2011 | Fairfax, Virginia
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| Fairfax County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Virginia | Rank (of 132) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 1 | ||||
| Mortality | 1 | ||||
| Premature death | 3,833 | 3,693-3,973 | 5,564 | 6,872 | |
| Morbidity | 3 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 8% | 6-10% | 10% | 13% | |
| Poor physical health days | 2.2 | 1.8-2.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | |
| Poor mental health days | 2.2 | 1.7-2.6 | 2.3 | 3.2 | |
| Low birthweight | 6.7% | 6.6-6.9% | 6.0% | 8.2% | |
| Health Factors | 9 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 2 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 13% | 10-16% | 15% | 20% | |
| Adult obesity | 23% | 20-26% | 25% | 27% | |
| Excessive drinking | 18% | 15-22% | 8% | 15% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 6 | 6-7 | 12 | 13 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 145 | 83 | 405 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 18 | 17-18 | 22 | 36 | |
| Clinical Care | 28 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 18% | 16-19% | 13% | 17% | |
| Primary care physicians | 629:1 | 631:1 | 806:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 44 | 43-45 | 52 | 63 | |
| Diabetic screening | 83% | 79-87% | 89% | 84% | |
| Mammography screening | 61% | 57-64% | 74% | 64% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 3 | ||||
| High school graduation | 85% | 92% | 76% | ||
| Some college | 78% | 68% | 65% | ||
| Unemployment | 4.7% | 5.3% | 6.7% | ||
| Children in poverty | 6% | 5-8% | 11% | 14% | |
| Inadequate social support | 16% | 13-20% | 14% | 19% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 18% | 20% | 29% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 87 | 100 | 270 | ||
| Physical Environment | 132 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 27 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 83% | 92% | 52% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 13 | 17 | 11 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
