2011 | Knox, Kentucky
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| Knox County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Kentucky | Rank (of 120) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 107 | ||||
| Mortality | 109 | ||||
| Premature death | 13,224 | 11,823-14,626 | 5,564 | 8,859 | |
| Morbidity | 99 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 35% | 30-40% | 10% | 22% | |
| Poor physical health days | 7.6 | 6.3-9.0 | 2.6 | 4.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 5.7 | 4.5-6.8 | 2.3 | 4.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 9.0% | 8.1-10.0% | 6.0% | 8.9% | |
| Health Factors | 109 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 92 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 28% | 23-34% | 15% | 28% | |
| Adult obesity | 34% | 28-40% | 25% | 31% | |
| Excessive drinking | 6% | 3-13% | 8% | 11% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 30 | 23-38 | 12 | 22 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 262 | 83 | 287 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 89 | 82-96 | 22 | 52 | |
| Clinical Care | 54 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 13% | 11-16% | 13% | 19% | |
| Primary care physicians | 2,701:1 | 631:1 | 922:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 151 | 141-161 | 52 | 105 | |
| Diabetic screening | 84% | 72-96% | 89% | 82% | |
| Mammography screening | 53% | 40-66% | 74% | 62% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 112 | ||||
| High school graduation | 78% | 92% | 84% | ||
| Some college | 23% | 68% | 54% | ||
| Unemployment | 11.8% | 5.3% | 10.5% | ||
| Children in poverty | 45% | 35-55% | 11% | 23% | |
| Inadequate social support | 28% | 22-37% | 14% | 20% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 35% | 20% | 32% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 5 | |||
| Physical Environment | 111 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 13% | 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
