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Snapshot 2010: Quitman, GA
| Quitman County |
Error Margin |
Target Value* |
Georgia | Rank (of 157) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 157 | ||||
| Mortality | 157 | ||||
| Premature death | 19,096 | 12,858-27,306 | 7,537 | 8,269 | |
| Morbidity | 110 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 12% | 17% | |||
| Poor physical health days | 2.9 | 3.6 | |||
| Poor mental health days | 2.6 | 3.5 | |||
| Low birthweight | 7.1% | 9.1% | |||
| Health Factors | 139 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 150 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 17% | 21% | |||
| Adult obesity | 33% | 26-41% | 26% | 29% | |
| Binge drinking | 5% | 13% | |||
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 15 | 18 | |||
| Chlamydia rate | 523 | 142 | 458 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 92 | 67-118 | 39 | 57 | |
| Clinical Care | 46 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 17% | 14-20% | 15% | 19% | |
| Primary care provider rate | 143 | 100 | |||
| Preventable hospital stays | 89 | 70-108 | 63 | 80 | |
| Diabetic screening | 79% | 68-91% | 84% | 79% | |
| Hospice use | 46% | 37% | |||
| Social & Economic Factors | 138 | ||||
| High school graduation | 70% | 62% | |||
| College degrees | 7% | 4-10% | 25% | 27% | |
| Unemployment | 8% | 7-10% | 5% | 6% | |
| Children in poverty | 33% | 26-41% | 15% | 20% | |
| Income inequality | 46 | 40 | 46 | ||
| Inadequate social support | 14% | 21% | |||
| Single-parent households | 11% | 9-13% | 8% | 11% | |
| Homicide rate | 2 | 8 | |||
| Physical Environment | 80 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 6 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 0% | 100% | 41% | ||
| Liquor store density | 0.0 | 0.9 | |||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data



