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<br />70 <br /> <br />Medicaid who received any dental service during the previous 12 <br />months <br />11) <br />Decrease the average number of decayed, missing, or filled teeth <br />among kindergartners 0.9 (2009-11) 1.5 <br />(2009-10) 1.1 <br />Decrease the percentage of adults who have had permanent teeth <br />removed due to tooth decay or gum disease <br />30.2% (2009- <br />11) 49.1% (2014) 38.4% <br />Environmental Health <br />Increase the percentage of air monitor sites meeting the current <br />ozone standard of 0.075 ppm 0* 95.6% (2011- <br />13) 100% <br />Increase the percentage of the population being served by <br />community water systems (CWS) with no maximum contaminant <br />level violations (among persons on CWS <br />County data <br />not available 97.9% (2013) 95.0% <br />Reduce the mortality rate from work-related injuries (per 100,000 <br />equivalent full-time workers) <br />County data <br />not available 2.5 (2013) 3.5 <br />Infectious Disease and Foodborne Illness <br />Increase the percentage of children aged 19–35 months who <br />receive the recommended vaccines <br />County data <br />not available 76.6% (2013) 91.3% <br />Reduce the pneumonia and influenza mortality rate (per 100,000 <br />population) 13.7 17.1 (2014) 13.5 <br />Decrease the average number of critical violations per <br />restaurant/food stand 1.9% (2014-15) 6.5 (2011) 5.5 <br />Social Determinants of Health <br />Decrease the percentage of individuals living in poverty 14.1% 18.6% (2013) 12.5% <br />Increase the four-year high school graduation rate 88% 85.4% (2014- <br />15) 94.6% <br />Decrease the percentage of people spending more than 30 percent <br />of their income on rental housing 53% 46.3% (2014) 36.1% <br />Chronic Disease <br />Reduce the cardiovascular disease mortality rate (per 100,000 <br />population) 182.6 216.5 (2014) 161.5 <br />Decrease the percentage of adults with diabetes 7.3% 10.8% (2014) 8.6% <br />Reduce the colorectal cancer mortality rate (per 100,000 <br />population) 10.9 14.2 (2014) 10.1 <br />Cross-cutting <br />Increase average life expectancy (years) 82 78.3 (2014) 79.5 <br />Increase the percentage of adults reporting good, very good, or <br />excellent health 93% (2015)* 81.0% (2014) 90.1% <br />Reduce the percentage of non-elderly uninsured individuals (aged <br />less than 65 years) 15.3% 15.2% (2014) 8.0% <br />Increase the percentage of adults who are neither overweight nor <br />obese 52.8% (2011) 34.4% (2014) 38.1% <br />*2015 Community Health Assessment Survey results: 68% of respondents reported eating 5 or more cups of fruits and vegetables a <br />week; 93% of respondents reported their general health as Excellent, Very Good, or Good <br />*Under Environmental Health: There are no air monitor sites in Orange County