2011 | Smyth, Virginia
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| Smyth County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
Virginia | Rank (of 132) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 114 | ||||
| Mortality | 110 | ||||
| Premature death | 10,621 | 9,296-11,945 | 5,564 | 6,872 | |
| Morbidity | 108 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 23% | 17-31% | 10% | 13% | |
| Poor physical health days | 5.6 | 3.9-7.4 | 2.6 | 3.2 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.8 | 2.4-5.1 | 2.3 | 3.2 | |
| Low birthweight | 9.0% | 7.9-10.2% | 6.0% | 8.2% | |
| Health Factors | 96 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 87 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 30% | 22-39% | 15% | 20% | |
| Adult obesity | 27% | 21-34% | 25% | 27% | |
| Excessive drinking | 13% | 8-21% | 8% | 15% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 17 | 11-22 | 12 | 13 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 166 | 83 | 405 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 55 | 50-61 | 22 | 36 | |
| Clinical Care | 47 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 15% | 11-18% | 13% | 17% | |
| Primary care physicians | 996:1 | 631:1 | 806:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 82 | 76-87 | 52 | 63 | |
| Diabetic screening | 86% | 75-97% | 89% | 84% | |
| Mammography screening | 59% | 47-70% | 74% | 64% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 113 | ||||
| High school graduation | 70% | 92% | 76% | ||
| Some college | 49% | 68% | 65% | ||
| Unemployment | 11.4% | 5.3% | 6.7% | ||
| Children in poverty | 24% | 18-30% | 11% | 14% | |
| Inadequate social support | 20% | 13-30% | 14% | 19% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 41% | 20% | 29% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 279 | 100 | 270 | ||
| Physical Environment | 25 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 60% | 92% | 52% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 16 | 17 | 11 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data


