2011 | Houghton, Michigan
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| Houghton County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Michigan | Rank (of 82) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 8 | ||||
| Mortality | 41 | ||||
| Premature death | 7,075 | 6,083-8,066 | 5,564 | 7,387 | |
| Morbidity | 1 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 12% | 9-17% | 10% | 15% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.1 | 1.9-4.2 | 2.6 | 3.5 | |
| Poor mental health days | 2.3 | 1.2-3.4 | 2.3 | 3.7 | |
| Low birthweight | 4.1% | 3.4-4.8% | 6.0% | 8.2% | |
| Health Factors | 11 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 6 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 16% | 11-22% | 15% | 22% | |
| Adult obesity | 28% | 24-34% | 25% | 31% | |
| Excessive drinking | 27% | 19-36% | 8% | 19% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 17 | 12-22 | 12 | 13 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 54 | 83 | 446 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 19 | 16-22 | 22 | 35 | |
| Clinical Care | 55 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 19% | 15-23% | 13% | 14% | |
| Primary care physicians | 821:1 | 631:1 | 874:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 73 | 67-78 | 52 | 74 | |
| Diabetic screening | 84% | 70-97% | 89% | 83% | |
| Mammography screening | 75% | 58-91% | 74% | 69% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 12 | ||||
| High school graduation | 90% | 92% | 77% | ||
| Some college | 60% | 68% | 62% | ||
| Unemployment | 10.7% | 5.3% | 13.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 20% | 15-24% | 11% | 19% | |
| Inadequate social support | 15% | 10-22% | 14% | 20% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 19% | 20% | 32% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 145 | 100 | 536 | ||
| Physical Environment | 60 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 40% | 92% | 73% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 8 | 17 | 10 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
