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How healthy is your county?  What do the Rankings mean?  How can you use the Rankings to improve health in your community?  Join County Health Rankings researchers and RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey for a video spotlight answering these questions and telling the story of how one county used the Rankings to inspire action and improve health.

Snapshot 2010: Lancaster

	Lancaster County	Error Margin	Target Value*	Pennsylvania	Rank (of 67)
Health Outcomes					8
Mortality					15
Premature death	6,360	6,102-6,618	5,962	7,465
Morbidity					4
Poor or fair health	11%	10-13%	11%	14%
Poor physical health days	2.9	2.5-3.3	2.7	3.5
Poor mental health days	3.3	2.8-3.9	2.7	3.6
Low birthweight	6.2%	5.9-6.4%	6.6%	8.1%
Health Factors					9
Health Behaviors					13
Adult smoking	20%	17-23%	18%	23%
Adult obesity	27%	24-31%	25%	28%
Binge drinking	15%	12-17%	12%	17%
Motor vehicle crash death rate	13	12-15	12	13
Chlamydia rate	289		80	341
Teen birth rate	31	30-32	17	31
Clinical Care					4
Uninsured adults	14%	12-15%	10%	12%
Primary care provider rate	114		148	119
Preventable hospital stays	54	53-56	60	81
Diabetic screening	87%	86-88%	88%	82%
Hospice use	48%	46-51%	36%	30%
Social & Economic Factors					8
High school graduation	82%		94%	83%
College degrees	23%	22-24%	32%	26%
Unemployment	4%	4-4%	5%	5%
Children in poverty	13%	11-15%	11%	16%
Income inequality	41		39	46
Inadequate social support	17%	14-20%	16%	21%
Single-parent households	7%	7-8%	6%	9%
Violent crime rate	189		110	427
Physical Environment					53
Air pollution-particulate matter days	13		0	5
Air pollution-ozone days	18		2	9
Access to healthy foods	43%		55%	36%
Liquor store density	0.9			1.4

* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data

Snapshot 2010: Polk

	Polk County	Error Margin	Target Value*	Florida	Rank (of 67)
Health Outcomes					34
Mortality					37
Premature death	9,204	8,911-9,496	6,978	7,933
Morbidity					27
Poor or fair health	19%	16-22%	13%	16%
Poor physical health days	3.5	2.9-4.2	3.0	3.5
Poor mental health days	3.6	3.0-4.2	2.8	3.5
Low birthweight	8.2%	7.9-8.4%	7.3%	8.4%
Health Factors					46
Health Behaviors					45
Adult smoking	22%	19-26%	18%	21%
Adult obesity	30%	27-34%	21%	24%
Binge drinking	10%	8-13%	8%	14%
Motor vehicle crash death rate	28	26-29	16	19
Chlamydia rate	344		149	318
Teen birth rate	72	71-74	35	46
Clinical Care					42
Uninsured adults	24%	22-26%	18%	24%
Primary care provider rate	66		119	100
Preventable hospital stays	82	80-83	52	69
Diabetic screening	82%	81-83%	83%	80%
Hospice use	36%	34-38%	50%	44%
Social & Economic Factors					45
High school graduation	63%		75%	64%
College degrees	17%	17-18%	30%	25%
Unemployment	7%	7-7%	4%	6%
Children in poverty	19%	17-21%	14%	17%
Income inequality	42		41	47
Inadequate social support	24%	21-28%	16%	21%
Single-parent households	10%	9-11%	7%	9%
Violent crime rate	519		293	714
Physical Environment					43
Air pollution-particulate matter days	4		3	4
Air pollution-ozone days	4		0	2
Access to healthy foods	42%		60%	50%
Liquor store density	0.5			0.7

* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data