2011 | Pontotoc, Mississippi
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| Pontotoc County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Mississippi | Rank (of 81) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 6 | ||||
| Mortality | 4 | ||||
| Premature death | 8,265 | 7,093-9,437 | 5,564 | 11,030 | |
| Morbidity | 30 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 23% | 19-27% | 10% | 22% | |
| Poor physical health days | 5.3 | 4.3-6.3 | 2.6 | 4.1 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.5 | 3.4-5.5 | 2.3 | 4.2 | |
| Low birthweight | 9.5% | 8.5-10.6% | 6.0% | 11.6% | |
| Health Factors | 9 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 24 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 27% | 22-32% | 15% | 24% | |
| Adult obesity | 33% | 27-39% | 25% | 34% | |
| Excessive drinking | 11% | 7-16% | 8% | 11% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 26 | 19-33 | 12 | 32 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 341 | 83 | 728 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 69 | 62-75 | 22 | 65 | |
| Clinical Care | 25 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 22% | 17-26% | 13% | 24% | |
| Primary care physicians | 2,636:1 | 631:1 | 1,155:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 98 | 90-106 | 52 | 100 | |
| Diabetic screening | 85% | 70-100% | 89% | 78% | |
| Mammography screening | 59% | 43-74% | 74% | 56% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 8 | ||||
| High school graduation | 70% | 92% | 64% | ||
| Some college | 45% | 68% | 53% | ||
| Unemployment | 10.4% | 5.3% | 9.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 22% | 16-28% | 11% | 30% | |
| Inadequate social support | 16% | 12-21% | 14% | 25% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 35% | 20% | 44% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 10 | |||
| Physical Environment | 38 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 75% | 92% | 58% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 3 | 17 | 7 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
