2011 | Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
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| Lackawanna County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Pennsylvania | Rank (of 67) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 49 | ||||
| Mortality | 48 | ||||
| Premature death | 7,720 | 7,291-8,148 | 5,564 | 7,411 | |
| Morbidity | 46 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 14% | 12-17% | 10% | 14% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.8 | 3.2-4.5 | 2.6 | 3.5 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.5 | 2.9-4.1 | 2.3 | 3.6 | |
| Low birthweight | 8.1% | 7.6-8.5% | 6.0% | 8.2% | |
| Health Factors | 19 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 26 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 27% | 23-32% | 15% | 22% | |
| Adult obesity | 26% | 22-31% | 25% | 28% | |
| Excessive drinking | 24% | 20-29% | 8% | 18% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 13 | 11-15 | 12 | 13 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 155 | 83 | 340 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 25 | 24-27 | 22 | 31 | |
| Clinical Care | 29 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 10% | 8-13% | 13% | 13% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,084:1 | 631:1 | 838:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 84 | 81-86 | 52 | 76 | |
| Diabetic screening | 80% | 75-85% | 89% | 84% | |
| Mammography screening | 61% | 56-67% | 74% | 65% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 23 | ||||
| High school graduation | 90% | 92% | 83% | ||
| Some college | 59% | 68% | 58% | ||
| Unemployment | 8.3% | 5.3% | 8.1% | ||
| Children in poverty | 19% | 16-22% | 11% | 17% | |
| Inadequate social support | 21% | 17-25% | 14% | 21% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 32% | 20% | 31% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 228 | 100 | 419 | ||
| Physical Environment | 17 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 73% | 92% | 57% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 9 | 17 | 12 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
