2011 | Forsyth, North Carolina
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| Forsyth County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
North Carolina | Rank (of 100) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 22 | ||||
| Mortality | 23 | ||||
| Premature death | 7,957 | 7,612-8,301 | 5,564 | 8,108 | |
| Morbidity | 29 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 14% | 12-16% | 10% | 18% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.2 | 2.8-3.5 | 2.6 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.0 | 2.6-3.4 | 2.3 | 3.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 10.1% | 9.8-10.4% | 6.0% | 9.1% | |
| Health Factors | 13 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 16 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 22% | 19-24% | 15% | 22% | |
| Adult obesity | 25% | 22-28% | 25% | 29% | |
| Excessive drinking | 12% | 10-14% | 8% | 12% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 13 | 11-14 | 12 | 20 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 644 | 83 | 414 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 50 | 49-52 | 22 | 50 | |
| Clinical Care | 13 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 20% | 17-23% | 13% | 21% | |
| Primary care physicians | 500:1 | 631:1 | 859:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 65 | 63-68 | 52 | 68 | |
| Diabetic screening | 83% | 77-89% | 89% | 86% | |
| Mammography screening | 66% | 60-72% | 74% | 67% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 28 | ||||
| High school graduation | 77% | 92% | 78% | ||
| Some college | 62% | 68% | 60% | ||
| Unemployment | 9.7% | 5.3% | 10.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 21% | 17-25% | 11% | 20% | |
| Inadequate social support | 18% | 16-20% | 14% | 21% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 36% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Homicide rate | 7 | 6-8 | 1 | 7 | |
| Physical Environment | 58 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 10 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 88% | 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
