2011 | Rowan, North Carolina
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| Rowan County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
North Carolina | Rank (of 100) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 62 | ||||
| Mortality | 33 | ||||
| Premature death | 8,501 | 7,950-9,052 | 5,564 | 8,108 | |
| Morbidity | 81 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 22% | 19-25% | 10% | 18% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.5 | 4.0-5.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.6 | 3.8-5.4 | 2.3 | 3.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 9.7% | 9.2-10.3% | 6.0% | 9.1% | |
| Health Factors | 73 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 66 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 28% | 25-31% | 15% | 22% | |
| Adult obesity | 30% | 28-34% | 25% | 29% | |
| Excessive drinking | 10% | 8-13% | 8% | 12% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 21 | 18-23 | 12 | 20 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 429 | 83 | 414 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 58 | 55-61 | 22 | 50 | |
| Clinical Care | 39 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 20% | 17-24% | 13% | 21% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,487:1 | 631:1 | 859:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 66 | 63-69 | 52 | 68 | |
| Diabetic screening | 88% | 81-95% | 89% | 86% | |
| Mammography screening | 67% | 59-75% | 74% | 67% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 54 | ||||
| High school graduation | 76% | 92% | 78% | ||
| Some college | 48% | 68% | 60% | ||
| Unemployment | 12.2% | 5.3% | 10.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 22% | 17-26% | 11% | 20% | |
| Inadequate social support | 24% | 21-26% | 14% | 21% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 32% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Homicide rate | 6 | 4-7 | 1 | 7 | |
| Physical Environment | 100 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 23 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 73% | 92% | 66% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 7 | 17 | 11 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
