2011 | Wake, North Carolina
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| Wake County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
North Carolina | Rank (of 100) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 1 | ||||
| Mortality | 1 | ||||
| Premature death | 5,326 | 5,151-5,501 | 5,564 | 8,108 | |
| Morbidity | 1 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 13% | 11-14% | 10% | 18% | |
| Poor physical health days | 2.6 | 2.4-2.9 | 2.6 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 2.4 | 2.2-2.6 | 2.3 | 3.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 7.8% | 7.6-7.9% | 6.0% | 9.1% | |
| Health Factors | 2 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 4 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 15% | 14-17% | 15% | 22% | |
| Adult obesity | 27% | 24-29% | 25% | 29% | |
| Excessive drinking | 14% | 13-16% | 8% | 12% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 12 | 11-13 | 12 | 20 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 365 | 83 | 414 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 30 | 29-30 | 22 | 50 | |
| Clinical Care | 11 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 19% | 17-22% | 13% | 21% | |
| Primary care physicians | 835:1 | 631:1 | 859:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 54 | 52-55 | 52 | 68 | |
| Diabetic screening | 86% | 83-90% | 89% | 86% | |
| Mammography screening | 71% | 67-75% | 74% | 67% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 2 | ||||
| High school graduation | 83% | 92% | 78% | ||
| Some college | 76% | 68% | 60% | ||
| Unemployment | 8.4% | 5.3% | 10.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 11% | 10-13% | 11% | 20% | |
| Inadequate social support | 18% | 16-20% | 14% | 21% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 26% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Homicide rate | 4 | 3-4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Physical Environment | 92 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 94% | 92% | 66% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 15 | 17 | 11 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
