2011 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| Philadelphia County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Pennsylvania | Rank (of 67) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 67 | ||||
| Mortality | 67 | ||||
| Premature death | 12,049 | 11,851-12,247 | 5,564 | 7,411 | |
| Morbidity | 67 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 21% | 19-22% | 10% | 14% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.1 | 3.8-4.4 | 2.6 | 3.5 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.4 | 4.0-4.8 | 2.3 | 3.6 | |
| Low birthweight | 11.5% | 11.4-11.7% | 6.0% | 8.2% | |
| Health Factors | 67 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 67 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 27% | 25-29% | 15% | 22% | |
| Adult obesity | 30% | 28-32% | 25% | 28% | |
| Excessive drinking | 18% | 16-20% | 8% | 18% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 10 | 9-10 | 12 | 13 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 1,175 | 83 | 340 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 62 | 61-62 | 22 | 31 | |
| Clinical Care | 44 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 12% | 10-14% | 13% | 13% | |
| Primary care physicians | 742:1 | 631:1 | 838:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 88 | 87-90 | 52 | 76 | |
| Diabetic screening | 79% | 76-82% | 89% | 84% | |
| Mammography screening | 54% | 51-57% | 74% | 65% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 67 | ||||
| High school graduation | 58% | 92% | 83% | ||
| Some college | 53% | 68% | 58% | ||
| Unemployment | 10.0% | 5.3% | 8.1% | ||
| Children in poverty | 32% | 29-35% | 11% | 17% | |
| Inadequate social support | 29% | 27-32% | 14% | 21% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 58% | 20% | 31% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 1,460 | 100 | 419 | ||
| Physical Environment | 66 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 16 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 16 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 92% | 92% | 57% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 6 | 17 | 12 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
