2011 | Carteret, North Carolina
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| Carteret County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
North Carolina | Rank (of 100) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 13 | ||||
| Mortality | 20 | ||||
| Premature death | 7,810 | 7,028-8,591 | 5,564 | 8,108 | |
| Morbidity | 14 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 17% | 14-21% | 10% | 18% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.6 | 2.8-4.4 | 2.6 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.7 | 2.8-4.6 | 2.3 | 3.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 7.4% | 6.6-8.2% | 6.0% | 9.1% | |
| Health Factors | 21 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 51 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 26% | 21-32% | 15% | 22% | |
| Adult obesity | 29% | 24-34% | 25% | 29% | |
| Excessive drinking | 16% | 11-22% | 8% | 12% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 21 | 16-25 | 12 | 20 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 296 | 83 | 414 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 43 | 39-46 | 22 | 50 | |
| Clinical Care | 43 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 22% | 18-26% | 13% | 21% | |
| Primary care physicians | 871:1 | 631:1 | 859:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 79 | 76-83 | 52 | 68 | |
| Diabetic screening | 83% | 75-91% | 89% | 86% | |
| Mammography screening | 75% | 67-84% | 74% | 67% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 9 | ||||
| High school graduation | 79% | 92% | 78% | ||
| Some college | 60% | 68% | 60% | ||
| Unemployment | 8.2% | 5.3% | 10.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 19% | 14-24% | 11% | 20% | |
| Inadequate social support | 19% | 14-24% | 14% | 21% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 35% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 7 | |||
| Physical Environment | 21 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 43% | 92% | 66% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 16 | 17 | 11 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
