2011 | Rusk, Texas
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| Rusk County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Texas | Rank (of 223) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 147 | ||||
| Mortality | 167 | ||||
| Premature death | 9,558 | 8,582-10,534 | 5,564 | 7,289 | |
| Morbidity | 97 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 20% | 14-28% | 10% | 19% | |
| Poor physical health days | 2.7 | 1.4-3.9 | 2.6 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.0 | 1.4-4.6 | 2.3 | 3.3 | |
| Low birthweight | 8.8% | 8.0-9.7% | 6.0% | 8.1% | |
| Health Factors | 113 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 114 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 16% | 9-27% | 15% | 19% | |
| Adult obesity | 28% | 23-35% | 25% | 27% | |
| Excessive drinking | 14% | 8-25% | 8% | 16% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 41 | 34-48 | 12 | 17 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 223 | 83 | 422 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 64 | 60-69 | 22 | 64 | |
| Clinical Care | 95 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 28% | 23-32% | 13% | 30% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,748:1 | 631:1 | 1,050:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 98 | 92-104 | 52 | 80 | |
| Diabetic screening | 81% | 70-92% | 89% | 80% | |
| Mammography screening | 56% | 46-66% | 74% | 59% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 137 | ||||
| High school graduation | 70% | 92% | 72% | ||
| Some college | 47% | 68% | 55% | ||
| Unemployment | 7.8% | 5.3% | 7.6% | ||
| Children in poverty | 22% | 17-27% | 11% | 23% | |
| Inadequate social support | 14% | 23% | |||
| Children in single-parent households | 30% | 20% | 32% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 464 | 100 | 512 | ||
| Physical Environment | 74 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 4 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 67% | 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
