Snapshot 2010: Alger, MI
| Alger County |
Error Margin |
Target Value* |
Michigan | Rank (of 82) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 4 | ||||
| Mortality | 2 | ||||
| Premature death | 4,579 | 3,366-6,085 | 5,497 | 7,390 | |
| Morbidity | 16 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 11% | 14% | |||
| Poor physical health days | 5.4 | 1.5-9.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.5 | 1.7-5.4 | 2.8 | 3.7 | |
| Low birthweight | 5.8% | 8.1% | |||
| Health Factors | 28 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 31 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 18% | 23% | |||
| Adult obesity | 30% | 25-35% | 28% | 28% | |
| Binge drinking | 12% | 18% | |||
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 12 | 13 | |||
| Chlamydia rate | 135 | 50 | 370 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 30 | 22-38 | 21 | 36 | |
| Clinical Care | 33 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 14% | 11-16% | 10% | 12% | |
| Primary care provider rate | 124 | 152 | 113 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 66 | 57-75 | 50 | 76 | |
| Diabetic screening | 86% | 81-92% | 88% | 82% | |
| Hospice use | 24% | 15-39% | 45% | 38% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 32 | ||||
| High school graduation | 83% | 88% | 72% | ||
| College degrees | 17% | 15-19% | 30% | 24% | |
| Unemployment | 10% | 9-11% | 7% | 8% | |
| Children in poverty | 17% | 14-21% | 11% | 19% | |
| Income inequality | 41 | 39 | 45 | ||
| Inadequate social support | 16% | 9-28% | 12% | 19% | |
| Single-parent households | 7% | 7-8% | 7% | 10% | |
| Violent crime rate | 128 | 550 | |||
| Physical Environment | 26 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 50% | 71% | 51% | ||
| Liquor store density | 1.0 | 1.1 | |||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
