2011 | McDowell, North Carolina
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| McDowell County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
North Carolina | Rank (of 100) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 59 | ||||
| Mortality | 34 | ||||
| Premature death | 8,561 | 7,597-9,525 | 5,564 | 8,108 | |
| Morbidity | 78 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 24% | 19-29% | 10% | 18% | |
| Poor physical health days | 5.0 | 3.8-6.2 | 2.6 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.2 | 3.0-5.4 | 2.3 | 3.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 8.8% | 7.8-9.7% | 6.0% | 9.1% | |
| Health Factors | 61 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 56 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 23% | 18-29% | 15% | 22% | |
| Adult obesity | 34% | 28-39% | 25% | 29% | |
| Excessive drinking | 6% | 3-9% | 8% | 12% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 19 | 14-24 | 12 | 20 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 217 | 83 | 414 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 53 | 49-58 | 22 | 50 | |
| Clinical Care | 24 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 19% | 15-22% | 13% | 21% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,756:1 | 631:1 | 859:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 53 | 49-58 | 52 | 68 | |
| Diabetic screening | 88% | 78-99% | 89% | 86% | |
| Mammography screening | 61% | 51-72% | 74% | 67% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 67 | ||||
| High school graduation | 77% | 92% | 78% | ||
| Some college | 49% | 68% | 60% | ||
| Unemployment | 14.8% | 5.3% | 10.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 22% | 17-28% | 11% | 20% | |
| Inadequate social support | 18% | 13-24% | 14% | 21% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 30% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 7 | |||
| Physical Environment | 89 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 67% | 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
