2011 | Union, Pennsylvania
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| Union County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Pennsylvania | Rank (of 67) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 1 | ||||
| Mortality | 2 | ||||
| Premature death | 5,090 | 4,250-5,930 | 5,564 | 7,411 | |
| Morbidity | 3 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 13% | 9-18% | 10% | 14% | |
| Poor physical health days | 2.7 | 1.6-3.7 | 2.6 | 3.5 | |
| Poor mental health days | 2.5 | 1.4-3.6 | 2.3 | 3.6 | |
| Low birthweight | 6.4% | 5.5-7.3% | 6.0% | 8.2% | |
| Health Factors | 16 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 23 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 23% | 16-33% | 15% | 22% | |
| Adult obesity | 29% | 23-37% | 25% | 28% | |
| Excessive drinking | 13% | 7-22% | 8% | 18% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 18 | 14-23 | 12 | 13 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 128 | 83 | 340 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 18 | 16-21 | 22 | 31 | |
| Clinical Care | 7 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 18% | 14-21% | 13% | 13% | |
| Primary care physicians | 873:1 | 631:1 | 838:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 44 | 40-49 | 52 | 76 | |
| Diabetic screening | 86% | 72-100% | 89% | 84% | |
| Mammography screening | 84% | 66-100% | 74% | 65% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 24 | ||||
| High school graduation | 88% | 92% | 83% | ||
| Some college | 46% | 68% | 58% | ||
| Unemployment | 9.1% | 5.3% | 8.1% | ||
| Children in poverty | 14% | 11-18% | 11% | 17% | |
| Inadequate social support | 26% | 17-36% | 14% | 21% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 23% | 20% | 31% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 81 | 100 | 419 | ||
| Physical Environment | 58 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 25% | 92% | 57% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 5 | 17 | 12 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
