2011 | Quitman, Mississippi
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| Quitman County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Mississippi | Rank (of 81) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 79 | ||||
| Mortality | 80 | ||||
| Premature death | 16,155 | 13,248-19,062 | 5,564 | 11,030 | |
| Morbidity | 48 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 10% | 22% | |||
| Poor physical health days | 4.6 | 2.7-6.4 | 2.6 | 4.1 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.2 | 1.8-4.5 | 2.3 | 4.2 | |
| Low birthweight | 13.3% | 11.2-15.5% | 6.0% | 11.6% | |
| Health Factors | 77 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 69 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 15% | 24% | |||
| Adult obesity | 40% | 33-48% | 25% | 34% | |
| Excessive drinking | 8% | 11% | |||
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 36 | 22-51 | 12 | 32 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 940 | 83 | 728 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 91 | 79-102 | 22 | 65 | |
| Clinical Care | 63 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 19% | 15-23% | 13% | 24% | |
| Primary care physicians | 2,147:1 | 631:1 | 1,155:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 133 | 117-150 | 52 | 100 | |
| Diabetic screening | 55% | 36-73% | 89% | 78% | |
| Mammography screening | 74% | 56% | |||
| Social & Economic Factors | 74 | ||||
| High school graduation | 55% | 92% | 64% | ||
| Some college | 43% | 68% | 53% | ||
| Unemployment | 12.8% | 5.3% | 9.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 47% | 35-59% | 11% | 30% | |
| Inadequate social support | 14% | 25% | |||
| Children in single-parent households | 58% | 20% | 44% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 10 | |||
| Physical Environment | 56 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 40% | 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
