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2012 | Rockwall, Texas | Poor or fair health

Summary Information

Range in Texas
(Min-Max):
6-36%
Overall in Texas: 19%
National Benchmark: 10% (90th percentile)

Ranking Methodology

Summary Measure: Health Outcomes - Morbidity
Weight in Health Outcomes: 10%
Years of Data Used: 2004-2010
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The counties are shaded with lighter counties having a better rank. Gray counties are not reported (NR).
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What It Is:

Self-reported health status is a general measure of health-related quality of life in a population. This measure is based on survey responses to the question: “In general, would you say that your health is excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor?” The value reported in the County Health Rankings is the percent of adult respondents who rate their health “fair” or “poor.” The measure is age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. population.

Where It Comes From:

This measure was calculated by the National Center for Health Statistics using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a random-digit dial survey. BRFSS data are representative of the total non-institutionalized U.S. population over 18 years of age living in households with a land-line telephone. Seven years of data are used to generate more stable estimates of self-reported health status.

Reason for Ranking:

Self-reported health status is a widely used measure of people’s health-related quality of life. In addition to measuring how long people live, it is important to also include measures of how healthy people are while alive – self-reported health status has been shown to be a very reliable measure of current health.

More Information

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Sample Size Number of respondents
% Fair/Poor Percent of adults that report fair or poor health
Error Margin 95% confidence interval reported by BRFSS
Z-Score (Measure - Average of TX counties)/(Standard Deviation)
PlaceSample Size% Fair/PoorError MarginZ-Score
Anderson41520%15-260.38
Andrews5612%6-21-1.11
Angelina31925%20-311.25
Aransas7414%9-21-0.80
Archer0.00
ArmstrongNR
Atascosa12228%20-371.84
Austin0.00
Bailey0.00
Bandera10013%7-21-0.98
Bastrop23116%11-23-0.32
Baylor8414%9-23-0.65
Bee7323%15-340.97
Bell57221%17-250.53
Bexar5,12018%17-19-0.02
Blanco0.00
BordenNR
Bosque0.00
Bowie24122%15-300.71
Brazoria48913%10-17-0.85
Brazos34910%8-14-1.39
Brewster37220%12-300.29
BriscoeNR
Brooks0.00
Brown16522%16-310.82
Burleson5914%7-24-0.80
Burnet17910%6-16-1.54
Caldwell12116%9-26-0.45
Calhoun7519%11-300.16
Callahan0.00
Cameron1,40430%26-342.23
Camp0.00
Carson7310%4-22-1.43
Cass0.00
Castro0.00
Chambers0.00
Cherokee0.00
Childress0.00
Clay16524%15-351.03
Cochran0.00
CokeNR
Coleman0.00
Collin95911%9-14-1.32
Collingsworth0.00
Colorado0.00
Comal37214%9-20-0.78
Comanche0.00
ConchoNR
Cooke0.00
Coryell14822%16-310.82
CottleNR
Crane0.00
Crockett0.00
Crosby0.00
CulbersonNR
Dallam0.00
Dallas3,24419%17-210.12
Dawson0.00
Deaf Smith0.00
Delta0.00
Denton84212%9-15-1.11
