DATA REPORTS
COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS DATA
We have gathered important information regarding our community’s health in order show you Healthier Middlesex’s’ impact. See below the areas our community excels and the areas that are in need of improvement.
PREMATURE DEATH
POOR OR FAIR HEALTH
Percentage of adults reporting poor or fair healt (age-adjusted)
ADULT SMOKING
Percentage of adults who are current smokers
ADULT OBESITY
Percentage of adults that report BMI of 30 or more
FOOD ENVIRONMENT INDEX
Index of factors that contribute to a healthy food environmnt. 0(worst) to 10(best)
PHYSICAL INACTIVITY
Percentage of adults age 20 and over reporting no leisure-time physical activity
ACCESS TO EXERCISE OPPORTUNITIES
Percentage of population with adequate access to locations for phyical activity
EXCESSIVE DRINKING
Percentage of population with adequate acces to locations for physical activity
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
Number of newly diagnosed chlamydia cases per 100,000 population
UNINSURED
Percentage of population under age 65 without health insurance
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS
Ratio of population to primary care physicians
DENTISTS
Ratio of population to dentists
MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS
Ratio of population to mental health providers
PREVENTABLE HOSPITAL STAYS
Number of hospital stays for ambulatory-care sensitive conditions per 1,000 Medicare enrollees
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
Percentage of ninth-grade cohort that gradutes in four years
SOME COLLEGE
Percentage of adults ages 25-44 with some post-secondary education
UNEMPLOYMENT
Percentage of popultaion ages 16 and older unemplyed but seeking work
CHILDREN IN POVERTY
Percentage of children under age 18 in poverty
INCOME INEQUALITY
Ratio of household income at the 80th percentile tocome at the 20th percentile
CHILDREN IN SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS
Percentage of children that live in a household headed by a single parent
SOCIAL ASSOCIATIONS
Number of membership associations per 10,000 population
INJURY DEATHS
Number of deaths due to injury per 100,000 population
AIR POLLUTION - PARTICULATE MATTER
Average daily density of fine particuate matter in micrograms per cubic meter (PM2.5)
DRINKING WATER VIOLATIONS
Indicator of the presence of health-ralated drinking water violations. Yes indicates the presence of a violation. No indicates no violation
SEVERE HOUSING PROBLEMS
Percentage of households with at least 1 of 4 housing problems: overcrowding, high housing costs, or lack of kitchen or plumbing facilities