2011 | Alamance, North Carolina
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| Alamance County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
North Carolina | Rank (of 100) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 20 | ||||
| Mortality | 18 | ||||
| Premature death | 7,771 | 7,258-8,283 | 5,564 | 8,108 | |
| Morbidity | 36 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 18% | 16-20% | 10% | 18% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.5 | 3.1-4.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.4 | 2.9-3.9 | 2.3 | 3.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 8.9% | 8.4-9.4% | 6.0% | 9.1% | |
| Health Factors | 39 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 43 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 23% | 20-26% | 15% | 22% | |
| Adult obesity | 31% | 28-35% | 25% | 29% | |
| Excessive drinking | 10% | 8-13% | 8% | 12% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 18 | 15-20 | 12 | 20 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 385 | 83 | 414 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 49 | 47-51 | 22 | 50 | |
| Clinical Care | 28 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 22% | 19-26% | 13% | 21% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,203:1 | 631:1 | 859:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 62 | 59-64 | 52 | 68 | |
| Diabetic screening | 91% | 83-98% | 89% | 86% | |
| Mammography screening | 69% | 61-77% | 74% | 67% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 50 | ||||
| High school graduation | 77% | 92% | 78% | ||
| Some college | 55% | 68% | 60% | ||
| Unemployment | 12.0% | 5.3% | 10.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 23% | 18-27% | 11% | 20% | |
| Inadequate social support | 20% | 18-23% | 14% | 21% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 38% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Homicide rate | 5 | 4-7 | 1 | 7 | |
| Physical Environment | 25 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 71% | 92% | 66% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 11 | 17 | 11 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
