2011 | Jefferson, Mississippi
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| Jefferson County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Mississippi | Rank (of 81) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 75 | ||||
| Mortality | 65 | ||||
| Premature death | 13,097 | 10,484-16,163 | 5,564 | 11,030 | |
| Morbidity | 79 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 32% | 24-40% | 10% | 22% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.6 | 2.5-6.7 | 2.6 | 4.1 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.3 | 1.2-5.3 | 2.3 | 4.2 | |
| Low birthweight | 16.5% | 14.1-18.9% | 6.0% | 11.6% | |
| Health Factors | 75 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 70 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 20% | 12-31% | 15% | 24% | |
| Adult obesity | 42% | 34-51% | 25% | 34% | |
| Excessive drinking | 14% | 7-27% | 8% | 11% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 46 | 30-63 | 12 | 32 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 1,432 | 83 | 728 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 75 | 65-85 | 22 | 65 | |
| Clinical Care | 56 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 25% | 20-29% | 13% | 24% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,270:1 | 631:1 | 1,155:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 140 | 124-156 | 52 | 100 | |
| Diabetic screening | 78% | 56-100% | 89% | 78% | |
| Mammography screening | 54% | 30-78% | 74% | 56% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 69 | ||||
| High school graduation | 80% | 92% | 64% | ||
| Some college | 41% | 68% | 53% | ||
| Unemployment | 17.2% | 5.3% | 9.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 43% | 32-54% | 11% | 30% | |
| Inadequate social support | 14% | 25% | |||
| Children in single-parent households | 75% | 20% | 44% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 10 | |||
| Physical Environment | 61 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 33% | 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
