2011 | Elk, Pennsylvania
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| Elk County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Pennsylvania | Rank (of 67) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 60 | ||||
| Mortality | 32 | ||||
| Premature death | 7,155 | 6,026-8,283 | 5,564 | 7,411 | |
| Morbidity | 65 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 23% | 15-33% | 10% | 14% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.6 | 2.8-6.3 | 2.6 | 3.5 | |
| Poor mental health days | 5.5 | 3.2-7.8 | 2.3 | 3.6 | |
| Low birthweight | 8.3% | 7.1-9.4% | 6.0% | 8.2% | |
| Health Factors | 49 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 57 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 29% | 21-38% | 15% | 22% | |
| Adult obesity | 29% | 23-36% | 25% | 28% | |
| Excessive drinking | 28% | 20-37% | 8% | 18% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 25 | 18-31 | 12 | 13 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 74 | 83 | 340 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 18 | 15-21 | 22 | 31 | |
| Clinical Care | 34 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 13% | 10-15% | 13% | 13% | |
| Primary care physicians | 978:1 | 631:1 | 838:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 86 | 80-91 | 52 | 76 | |
| Diabetic screening | 82% | 71-93% | 89% | 84% | |
| Mammography screening | 63% | 52-73% | 74% | 65% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 46 | ||||
| High school graduation | 91% | 92% | 83% | ||
| Some college | 50% | 68% | 58% | ||
| Unemployment | 12.8% | 5.3% | 8.1% | ||
| Children in poverty | 13% | 10-16% | 11% | 17% | |
| Inadequate social support | 19% | 12-29% | 14% | 21% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 37% | 20% | 31% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 141 | 100 | 419 | ||
| Physical Environment | 8 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 46% | 92% | 57% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 15 | 17 | 12 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
