2011 | Hancock, Mississippi
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| Hancock County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Mississippi | Rank (of 81) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 10 | ||||
| Mortality | 15 | ||||
| Premature death | 9,976 | 8,883-11,069 | 5,564 | 11,030 | |
| Morbidity | 9 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 20% | 16-24% | 10% | 22% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.5 | 3.7-5.4 | 2.6 | 4.1 | |
| Poor mental health days | 5.0 | 4.1-5.9 | 2.3 | 4.2 | |
| Low birthweight | 8.0% | 7.2-8.9% | 6.0% | 11.6% | |
| Health Factors | 17 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 26 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 25% | 21-30% | 15% | 24% | |
| Adult obesity | 34% | 30-39% | 25% | 34% | |
| Excessive drinking | 12% | 9-15% | 8% | 11% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 27 | 21-33 | 12 | 32 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 304 | 83 | 728 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 59 | 54-64 | 22 | 65 | |
| Clinical Care | 8 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 19% | 16-23% | 13% | 24% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,500:1 | 631:1 | 1,155:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 105 | 98-112 | 52 | 100 | |
| Diabetic screening | 78% | 65-91% | 89% | 78% | |
| Mammography screening | 66% | 52-79% | 74% | 56% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 16 | ||||
| High school graduation | 55% | 92% | 64% | ||
| Some college | 54% | 68% | 53% | ||
| Unemployment | 8.0% | 5.3% | 9.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 28% | 21-35% | 11% | 30% | |
| Inadequate social support | 22% | 18-27% | 14% | 25% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 27% | 20% | 44% | ||
| Homicide rate | 8 | 5-11 | 1 | 10 | |
| Physical Environment | 78 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 40% | 92% | 58% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 7 | 17 | 7 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
