2011 | Dare, North Carolina
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| Dare County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
North Carolina | Rank (of 100) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 6 | ||||
| Mortality | 7 | ||||
| Premature death | 6,898 | 5,900-7,896 | 5,564 | 8,108 | |
| Morbidity | 16 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 18% | 11-28% | 10% | 18% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.9 | 2.7-5.1 | 2.6 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.5 | 2.4-4.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 7.3% | 6.4-8.3% | 6.0% | 9.1% | |
| Health Factors | 23 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 74 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 34% | 25-44% | 15% | 22% | |
| Adult obesity | 25% | 20-31% | 25% | 29% | |
| Excessive drinking | 28% | 20-39% | 8% | 12% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 23 | 16-29 | 12 | 20 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 158 | 83 | 414 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 38 | 33-42 | 22 | 50 | |
| Clinical Care | 66 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 27% | 23-31% | 13% | 21% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,064:1 | 631:1 | 859:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 59 | 54-65 | 52 | 68 | |
| Diabetic screening | 86% | 73-100% | 89% | 86% | |
| Mammography screening | 65% | 53-78% | 74% | 67% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 7 | ||||
| High school graduation | 92% | 92% | 78% | ||
| Some college | 62% | 68% | 60% | ||
| Unemployment | 9.6% | 5.3% | 10.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 16% | 12-19% | 11% | 20% | |
| Inadequate social support | 14% | 21% | |||
| Children in single-parent households | 34% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 7 | |||
| Physical Environment | 3 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 57% | 92% | 66% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 21 | 17 | 11 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
