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April 7, 2010
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CHR in the News
Snapshot 2010: Whitley, IN
| Whitley County |
Error Margin |
Target Value* |
Indiana | Rank (of 92) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 7 | ||||
| Mortality | 6 | ||||
| Premature death | 5,993 | 5,062-6,925 | 6,324 | 7,820 | |
| Morbidity | 12 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 11% | 8-15% | 13% | 16% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.1 | 2.1-4.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 2.4 | 1.5-3.2 | 2.5 | 3.6 | |
| Low birthweight | 7.4% | 6.4-8.3% | 6.4% | 7.9% | |
| Health Factors | 11 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 36 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 23% | 16-30% | 21% | 26% | |
| Adult obesity | 29% | 24-34% | 25% | 27% | |
| Binge drinking | 21% | 13-32% | 9% | 15% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 17 | 12-23 | 12 | 16 | |
| Chlamydia rate | 144 | 76 | 328 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 39 | 34-43 | 30 | 45 | |
| Clinical Care | 24 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 13% | 11-15% | 12% | 14% | |
| Primary care provider rate | 80 | 134 | 114 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 75 | 69-81 | 66 | 81 | |
| Diabetic screening | 76% | 71-81% | 85% | 79% | |
| Hospice use | 29% | 23-37% | 36% | 29% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 9 | ||||
| High school graduation | 86% | 85% | 73% | ||
| College degrees | 17% | 15-20% | 25% | 22% | |
| Unemployment | 6% | 6-7% | 5% | 6% | |
| Children in poverty | 9% | 8-11% | 11% | 17% | |
| Income inequality | 39 | 37 | 43 | ||
| Inadequate social support | 13% | 8-20% | 14% | 20% | |
| Single-parent households | 5% | 4-7% | 7% | 10% | |
| Homicide rate | 1 | 6 | |||
| Physical Environment | 40 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 9 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 50% | 67% | 38% | ||
| Liquor store density | 1.2 | 1.3 | |||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data



