2011 | Powhatan, Virginia
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| Powhatan County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Virginia | Rank (of 132) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 10 | ||||
| Mortality | 8 | ||||
| Premature death | 5,267 | 4,344-6,190 | 5,564 | 6,872 | |
| Morbidity | 19 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 9% | 5-18% | 10% | 13% | |
| Poor physical health days | 2.1 | 1.0-3.3 | 2.6 | 3.2 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.5 | 2.0-7.0 | 2.3 | 3.2 | |
| Low birthweight | 6.4% | 5.3-7.6% | 6.0% | 8.2% | |
| Health Factors | 26 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 34 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 15% | 20% | |||
| Adult obesity | 27% | 21-34% | 25% | 27% | |
| Excessive drinking | 8% | 15% | |||
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 16 | 10-22 | 12 | 13 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 179 | 83 | 405 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 18 | 15-22 | 22 | 36 | |
| Clinical Care | 86 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 19% | 15-23% | 13% | 17% | |
| Primary care physicians | 1,258:1 | 631:1 | 806:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 50 | 43-57 | 52 | 63 | |
| Diabetic screening | 76% | 59-93% | 89% | 84% | |
| Mammography screening | 66% | 47-84% | 74% | 64% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 20 | ||||
| High school graduation | 85% | 92% | 76% | ||
| Some college | 44% | 68% | 65% | ||
| Unemployment | 6.1% | 5.3% | 6.7% | ||
| Children in poverty | 7% | 5-9% | 11% | 14% | |
| Inadequate social support | 14% | 19% | |||
| Children in single-parent households | 13% | 20% | 29% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 66 | 100 | 270 | ||
| Physical Environment | 42 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 100% | 92% | 52% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 7 | 17 | 11 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
