2011 | Mitchell, North Carolina
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| Mitchell County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
North Carolina | Rank (of 100) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 84 | ||||
| Mortality | 80 | ||||
| Premature death | 10,233 | 8,289-12,177 | 5,564 | 8,108 | |
| Morbidity | 91 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 29% | 21-39% | 10% | 18% | |
| Poor physical health days | 6.0 | 4.2-7.8 | 2.6 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 5.1 | 3.1-7.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 8.1% | 6.5-9.7% | 6.0% | 9.1% | |
| Health Factors | 30 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 13 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 23% | 15-33% | 15% | 22% | |
| Adult obesity | 26% | 21-32% | 25% | 29% | |
| Excessive drinking | 7% | 3-14% | 8% | 12% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 22 | 13-30 | 12 | 20 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 70 | 83 | 414 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 49 | 41-57 | 22 | 50 | |
| Clinical Care | 52 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 21% | 17-25% | 13% | 21% | |
| Primary care physicians | 713:1 | 631:1 | 859:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 86 | 78-93 | 52 | 68 | |
| Diabetic screening | 84% | 68-100% | 89% | 86% | |
| Mammography screening | 65% | 48-83% | 74% | 67% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 55 | ||||
| High school graduation | 73% | 92% | 78% | ||
| Some college | 40% | 68% | 60% | ||
| Unemployment | 11.8% | 5.3% | 10.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 25% | 19-32% | 11% | 20% | |
| Inadequate social support | 17% | 11-26% | 14% | 21% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 23% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 7 | |||
| Physical Environment | 54 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 50% | 92% | 66% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 6 | 17 | 11 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
