2011 | Lamar, Mississippi
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| Lamar County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Mississippi | Rank (of 81) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 4 | ||||
| Mortality | 5 | ||||
| Premature death | 8,325 | 7,418-9,233 | 5,564 | 11,030 | |
| Morbidity | 3 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 18% | 15-21% | 10% | 22% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.6 | 3.0-4.2 | 2.6 | 4.1 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.8 | 3.0-4.6 | 2.3 | 4.2 | |
| Low birthweight | 9.2% | 8.4-10.0% | 6.0% | 11.6% | |
| Health Factors | 2 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 6 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 22% | 18-27% | 15% | 24% | |
| Adult obesity | 32% | 27-37% | 25% | 34% | |
| Excessive drinking | 11% | 8-15% | 8% | 11% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 30 | 24-36 | 12 | 32 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 193 | 83 | 728 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 49 | 45-53 | 22 | 65 | |
| Clinical Care | 2 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 30% | 25-34% | 13% | 24% | |
| Primary care physicians | 355:1 | 631:1 | 1,155:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 71 | 66-75 | 52 | 100 | |
| Diabetic screening | 83% | 73-93% | 89% | 78% | |
| Mammography screening | 60% | 51-69% | 74% | 56% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 1 | ||||
| High school graduation | 80% | 92% | 64% | ||
| Some college | 71% | 68% | 53% | ||
| Unemployment | 6.6% | 5.3% | 9.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 20% | 15-24% | 11% | 30% | |
| Inadequate social support | 18% | 14-23% | 14% | 25% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 24% | 20% | 44% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 10 | |||
| Physical Environment | 23 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 100% | 92% | 58% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 14 | 17 | 7 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
