2011 | Rockcastle, Kentucky
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| Rockcastle County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Kentucky | Rank (of 120) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 64 | ||||
| Mortality | 84 | ||||
| Premature death | 10,351 | 8,597-12,106 | 5,564 | 8,859 | |
| Morbidity | 36 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 27% | 21-33% | 10% | 22% | |
| Poor physical health days | 6.2 | 4.8-7.5 | 2.6 | 4.7 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.6 | 3.3-6.0 | 2.3 | 4.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 6.9% | 5.6-8.2% | 6.0% | 8.9% | |
| Health Factors | 77 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 61 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 31% | 24-39% | 15% | 28% | |
| Adult obesity | 32% | 26-39% | 25% | 31% | |
| Excessive drinking | 9% | 4-19% | 8% | 11% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 32 | 22-42 | 12 | 22 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 60 | 83 | 287 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 63 | 55-71 | 22 | 52 | |
| Clinical Care | 58 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 18% | 14-21% | 13% | 19% | |
| Primary care physicians | 979:1 | 631:1 | 922:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 168 | 154-182 | 52 | 105 | |
| Diabetic screening | 77% | 58-95% | 89% | 82% | |
| Mammography screening | 54% | 37-72% | 74% | 62% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 88 | ||||
| High school graduation | 92% | 92% | 84% | ||
| Some college | 35% | 68% | 54% | ||
| Unemployment | 13.3% | 5.3% | 10.5% | ||
| Children in poverty | 36% | 27-45% | 11% | 23% | |
| Inadequate social support | 29% | 21-38% | 14% | 20% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 22% | 20% | 32% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 5 | |||
| Physical Environment | 69 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 50% | 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
