2011 | Roanoke City, Virginia
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| Roanoke City | Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Virginia | Rank (of 132) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 117 | ||||
| Mortality | 123 | ||||
| Premature death | 11,744 | 10,944-12,544 | 5,564 | 6,872 | |
| Morbidity | 88 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 17% | 14-20% | 10% | 13% | |
| Poor physical health days | 3.8 | 3.2-4.4 | 2.6 | 3.2 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.7 | 3.0-4.4 | 2.3 | 3.2 | |
| Low birthweight | 9.5% | 8.9-10.1% | 6.0% | 8.2% | |
| Health Factors | 122 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 124 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 27% | 23-31% | 15% | 20% | |
| Adult obesity | 31% | 26-36% | 25% | 27% | |
| Excessive drinking | 14% | 11-17% | 8% | 15% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 13 | 10-15 | 12 | 13 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 849 | 83 | 405 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 79 | 75-83 | 22 | 36 | |
| Clinical Care | 25 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 14% | 11-17% | 13% | 17% | |
| Primary care physicians | 613:1 | 631:1 | 806:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 67 | 64-70 | 52 | 63 | |
| Diabetic screening | 82% | 74-90% | 89% | 84% | |
| Mammography screening | 60% | 52-68% | 74% | 64% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 126 | ||||
| High school graduation | 50% | 92% | 76% | ||
| Some college | 55% | 68% | 65% | ||
| Unemployment | 8.6% | 5.3% | 6.7% | ||
| Children in poverty | 27% | 22-33% | 11% | 14% | |
| Inadequate social support | 23% | 19-28% | 14% | 19% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 53% | 20% | 29% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 934 | 100 | 270 | ||
| Physical Environment | 33 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 86% | 92% | 52% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 15 | 17 | 11 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
