2011 | Berkeley, South Carolina
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| Berkeley County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
South Carolina | Rank (of 46) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 8 | ||||
| Mortality | 9 | ||||
| Premature death | 8,390 | 7,893-8,887 | 5,564 | 9,264 | |
| Morbidity | 9 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 15% | 14-18% | 10% | 16% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.1 | 3.6-4.7 | 2.6 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.5 | 3.0-3.9 | 2.3 | 3.6 | |
| Low birthweight | 9.3% | 8.8-9.8% | 6.0% | 10.1% | |
| Health Factors | 16 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 26 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 22% | 20-25% | 15% | 22% | |
| Adult obesity | 36% | 33-40% | 25% | 30% | |
| Excessive drinking | 17% | 14-20% | 8% | 15% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 27 | 24-30 | 12 | 24 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 407 | 83 | 597 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 51 | 49-54 | 22 | 52 | |
| Clinical Care | 19 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 19% | 16-22% | 13% | 21% | |
| Primary care physicians | 2,068:1 | 631:1 | 872:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 69 | 65-72 | 52 | 68 | |
| Diabetic screening | 82% | 76-89% | 89% | 81% | |
| Mammography screening | 69% | 62-76% | 74% | 65% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 13 | ||||
| High school graduation | 67% | 92% | 74% | ||
| Some college | 51% | 68% | 56% | ||
| Unemployment | 10.7% | 5.3% | 11.7% | ||
| Children in poverty | 20% | 16-24% | 11% | 22% | |
| Inadequate social support | 19% | 16-22% | 14% | 22% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 36% | 20% | 38% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 558 | 100 | 758 | ||
| Physical Environment | 20 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 46% | 92% | 65% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 7 | 17 | 9 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
