |
| Adult obesity | 26% | 22-29% | 25% | 24% | |
| Excessive drinking | 13% | 10-16% | 8% | 16% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 21 | 19-23 | 12 | 19 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 394 | 83 | 389 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 56 | 54-58 | 22 | 45 | |
| Clinical Care | 34 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 27% | 23-31% | 13% | 27% | |
| Primary care physicians | 2,059:1 | 631:1 | 983:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 60 | 58-61 | 52 | 65 | |
| Diabetic screening | 84% | 79-89% | 89% | 82% | |
| Mammography screening | 70% | 65-75% | 74% | 67% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 53 | ||||
| High school graduation | 60% | 92% | 65% | ||
| Some college | 48% | 68% | 58% | ||
| Unemployment | 13.5% | 5.3% | 10.5% | ||
| Children in poverty | 19% | 15-23% | 11% | 18% | |
| Inadequate social support | 25% | 20-30% | 14% | 21% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 35% | 20% | 35% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 589 | 100 | 706 | ||
| Physical Environment | 14 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 93% | 92% | 82% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 6 | 17 | 9 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
