2011 | DeSoto, Mississippi
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| DeSoto County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Mississippi | Rank (of 81) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 1 | ||||
| Mortality | 1 | ||||
| Premature death | 8,025 | 7,510-8,541 | 5,564 | 11,030 | |
| Morbidity | 1 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 16% | 14-18% | 10% | 22% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.5 | 3.1-4.0 | 2.6 | 4.1 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.6 | 3.1-4.1 | 2.3 | 4.2 | |
| Low birthweight | 8.2% | 7.8-8.7% | 6.0% | 11.6% | |
| Health Factors | 5 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 14 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 25% | 23-28% | 15% | 24% | |
| Adult obesity | 32% | 29-36% | 25% | 34% | |
| Excessive drinking | 11% | 9-13% | 8% | 11% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 24 | 21-27 | 12 | 32 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 405 | 83 | 728 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 49 | 47-51 | 22 | 65 | |
| Clinical Care | 17 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 22% | 19-26% | 13% | 24% | |
| Primary care physicians | 2,185:1 | 631:1 | 1,155:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 79 | 75-82 | 52 | 100 | |
| Diabetic screening | 82% | 74-89% | 89% | 78% | |
| Mammography screening | 57% | 51-64% | 74% | 56% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 5 | ||||
| High school graduation | 70% | 92% | 64% | ||
| Some college | 60% | 68% | 53% | ||
| Unemployment | 7.2% | 5.3% | 9.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 14% | 11-17% | 11% | 30% | |
| Inadequate social support | 20% | 17-24% | 14% | 25% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 32% | 20% | 44% | ||
| Homicide rate | 4 | 3-6 | 1 | 10 | |
| Physical Environment | 67 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 11 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 88% | 92% | 58% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 8 | 17 | 7 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
