2011 | Porter, Indiana
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| Porter County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Indiana | Rank (of 92) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 18 | ||||
| Mortality | 15 | ||||
| Premature death | 6,517 | 6,062-6,971 | 5,564 | 7,781 | |
| Morbidity | 20 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 13% | 11-15% | 10% | 16% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.6 | 3.0-4.2 | 2.6 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.6 | 3.0-4.3 | 2.3 | 3.6 | |
| Low birthweight | 7.0% | 6.5-7.4% | 6.0% | 8.0% | |
| Health Factors | 19 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 48 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 24% | 20-28% | 15% | 25% | |
| Adult obesity | 31% | 26-36% | 25% | 30% | |
| Excessive drinking | 19% | 15-23% | 8% | 16% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 15 | 13-17 | 12 | 16 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 145 | 83 | 349 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 25 | 24-27 | 22 | 45 | |
| Clinical Care | 56 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 15% | 12-18% | 13% | 15% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,202:1 | 631:1 | 889:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 84 | 80-87 | 52 | 77 | |
| Diabetic screening | 79% | 73-86% | 89% | 81% | |
| Mammography screening | 55% | 49-61% | 74% | 61% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 10 | ||||
| High school graduation | 85% | 92% | 74% | ||
| Some college | 63% | 68% | 57% | ||
| Unemployment | 9.2% | 5.3% | 10.1% | ||
| Children in poverty | 11% | 9-14% | 11% | 18% | |
| Inadequate social support | 19% | 14-25% | 14% | 20% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 25% | 20% | 31% | ||
| Homicide rate | 2 | 1-3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Physical Environment | 25 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 83% | 92% | 58% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 9 | 17 | 10 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
