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County Health Rankings: 2010 North Carolina <br />2010 County Health Rankings: Measures, Data Sources, and Years of Data <br /> Measure Data Source Years of Data <br />• ~ <br /> <br />Mortality Premature death National Center for Health Statistics 2004-2006 <br />Morbidity Poor or fair health Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2002-2008 <br /> Poor physical health days Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2002-2008 <br /> Poor mental health days Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2002-2008 <br /> Low birthweight National Center for Health Statistics 2000-2006 <br />•~ <br /> <br />HEALTH BEHAVIORS <br />Tobacco Adult smoking Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2002/2008 <br />Diet and Exercise Adult obesity National Center for Chronic Disease 2006-2008 <br /> <br />~ Prevention and Health Promotion <br />Alcohol Use Binge drinking^~ Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System ~~~ 2002-2008 ~ <br />( Motor vehicle crash death rate National Center for Health Statistics 2000-2006 <br />High Risk Sexual Chlamydia rate National Center for Health Statistics 2006 <br />Behavior Teen birth rate National Center for Health Statistics <br />- -. _.___ 2000-2006 <br />CLINICAL CARE <br />Access to Care Uninsured adults Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, 2005 <br /> U.S. Census <br /> Primary care provider rate Health Resources 8 Services 2006 <br /> <br />Administration I <br />Quality of Care Preventable hospital stays Medicare/Dartmouth Institute 2005-2006 <br /> Diabetic screening Medicare/Dartmouth Institute 2003-2006 <br /> Hospice use Medicare/Dartmouth Institute 2001-2005 <br />SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS <br />Education High school graduation National Center for Education Statistics' 2005-2006 <br />College degrees U.S. Census/American Community Survey 2000/2005-2007 <br />Employment Unemployment <br />~ Bureau of Labor Statistics <br />_ 2008 <br />__ <br />A _~___ Children in poverty <br />Income __ <br />Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, _ <br />_ 2007 <br /> U.S. Census <br />Income inequality <br />~ ~ U.S. Census/American Communty SurveyZ <br />~ 2000/2005-2007 <br />~~ <br />Family and Social <br />Inadequate social support Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2005-2008 <br />Support <br />Single-parent households U.S. Census/American Community Survey 2000/2005-2007 <br />Community Safety ~ Violent crime' _.___ Uniform Crime Reporting, Federal Bureau 2005-2007 <br /> of Investigation <br />PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT <br />Air Quality4 Air polution-particulate matter U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / 2005 <br />days Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <br />Air pollution-ozone days U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / 2005 <br /> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <br />Built Environment Access to healthy foods Census Zip Code Business Patterns 2006 <br />Liquor store density Census County Business Pattems 2006 <br />State data sources for KY, NH, NC, PA, SC, and UT (2007-2008). <br />Z Income inequality estimates for 2000 were calculated by Mark L. Burkey, North Carolina Agricultural 8~ Technical State <br />University, www.ncat.edu/-burkeym/Gini.htm. <br />a Homicide rate (2000-2006) from National Center for Health Statistics for AK, AZ, AR, CO, CT, GA, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, <br />MN, MS, MT, NE, NH, NM, NC, ND, OH, SD, UT, and WV. State data source for IL. <br />Not available for AK and HI. <br />23 <br />www.countyhealthrankings.org/north-Carolina 53 <br />