2011 | Ector, Texas
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| Ector County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Texas | Rank (of 223) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 191 | ||||
| Mortality | 162 | ||||
| Premature death | 9,489 | 8,917-10,061 | 5,564 | 7,289 | |
| Morbidity | 203 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 19% | 15-24% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.2 | 3.0-5.3 | 2.6 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.1 | 3.1-5.2 | 2.3 | 3.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 9.8% | 9.3-10.2% | 6.0% | 8.1% | |
| Health Factors | 192 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 212 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 23% | 17-30% | 15% | 19% | |
| Adult obesity | 30% | 25-35% | 25% | 27% | |
| Excessive drinking | 15% | 11-22% | 8% | 16% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 21 | 18-25 | 12 | 17 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 479 | 83 | 422 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 98 | 94-101 | 22 | 64 | |
| Clinical Care | 84 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 31% | 27-36% | 13% | 30% | |
| Primary care physicians | 767:1 | 631:1 | 1,050:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 94 | 90-98 | 52 | 80 | |
| Diabetic screening | 72% | 65-78% | 89% | 80% | |
| Mammography screening | 49% | 42-55% | 74% | 59% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 181 | ||||
| High school graduation | 60% | 92% | 72% | ||
| Some college | 45% | 68% | 55% | ||
| Unemployment | 8.2% | 5.3% | 7.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 21% | 16-25% | 11% | 23% | |
| Inadequate social support | 23% | 16-31% | 14% | 23% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 38% | 20% | 32% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 529 | 100 | 512 | ||
| Physical Environment | 54 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 63% | 92% | 62% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 8 | 17 | 7 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
