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Table 1 2014 County Health Rankings : measures, data sources, and years of data

From: The County Health Rankings: rationale and methods

 

Measure

Weight

Data source

Years of data

HEALTH OUTCOMES

 

Length of life

Premature death

50%

National Center for Health Statistics

2008-2010

Quality of life

Poor or fair health

10%

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

2006-2012

Poor physical health days

10%

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

2006-2012

Poor mental health days

10%

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

2006-2012

Low birthweight

20%

National Center for Health Statistics

2005-2011

HEALTH FACTORS

 

Health Behaviors

 

Tobacco use

Adult smoking

10%

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

2006-2012

Diet and exercise

Adult obesity

5%

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)

2010

Food environment indexa

2%

USDA Food Environment Atlas, Map the Meal Gap

2010-2011

Physical inactivity

2%

NCCDPHP

2010

Access to exercise opportunitiesa

1%

OneSource Global Business Browser, Delorme map data, Esri, & US Census Tigerline Files

2010 & 2012

Alcohol and drug use

Excessive drinking

2.5%

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

2006-2012

Alcohol-impaired driving deaths

2.5%

Fatality Analysis Reporting System

2008-2012

Sexual activity

Sexually transmitted infections

2.5%

National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB prevention

2011

Teen births

2.5%

National Center for Health Statistics

2005-2011

Clinical Care

 

Access to care

Uninsured

5%

Small Area Health Insurance Estimates

2011

Primary care physicians

3%

HRSA Area Resource File

2011

Dentists

1%

HRSA Area Resource File

2012

Mental health providers

1%

CMS, National Provider Identification

2013

Quality of care

Preventable hospital stays

5%

Medicare/Dartmouth Institute

2011

Diabetic screeninga

2.5%

Medicare/Dartmouth Institute

2011

Mammography screeninga

2.5%

Medicare/Dartmouth Institute

2011

Social and Economic Factors

 

Education

High school graduationa

5%

data.gov, supplemented w/ National Center for Education Statistics

2010-2011

Some collegea

5%

American Community Survey

2008-2012

Employment

Unemployment

10%

Bureau of Labor Statistics

2012

Income

Children in poverty

10%

Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates

2012

Family and social support

Inadequate social support

2.5%

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

2005-2010

Children in single-parent households

2.5%

American Community Survey

2008-2012

Community safety

Violent crime

2.5%

Uniform Crime Reporting - FBI

2009-2011

Injury deaths

2.5%

CDC WONDER

2006-2010

Physical Environment

 

Air and water quality

Air pollution - particulate matterb

2.5%

CDC WONDER

2011

Drinking water violations

2.5%

Safe Drinking Water Information System

FY 2012 -2013

Housing and transit

Severe housing problems

2%

HUD, Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy

2006-2010

Driving alone to work

2%

American Community Survey

2008-2012

Long commute – driving alone

1%

American Community Survey

2008-2012

  1. CDC WONDER: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research; CMS: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; ESRI: FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; HRSA: Health Resources and Services Administration; HUD: Housing and Urban Development; STD: sexually transmitted disease; TB: tuberculosis; USDA: United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. aReverse coded measures.
  3. bNot available for AK and HI.