Statistics

The following are health rankings for Carter County Tennessee, 2011. These are copied from [] County ||~ Error Margin ||~ National Benchmark* ||~ Tennessee ||~ Rank (of 95) || Areas where Carter County rises above the state average are as follows: Premature death, poor or fair health, poor physical health days, poor mental health days, adult smoking, adult obesity,preventable hospital stays, children in poverty, and inadequate social support. 
 * ~  ||~ Carter
 * Health Outcomes || 54 ||
 * Mortality || 32 ||
 * [|Premature death] || 9,305 || 8,424-10,186 || 5,564 || 9,264 ||  ||
 * Morbidity || 82 ||
 * [|Poor or fair health] || 28% || 22-34% || 10% || 19% ||  ||
 * [|Poor physical health days] || 5.2 || 3.9-6.5 || 2.6 || 4.1 ||  ||
 * [|Poor mental health days] || 4.3 || 2.9-5.6 || 2.3 || 3.4 ||  ||
 * [|Low birthweight] || 9.4% || 8.5-10.2% || 6.0% || 9.4% ||  ||
 * Health Factors || 52 ||
 * Health Behaviors || 78 ||
 * [|Adult smoking] || 28% || 22-35% || 15% || 24% ||  ||
 * [|Adult obesity] || 34% || 28-41% || 25% || 31% ||  ||
 * [|Excessive drinking] || 4% || 2-7% || 8% || 9% ||  ||
 * [|Motor vehicle crash death rate] || 19 || 15-23 || 12 || 22 ||  ||
 * [|Sexually transmitted infections] || 108 ||  || 83 || 455 ||   ||
 * [|Teen birth rate] || 54 || 50-58 || 22 || 55 ||  ||
 * Clinical Care || 44 ||
 * [|Uninsured adults] || 15% || 12-18% || 13% || 19% ||  ||
 * [|Primary care providers] || 1,793:1 ||  || 631:1 || 837:1 ||   ||
 * [|Preventable hospital stays] || 111 || 104-117 || 52 || 90 ||  ||
 * [|Diabetic screening] || 76% || 66-86% || 89% || 84% ||  ||
 * [|Mammography screening] || 60% || 48-73% || 74% || 62% ||  ||
 * Social & Economic Factors || 41 ||
 * [|High school graduation] || 70% ||  || 92% || 73% ||   ||
 * [|Some college] || 44% ||  || 68% || 54% ||   ||
 * [|Unemployment] || 10.3% || 9.9-10.6% || 5.3% || 10.5% ||  ||
 * [|Children in poverty] || 28% || 22-35% || 11% || 22% ||  ||
 * [|Inadequate social support] || 22% || 16-28% || 14% || 19% ||  ||
 * [|Single-parent households] || 30% ||  || 20% || 34% ||   ||
 * [|Violent crime rate] || 240 ||  || 100 || 744 ||   ||
 * Physical Environment || 37 ||
 * [|Air pollution-particulate matter days] || 0 ||  || 0 || 1 ||   ||
 * [|Air pollution-ozone days] || 0 ||  || 0 || 8 ||   ||
 * [|Access to healthy foods] || 50% ||  || 92% || 57% ||   ||
 * [|Access to recreational facilities] || 7 ||  || 17 || 8 ||   ||
 * 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are betterNote: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data;