2011 | Ritchie, West Virginia
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| Ritchie County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
West Virginia | Rank (of 55) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 31 | ||||
| Mortality | 32 | ||||
| Premature death | 9,667 | 7,389-12,427 | 5,564 | 9,559 | |
| Morbidity | 20 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 19% | 14-25% | 10% | 22% | |
| Poor physical health days | 4.3 | 2.8-5.8 | 2.6 | 5.0 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.8 | 2.5-5.0 | 2.3 | 4.5 | |
| Low birthweight | 9.0% | 7.0-11.0% | 6.0% | 9.2% | |
| Health Factors | 40 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 39 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 33% | 25-43% | 15% | 27% | |
| Adult obesity | 31% | 25-39% | 25% | 32% | |
| Excessive drinking | 11% | 6-20% | 8% | 10% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 29 | 17-42 | 12 | 23 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 97 | 83 | 183 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 52 | 42-62 | 22 | 46 | |
| Clinical Care | 49 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 24% | 19-28% | 13% | 20% | |
| Primary care physicians | 3,422:1 | 631:1 | 894:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 110 | 98-123 | 52 | 107 | |
| Diabetic screening | 87% | 66-100% | 89% | 82% | |
| Mammography screening | 51% | 31-71% | 74% | 63% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 32 | ||||
| High school graduation | 85% | 92% | 78% | ||
| Some college | 46% | 68% | 48% | ||
| Unemployment | 9.6% | 5.3% | 7.9% | ||
| Children in poverty | 25% | 18-31% | 11% | 24% | |
| Inadequate social support | 29% | 20-39% | 14% | 20% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 22% | 20% | 29% | ||
| Homicide rate | 1 | 5 | |||
| Physical Environment | 15 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 30% | 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
