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

Middlesex County 5,400
New Jersey 6,300

POOR OR FAIR HEALTH

Percentage of adults reporting poor or fair healt (age-adjusted)

Middlesex County 11 %
New Jersey 11 %

POOR PHYSICAL HEALTH DAYS

Average number of physically unhealthy days reproted in past 30 days (age-adjusted)

Middlesex County 2.2
New Jersey 2.4

POOR MENTAL HEALTH DAYS

Average number of physically mentally days reproted in past 30 days (age-adjusted)

Middlesex County 3.9
New Jersey 4.1

ADULT SMOKING

Percentage of adults who are current smokers

Middlesex County 11 %
New Jersey 11 %

ADULT OBESITY

Percentage of adults that report BMI of 30 or more

Middlesex County 23 %
Middlesex County 28 %

FOOD ENVIRONMENT INDEX

Index of factors that contribute to a healthy food environmnt. 0(worst) to 10(best)

Middlesex County 8.7
New Jersey 9.2

PHYSICAL INACTIVITY

Percentage of adults age 20 and over reporting no leisure-time physical activity

Middlesex County 20 %
New Jersey 20 %

ACCESS TO EXERCISE OPPORTUNITIES

Percentage of population with adequate access to locations for phyical activity

Middlesex County 97 %
New Jersey 96 %

EXCESSIVE DRINKING

Percentage of population with adequate acces to locations for physical activity

Middlesex County 18 %
Middlesex County 19 %

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS

Number of newly diagnosed chlamydia cases per 100,000 population

Middlesex County 249.8
New Jersey 356.3

UNINSURED

Percentage of population under age 65 without health insurance

Middlesex County 8 %
New Jersey 9 %

PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS

Ratio of population to primary care physicians

Middlesex County 1,020:1
New Jersey 1,180:1

DENTISTS

Ratio of population to dentists

Middlesex County 1,130:1
New Jersey 1,170:1

MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS

Ratio of population to mental health providers

Middlesex County 480:1
New Jersey 370:1

PREVENTABLE HOSPITAL STAYS

Number of hospital stays for ambulatory-care sensitive conditions per 1,000 Medicare enrollees

MIddlesex County 2,677
New Jersey 2,859

DIABETES MONITORING

Percentage of diabetic Medicare enrollees ages 65-75 that receive HbA1c monitoring

MIddlesex County 85 %
New Jersey 85 %

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION

Percentage of ninth-grade cohort that gradutes in four years

Middlesex County 90 %
New Jersey 91 %

SOME COLLEGE

Percentage of adults ages 25-44 with some post-secondary education

Middlesex County 75 %
New Jersey 71 %

UNEMPLOYMENT

Percentage of popultaion ages 16 and older unemplyed but seeking work

Middlesex County 5.7 %
New Jersey 6.3 %

CHILDREN IN POVERTY

Percentage of children under age 18 in poverty

Middlesex County 9 %
New Jersey 14 %

INCOME INEQUALITY

Ratio of household income at the 80th percentile tocome at the 20th percentile

Middlesex County 4.4
New Jersey 5.1

CHILDREN IN SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS

Percentage of children that live in a household headed by a single parent

Middlesex County 18 %
New Jersey 22 %

SOCIAL ASSOCIATIONS

Number of membership associations per 10,000 population

Middlesex County 6.6
New Jersey 8.5

INJURY DEATHS

Number of deaths due to injury per 100,000 population

Middlesex County 52
New Jersey 63

AIR POLLUTION - PARTICULATE MATTER

Average daily density of fine particuate matter in micrograms per cubic meter (PM2.5)

Middlesex County 7.9
New Jersey 7.8

DRINKING WATER VIOLATIONS

Indicator of the presence of health-ralated drinking water violations. Yes indicates the presence of a violation. No indicates no violation

Middlesex County Yes
New Jersey N/A

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

Middlesex County 19 %
New Jersey 20 %

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