2011 | Dickenson, Virginia
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| Dickenson County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Virginia | Rank (of 132) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 127 | ||||
| Mortality | 117 | ||||
| Premature death | 10,972 | 9,200-12,745 | 5,564 | 6,872 | |
| Morbidity | 131 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 31% | 25-39% | 10% | 13% | |
| Poor physical health days | 7.9 | 5.9-9.9 | 2.6 | 3.2 | |
| Poor mental health days | 6.0 | 4.2-7.9 | 2.3 | 3.2 | |
| Low birthweight | 8.0% | 6.4-9.5% | 6.0% | 8.2% | |
| Health Factors | 124 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 119 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 37% | 27-47% | 15% | 20% | |
| Adult obesity | 29% | 23-37% | 25% | 27% | |
| Excessive drinking | 6% | 3-12% | 8% | 15% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 32 | 21-42 | 12 | 13 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 110 | 83 | 405 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 44 | 37-51 | 22 | 36 | |
| Clinical Care | 130 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 16% | 12-20% | 13% | 17% | |
| Primary care physicians | 2,022:1 | 631:1 | 806:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 186 | 173-199 | 52 | 63 | |
| Diabetic screening | 83% | 67-100% | 89% | 84% | |
| Mammography screening | 49% | 33-64% | 74% | 64% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 107 | ||||
| High school graduation | 70% | 92% | 76% | ||
| Some college | 37% | 68% | 65% | ||
| Unemployment | 9.0% | 5.3% | 6.7% | ||
| Children in poverty | 29% | 22-37% | 11% | 14% | |
| Inadequate social support | 14% | 19% | |||
| Children in single-parent households | 33% | 20% | 29% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 163 | 100 | 270 | ||
| Physical Environment | 88 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 43% | 92% | 52% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 0 | 17 | 11 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
