2011 | Ballard, Kentucky
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| Ballard County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Kentucky | Rank (of 120) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 83 | ||||
| Mortality | 86 | ||||
| Premature death | 10,614 | 8,071-13,703 | 5,564 | 8,859 | |
| Morbidity | 73 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 22% | 17-29% | 10% | 22% | |
| Poor physical health days | 5.6 | 4.0-7.2 | 2.6 | 4.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 5.1 | 3.2-7.0 | 2.3 | 4.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 9.2% | 7.0-11.4% | 6.0% | 8.9% | |
| Health Factors | 22 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 27 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 31% | 24-40% | 15% | 28% | |
| Adult obesity | 30% | 24-37% | 25% | 31% | |
| Excessive drinking | 5% | 2-10% | 8% | 11% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 38 | 22-54 | 12 | 22 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 216 | 83 | 287 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 44 | 34-54 | 22 | 52 | |
| Clinical Care | 60 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 22% | 19-26% | 13% | 19% | |
| Primary care physicians | 2,733:1 | 631:1 | 922:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 84 | 73-94 | 52 | 105 | |
| Diabetic screening | 86% | 66-100% | 89% | 82% | |
| Mammography screening | 64% | 45-83% | 74% | 62% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 15 | ||||
| High school graduation | 89% | 92% | 84% | ||
| Some college | 53% | 68% | 54% | ||
| Unemployment | 9.9% | 5.3% | 10.5% | ||
| Children in poverty | 22% | 17-28% | 11% | 23% | |
| Inadequate social support | 16% | 11-24% | 14% | 20% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 21% | 20% | 32% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 5 | |||
| Physical Environment | 54 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 67% | 92% | 44% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 0 | 17 | 8 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
