2011 | Bledsoe, Tennessee
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| Bledsoe County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Tennessee | Rank (of 95) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 24 | ||||
| Mortality | 12 | ||||
| Premature death | 8,579 | 6,817-10,658 | 5,564 | 9,264 | |
| Morbidity | 58 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 26% | 18-35% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 6.3 | 2.6-9.9 | 2.6 | 4.1 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.3 | 1.1-5.5 | 2.3 | 3.4 | |
| Low birthweight | 8.2% | 6.4-9.9% | 6.0% | 9.4% | |
| Health Factors | 79 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 62 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 15% | 24% | |||
| Adult obesity | 33% | 26-41% | 25% | 31% | |
| Excessive drinking | 7% | 3-17% | 8% | 9% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 32 | 20-43 | 12 | 22 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 137 | 83 | 455 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 58 | 48-68 | 22 | 55 | |
| Clinical Care | 74 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 21% | 16-25% | 13% | 19% | |
| Primary care physicians | 3,279:1 | 631:1 | 837:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 102 | 89-116 | 52 | 90 | |
| Diabetic screening | 81% | 55-100% | 89% | 84% | |
| Mammography screening | 56% | 35-77% | 74% | 62% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 83 | ||||
| High school graduation | 65% | 92% | 73% | ||
| Some college | 23% | 68% | 54% | ||
| Unemployment | 14.2% | 5.3% | 10.5% | ||
| Children in poverty | 33% | 25-42% | 11% | 22% | |
| Inadequate social support | 13% | 6-25% | 14% | 19% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 28% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 164 | 100 | 744 | ||
| Physical Environment | 23 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 100% | 92% | 57% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 0 | 17 | 8 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
