2011 | Hancock, West Virginia
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| Hancock County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
West Virginia | Rank (of 55) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 20 | ||||
| Mortality | 31 | ||||
| Premature death | 9,654 | 8,315-10,994 | 5,564 | 9,559 | |
| Morbidity | 7 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 17% | 13-21% | 10% | 22% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.7 | 3.8-5.7 | 2.6 | 5.0 | |
| Poor mental health days | 4.2 | 3.2-5.2 | 2.3 | 4.5 | |
| Low birthweight | 7.2% | 6.2-8.2% | 6.0% | 9.2% | |
| Health Factors | 27 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 27 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 25% | 20-30% | 15% | 27% | |
| Adult obesity | 33% | 27-39% | 25% | 32% | |
| Excessive drinking | 17% | 12-22% | 8% | 10% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 16 | 11-21 | 12 | 23 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 27 | 83 | 183 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 43 | 38-48 | 22 | 46 | |
| Clinical Care | 22 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 19% | 15-22% | 13% | 20% | |
| Primary care physicians | 906:1 | 631:1 | 894:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 155 | 147-163 | 52 | 107 | |
| Diabetic screening | 85% | 72-97% | 89% | 82% | |
| Mammography screening | 66% | 51-81% | 74% | 63% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 21 | ||||
| High school graduation | 85% | 92% | 78% | ||
| Some college | 61% | 68% | 48% | ||
| Unemployment | 11.5% | 5.3% | 7.9% | ||
| Children in poverty | 21% | 16-26% | 11% | 24% | |
| Inadequate social support | 21% | 16-27% | 14% | 20% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 31% | 20% | 29% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 5 | |||
| Physical Environment | 54 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 75% | 92% | 36% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 10 | 17 | 9 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
