2011 | Boone, Kentucky
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| Boone County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Kentucky | Rank (of 120) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 1 | ||||
| Mortality | 2 | ||||
| Premature death | 5,949 | 5,473-6,425 | 5,564 | 8,859 | |
| Morbidity | 6 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 15% | 13-18% | 10% | 22% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.9 | 3.2-4.6 | 2.6 | 4.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.6 | 2.9-4.2 | 2.3 | 4.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 6.8% | 6.4-7.3% | 6.0% | 8.9% | |
| Health Factors | 2 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 4 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 19% | 16-23% | 15% | 28% | |
| Adult obesity | 30% | 25-35% | 25% | 31% | |
| Excessive drinking | 16% | 12-20% | 8% | 11% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 11 | 8-13 | 12 | 22 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 241 | 83 | 287 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 34 | 31-36 | 22 | 52 | |
| Clinical Care | 11 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 19% | 16-22% | 13% | 19% | |
| Primary care physicians | 847:1 | 631:1 | 922:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 90 | 86-95 | 52 | 105 | |
| Diabetic screening | 81% | 72-90% | 89% | 82% | |
| Mammography screening | 67% | 58-76% | 74% | 62% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 2 | ||||
| High school graduation | 90% | 92% | 84% | ||
| Some college | 65% | 68% | 54% | ||
| Unemployment | 9.2% | 5.3% | 10.5% | ||
| Children in poverty | 8% | 6-10% | 11% | 23% | |
| Inadequate social support | 15% | 12-19% | 14% | 20% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 25% | 20% | 32% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 5 | |||
| Physical Environment | 4 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 86% | 92% | 44% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 12 | 17 | 8 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
