2011 | Buchanan, Virginia
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| Buchanan County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Virginia | Rank (of 132) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 130 | ||||
| Mortality | 127 | ||||
| Premature death | 12,421 | 10,747-14,096 | 5,564 | 6,872 | |
| Morbidity | 132 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 35% | 28-42% | 10% | 13% | |
| Poor physical health days | 7.6 | 6.1-9.1 | 2.6 | 3.2 | |
| Poor mental health days | 6.8 | 5.4-8.3 | 2.3 | 3.2 | |
| Low birthweight | 8.9% | 7.5-10.2% | 6.0% | 8.2% | |
| Health Factors | 130 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 120 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 29% | 23-37% | 15% | 20% | |
| Adult obesity | 31% | 25-38% | 25% | 27% | |
| Excessive drinking | 10% | 4-21% | 8% | 15% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 43 | 33-53 | 12 | 13 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 85 | 83 | 405 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 45 | 39-50 | 22 | 36 | |
| Clinical Care | 132 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 15% | 11-18% | 13% | 17% | |
| Primary care physicians | 2,566:1 | 631:1 | 806:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 215 | 201-228 | 52 | 63 | |
| Diabetic screening | 80% | 66-95% | 89% | 84% | |
| Mammography screening | 58% | 44-73% | 74% | 64% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 117 | ||||
| High school graduation | 65% | 92% | 76% | ||
| Some college | 38% | 68% | 65% | ||
| Unemployment | 9.0% | 5.3% | 6.7% | ||
| Children in poverty | 33% | 24-42% | 11% | 14% | |
| Inadequate social support | 27% | 19-36% | 14% | 19% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 33% | 20% | 29% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 190 | 100 | 270 | ||
| Physical Environment | 57 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 55% | 92% | 52% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 4 | 17 | 11 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
