2011 | Mercer, Pennsylvania
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| Mercer County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Pennsylvania | Rank (of 67) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 55 | ||||
| Mortality | 55 | ||||
| Premature death | 7,936 | 7,336-8,536 | 5,564 | 7,411 | |
| Morbidity | 56 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 18% | 14-23% | 10% | 14% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.9 | 2.9-5.0 | 2.6 | 3.5 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.9 | 2.9-4.9 | 2.3 | 3.6 | |
| Low birthweight | 7.8% | 7.3-8.4% | 6.0% | 8.2% | |
| Health Factors | 58 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 46 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 27% | 22-32% | 15% | 22% | |
| Adult obesity | 29% | 24-35% | 25% | 28% | |
| Excessive drinking | 13% | 10-17% | 8% | 18% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 18 | 15-21 | 12 | 13 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 262 | 83 | 340 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 28 | 26-30 | 22 | 31 | |
| Clinical Care | 23 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 12% | 10-15% | 13% | 13% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,620:1 | 631:1 | 838:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 77 | 74-80 | 52 | 76 | |
| Diabetic screening | 83% | 75-91% | 89% | 84% | |
| Mammography screening | 72% | 64-80% | 74% | 65% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 61 | ||||
| High school graduation | 80% | 92% | 83% | ||
| Some college | 51% | 68% | 58% | ||
| Unemployment | 11.3% | 5.3% | 8.1% | ||
| Children in poverty | 22% | 18-27% | 11% | 17% | |
| Inadequate social support | 22% | 17-28% | 14% | 21% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 28% | 20% | 31% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 227 | 100 | 419 | ||
| Physical Environment | 48 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 59% | 92% | 57% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 10 | 17 | 12 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
