2011 | Shelby, Tennessee
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| Shelby County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Tennessee | Rank (of 95) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 58 | ||||
| Mortality | 58 | ||||
| Premature death | 10,598 | 10,361-10,835 | 5,564 | 9,264 | |
| Morbidity | 51 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 16% | 14-17% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.4 | 3.0-3.7 | 2.6 | 4.1 | |
| Poor mental health days | 2.9 | 2.5-3.3 | 2.3 | 3.4 | |
| Low birthweight | 11.1% | 10.9-11.3% | 6.0% | 9.4% | |
| Health Factors | 83 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 77 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 20% | 18-23% | 15% | 24% | |
| Adult obesity | 34% | 30-37% | 25% | 31% | |
| Excessive drinking | 12% | 10-14% | 8% | 9% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 16 | 15-17 | 12 | 22 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 1,081 | 83 | 455 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 66 | 65-67 | 22 | 55 | |
| Clinical Care | 15 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 19% | 16-21% | 13% | 19% | |
| Primary care physicians | 719:1 | 631:1 | 837:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 68 | 67-69 | 52 | 90 | |
| Diabetic screening | 80% | 77-83% | 89% | 84% | |
| Mammography screening | 58% | 55-61% | 74% | 62% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 85 | ||||
| High school graduation | 65% | 92% | 73% | ||
| Some college | 60% | 68% | 54% | ||
| Unemployment | 10.1% | 5.3% | 10.5% | ||
| Children in poverty | 26% | 23-29% | 11% | 22% | |
| Inadequate social support | 19% | 17-23% | 14% | 19% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 50% | 20% | 34% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 1,536 | 100 | 744 | ||
| Physical Environment | 94 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 21 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 81% | 92% | 57% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 7 | 17 | 8 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
