2011 | Choctaw, Mississippi
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| Choctaw County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Mississippi | Rank (of 81) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 12 | ||||
| Mortality | 40 | ||||
| Premature death | 11,304 | 8,839-14,244 | 5,564 | 11,030 | |
| Morbidity | 4 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 19% | 15-24% | 10% | 22% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.9 | 2.9-5.0 | 2.6 | 4.1 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.8 | 2.4-5.2 | 2.3 | 4.2 | |
| Low birthweight | 8.8% | 6.7-10.8% | 6.0% | 11.6% | |
| Health Factors | 30 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 9 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 17% | 11-24% | 15% | 24% | |
| Adult obesity | 35% | 28-42% | 25% | 34% | |
| Excessive drinking | 16% | 9-25% | 8% | 11% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 41 | 26-57 | 12 | 32 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 462 | 83 | 728 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 41 | 33-48 | 22 | 65 | |
| Clinical Care | 67 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 25% | 21-30% | 13% | 24% | |
| Primary care physicians | 3,022:1 | 631:1 | 1,155:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 161 | 142-179 | 52 | 100 | |
| Diabetic screening | 79% | 51-100% | 89% | 78% | |
| Mammography screening | 65% | 32-98% | 74% | 56% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 47 | ||||
| High school graduation | 60% | 92% | 64% | ||
| Some college | 58% | 68% | 53% | ||
| Unemployment | 12.5% | 5.3% | 9.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 38% | 28-47% | 11% | 30% | |
| Inadequate social support | 23% | 16-32% | 14% | 25% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 33% | 20% | 44% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 10 | |||
| Physical Environment | 13 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 100% | 92% | 58% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 0 | 17 | 7 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
