2011 | Gates, North Carolina
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| Gates County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
North Carolina | Rank (of 100) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 81 | ||||
| Mortality | 60 | ||||
| Premature death | 9,277 | 7,369-11,529 | 5,564 | 8,108 | |
| Morbidity | 93 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 26% | 17-37% | 10% | 18% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.6 | 1.8-7.4 | 2.6 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.0 | 2.2-5.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 11.7% | 9.5-13.9% | 6.0% | 9.1% | |
| Health Factors | 42 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 29 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 15% | 10-23% | 15% | 22% | |
| Adult obesity | 34% | 27-41% | 25% | 29% | |
| Excessive drinking | 10% | 5-18% | 8% | 12% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 33 | 20-45 | 12 | 20 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 308 | 83 | 414 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 43 | 35-50 | 22 | 50 | |
| Clinical Care | 94 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 25% | 21-29% | 13% | 21% | |
| Primary care physicians | 11,746:1 | 631:1 | 859:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 75 | 65-85 | 52 | 68 | |
| Diabetic screening | 85% | 68-100% | 89% | 86% | |
| Mammography screening | 64% | 42-86% | 74% | 67% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 29 | ||||
| High school graduation | 80% | 92% | 78% | ||
| Some college | 51% | 68% | 60% | ||
| Unemployment | 7.4% | 5.3% | 10.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 21% | 15-26% | 11% | 20% | |
| Inadequate social support | 14% | 21% | |||
| Children in single-parent households | 37% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 7 | |||
| Physical Environment | 90 | ||||
| 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 | 0 | 17 | 11 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
