2011 | Blount, Tennessee
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| Blount County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Tennessee | Rank (of 95) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 5 | ||||
| Mortality | 6 | ||||
| Premature death | 7,868 | 7,296-8,439 | 5,564 | 9,264 | |
| Morbidity | 5 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 18% | 14-23% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.2 | 2.4-4.0 | 2.6 | 4.1 | |
| Poor mental health days | 2.7 | 1.8-3.6 | 2.3 | 3.4 | |
| Low birthweight | 8.3% | 7.7-8.9% | 6.0% | 9.4% | |
| Health Factors | 14 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 38 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 26% | 21-32% | 15% | 24% | |
| Adult obesity | 32% | 26-38% | 25% | 31% | |
| Excessive drinking | 8% | 5-13% | 8% | 9% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 23 | 20-27 | 12 | 22 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 192 | 83 | 455 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 46 | 43-49 | 22 | 55 | |
| Clinical Care | 9 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 18% | 15-21% | 13% | 19% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,181:1 | 631:1 | 837:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 78 | 75-82 | 52 | 90 | |
| Diabetic screening | 90% | 83-98% | 89% | 84% | |
| Mammography screening | 70% | 61-78% | 74% | 62% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 6 | ||||
| High school graduation | 80% | 92% | 73% | ||
| Some college | 52% | 68% | 54% | ||
| Unemployment | 9.9% | 5.3% | 10.5% | ||
| Children in poverty | 16% | 12-19% | 11% | 22% | |
| Inadequate social support | 11% | 7-16% | 14% | 19% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 29% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 414 | 100 | 744 | ||
| Physical Environment | 95 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 17 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 50% | 92% | 57% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 6 | 17 | 8 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
