2011 | Fulton, Kentucky
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| Fulton County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Kentucky | Rank (of 120) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 117 | ||||
| Mortality | 118 | ||||
| Premature death | 14,734 | 11,592-18,465 | 5,564 | 8,859 | |
| Morbidity | 113 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 10% | 22% | |||
| Poor physical health days | 7.2 | 4.1-10.3 | 2.6 | 4.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 9.3 | 5.4-13.2 | 2.3 | 4.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 10.4% | 8.0-12.8% | 6.0% | 8.9% | |
| Health Factors | 69 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 17 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 15% | 8-26% | 15% | 28% | |
| Adult obesity | 32% | 25-40% | 25% | 31% | |
| Excessive drinking | 8% | 11% | |||
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 12 | 22 | |||
| Sexually transmitted infections | 729 | 83 | 287 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 66 | 54-79 | 22 | 52 | |
| Clinical Care | 20 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 15% | 12-18% | 13% | 19% | |
| Primary care physicians | 696:1 | 631:1 | 922:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 137 | 113-161 | 52 | 105 | |
| Diabetic screening | 62% | 28-96% | 89% | 82% | |
| Mammography screening | 68% | 31-100% | 74% | 62% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 108 | ||||
| High school graduation | 88% | 92% | 84% | ||
| Some college | 40% | 68% | 54% | ||
| Unemployment | 12.9% | 5.3% | 10.5% | ||
| Children in poverty | 45% | 33-56% | 11% | 23% | |
| Inadequate social support | 14% | 20% | |||
| Children in single-parent households | 47% | 20% | 32% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 5 | |||
| Physical Environment | 25 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 100% | 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
