2011 | Currituck, North Carolina
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| Currituck County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
North Carolina | Rank (of 100) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 43 | ||||
| Mortality | 54 | ||||
| Premature death | 9,029 | 7,540-10,517 | 5,564 | 8,108 | |
| Morbidity | 42 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 15% | 10-21% | 10% | 18% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.6 | 2.3-4.8 | 2.6 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.1 | 2.6-5.6 | 2.3 | 3.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 9.1% | 7.8-10.5% | 6.0% | 9.1% | |
| Health Factors | 38 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 92 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 34% | 26-43% | 15% | 22% | |
| Adult obesity | 29% | 23-36% | 25% | 29% | |
| Excessive drinking | 23% | 16-32% | 8% | 12% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 27 | 18-35 | 12 | 20 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 132 | 83 | 414 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 39 | 33-45 | 22 | 50 | |
| Clinical Care | 93 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 26% | 22-31% | 13% | 21% | |
| Primary care physicians | 3,451:1 | 631:1 | 859:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 81 | 72-90 | 52 | 68 | |
| Diabetic screening | 89% | 73-100% | 89% | 86% | |
| Mammography screening | 66% | 46-85% | 74% | 67% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 5 | ||||
| High school graduation | 80% | 92% | 78% | ||
| Some college | 56% | 68% | 60% | ||
| Unemployment | 7.0% | 5.3% | 10.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 16% | 12-20% | 11% | 20% | |
| Inadequate social support | 14% | 21% | |||
| Children in single-parent households | 21% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 7 | |||
| Physical Environment | 67 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 33% | 92% | 66% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 8 | 17 | 11 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
