2011 | Fort Bend, Texas
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| Fort Bend County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Texas | Rank (of 223) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 11 | ||||
| Mortality | 5 | ||||
| Premature death | 4,979 | 4,761-5,196 | 5,564 | 7,289 | |
| Morbidity | 73 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 17% | 14-21% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.4 | 2.4-4.3 | 2.6 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.0 | 2.1-3.9 | 2.3 | 3.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 8.2% | 7.9-8.4% | 6.0% | 8.1% | |
| Health Factors | 8 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 2 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 11% | 9-14% | 15% | 19% | |
| Adult obesity | 25% | 23-29% | 25% | 27% | |
| Excessive drinking | 13% | 10-16% | 8% | 16% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 12 | 11-13 | 12 | 17 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 235 | 83 | 422 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 28 | 27-29 | 22 | 64 | |
| Clinical Care | 13 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 24% | 21-27% | 13% | 30% | |
| Primary care physicians | 891:1 | 631:1 | 1,050:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 63 | 61-65 | 52 | 80 | |
| Diabetic screening | 81% | 75-86% | 89% | 80% | |
| Mammography screening | 61% | 56-66% | 74% | 59% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 13 | ||||
| High school graduation | 85% | 92% | 72% | ||
| Some college | 68% | 68% | 55% | ||
| Unemployment | 7.2% | 5.3% | 7.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 10% | 8-12% | 11% | 23% | |
| Inadequate social support | 22% | 17-28% | 14% | 23% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 23% | 20% | 32% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 366 | 100 | 512 | ||
| Physical Environment | 222 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 2 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 86% | 92% | 62% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 6 | 17 | 7 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