DeWitt759%4-19-1.63
DickensNR
Dimmit0.00
Donley0.00
Duval0.00
Eastland0.00
Ector99320%16-240.31
Edwards18823%16-310.90
El Paso5,60726%24-281.47
Ellis21413%9-19-0.84
Erath11914%8-25-0.67
Falls0.00
Fannin0.00
Fayette0.00
FisherNR
Floyd0.00
FoardNR
Fort Bend2,04616%13-20-0.36
Franklin5613%7-23-0.91
Freestone5918%11-27-0.04
Frio0.00
Gaines0.00
Galveston44813%10-17-0.84
Garza0.00
Gillespie1207%4-14-1.94
GlasscockNR
Goliad0.00
Gonzales0.00
Gray14017%10-28-0.12
Grayson29319%14-250.12
Gregg86517%14-22-0.10
Grimes7213%7-22-0.95
Guadalupe37519%14-260.22
Hale22517%11-24-0.19
Hall0.00
Hamilton5414%8-25-0.69
Hansford0.00
Hardeman0.00
Hardin14415%11-22-0.47
Harris6,06919%17-200.12
Harrison36320%15-260.40
Hartley0.00
Haskell0.00
Hays45916%12-22-0.32
HemphillNR
Henderson26723%16-310.88
Hidalgo2,58128%25-301.78
Hill0.00
Hockley16917%12-23-0.17
Hood0.00
Hopkins15515%10-22-0.49
Houston0.00
Howard0.00
Hudspeth0.00
Hunt14524%16-331.06
Hutchinson0.00
IrionNR
Jack0.00
Jackson0.00
Jasper0.00
Jeff Davis838%5-13-1.80
Jefferson54518%14-230.07
Jim Hogg0.00
Jim Wells0.00
Johnson37221%16-270.62
Jones0.00
Karnes5114%8-24-0.69
Kaufman15115%10-21-0.61
Kendall14411%6-21-1.21
KenedyNR
KentNR
Kerr21517%11-25-0.17
Kimble0.00
KingNR
KinneyNR
Kleberg5521%14-300.57
Knox0.00
La Salle0.00
Lamar19519%14-260.20
Lamb0.00
Lampasas0.00
Lavaca0.00
Lee0.00
Leon8718%10-290.01
Liberty13425%17-361.29
Limestone0.00
LipscombNR
Live Oak0.00
Llano0.00
LovingNR
Lubbock2,57917%15-19-0.23
Lynn0.00
Madison0.00
Marion0.00
Martin0.00
MasonNR
Matagorda12925%17-351.29
Maverick76529%22-372.01
McCulloch5812%6-22-1.06
McLennan51321%17-270.58
McMullenNR
Medina14216%10-24-0.41
MenardNR
Midland1,11911%8-13-1.33
Milam0.00
MillsNR
Mitchell0.00
Montague0.00
Montgomery67517%13-22-0.25
Moore0.00
Morris0.00
MotleyNR
Nacogdoches18321%15-290.57
Navarro0.00
Newton0.00
Nolan0.00
Nueces56921%16-260.49
Ochiltree0.00
OldhamNR
Orange24719%13-250.12
Palo Pinto8417%11-25-0.14
Panola9316%10-26-0.36
Parker31018%14-23-0.01
Parmer5524%15-351.03
Pecos0.00
Polk18625%18-341.27
Potter79120%16-250.46
Presidio20719%11-290.16
Rains0.00
Randall99116%12-21-0.28
Reagan0.00
Real0.00
Red River0.00
Reeves0.00
Refugio0.00
RobertsNR
Robertson0.00
Rockwall1096%3-13-2.24
Runnels0.00
Rusk17016%11-24-0.30
Sabine0.00
San Augustine0.00
San Jacinto0.00
San Patricio11919%11-300.16
San Saba0.00
SchleicherNR
Scurry578%4-16-1.89
ShackelfordNR
Shelby0.00
ShermanNR
Smith2,02418%16-220.09
Somervell0.00
Starr16636%28-463.41
Stephens0.00
SterlingNR
StonewallNR
Sutton0.00
Swisher0.00
Tarrant4,10616%14-17-0.41
Taylor39120%16-260.44
TerrellNR
Terry9825%16-361.27
ThrockmortonNR
Titus9518%12-270.03
Tom Green28814%10-20-0.69
Travis4,04114%13-16-0.69
Trinity0.00
Tyler0.00
Upshur0.00
Upton0.00
Uvalde0.00
Val Verde1,35131%24-412.49
Van Zandt20120%14-280.34
Victoria20322%14-340.73
Walker15614%9-22-0.67
Waller0.00
Ward0.00
Washington10213%7-23-0.98
Webb1,58727%22-321.64
Wharton0.00
Wheeler0.00
Wichita1,33717%14-22-0.10
Wilbarger0.00
Willacy0.00
Williamson1,70913%10-15-0.98
Wilson15620%14-290.44
Winkler0.00
Wise17019%13-260.20
Wood20425%18-351.38
Yoakum0.00
Young0.00
Zapata0.00
Zavala0.00

NR in Z-Score column indicates county "not ranked"