2011 | Letcher, Kentucky
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| Letcher County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Kentucky | Rank (of 120) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 112 | ||||
| Mortality | 110 | ||||
| Premature death | 13,322 | 11,701-14,943 | 5,564 | 8,859 | |
| Morbidity | 111 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 36% | 32-41% | 10% | 22% | |
| Poor physical health days | 7.8 | 6.6-8.9 | 2.6 | 4.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 6.3 | 5.3-7.3 | 2.3 | 4.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 10.0% | 8.7-11.3% | 6.0% | 8.9% | |
| Health Factors | 99 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 113 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 32% | 27-36% | 15% | 28% | |
| Adult obesity | 36% | 31-41% | 25% | 31% | |
| Excessive drinking | 8% | 6-12% | 8% | 11% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 48 | 38-58 | 12 | 22 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 63 | 83 | 287 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 61 | 54-67 | 22 | 52 | |
| Clinical Care | 69 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 14% | 11-17% | 13% | 19% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,033:1 | 631:1 | 922:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 248 | 235-261 | 52 | 105 | |
| Diabetic screening | 77% | 63-91% | 89% | 82% | |
| Mammography screening | 59% | 44-73% | 74% | 62% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 80 | ||||
| High school graduation | 90% | 92% | 84% | ||
| Some college | 46% | 68% | 54% | ||
| Unemployment | 10.9% | 5.3% | 10.5% | ||
| Children in poverty | 37% | 28-46% | 11% | 23% | |
| Inadequate social support | 25% | 19-31% | 14% | 20% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 29% | 20% | 32% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 5 | |||
| Physical Environment | 108 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 18% | 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
