2011 | Vance, North Carolina
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| Vance County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
North Carolina | Rank (of 100) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 94 | ||||
| Mortality | 94 | ||||
| Premature death | 12,176 | 11,014-13,339 | 5,564 | 8,108 | |
| Morbidity | 89 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 25% | 20-32% | 10% | 18% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.3 | 3.3-5.3 | 2.6 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.0 | 2.2-3.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 12.6% | 11.7-13.5% | 6.0% | 9.1% | |
| Health Factors | 98 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 97 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 29% | 23-36% | 15% | 22% | |
| Adult obesity | 34% | 28-40% | 25% | 29% | |
| Excessive drinking | 9% | 6-13% | 8% | 12% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 18 | 13-23 | 12 | 20 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 637 | 83 | 414 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 92 | 86-97 | 22 | 50 | |
| Clinical Care | 32 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 17% | 14-20% | 13% | 21% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,194:1 | 631:1 | 859:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 76 | 70-81 | 52 | 68 | |
| Diabetic screening | 88% | 77-99% | 89% | 86% | |
| Mammography screening | 64% | 51-76% | 74% | 67% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 97 | ||||
| High school graduation | 72% | 92% | 78% | ||
| Some college | 43% | 68% | 60% | ||
| Unemployment | 13.1% | 5.3% | 10.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 40% | 32-48% | 11% | 20% | |
| Inadequate social support | 14% | 21% | |||
| Children in single-parent households | 57% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Homicide rate | 13 | 9-17 | 1 | 7 | |
| Physical Environment | 64 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 40% | 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
