Health Indicators (Key)

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Note: Healthy People 2030 (HP2030) is a widely accepted set of health promotion and disease prevention goals for all Americans.
 
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Social Determinants of Health Total Area vs. GA vs. US vs. HP2030 Trend
Linguistically Isolated Population (Percent) 0.8
favorable
2.7
favorable
4.0
Population in Poverty (Percent) 17.6
unfavorable
13.9
unfavorable
12.6
unfavorable
8.0
Children in Poverty (Percent) 24.0
unfavorable
19.6
unfavorable
17.1
unfavorable
8.0
No High School Diploma (Age 25+, Percent) 11.3
similar
11.8
similar
11.1
Unemployment Rate (Age 16+, Percent) 3.1
similar
2.8
similar
3.3
favorable
10.4
% Unable to Pay Cash for a $400 Emergency Expense 31.6
similar
34.0
similar
29.0
% Worry/Stress Over Rent/Mortgage in Past Year 31.1
favorable
45.8
similar
27.4
% Unhealthy/Unsafe Housing Conditions 16.3
similar
16.4
similar
14.4
% Went Without Utilities in Past Year 13.4
Population With Low Food Access (Percent) 30.0
similar
30.9
unfavorable
22.2
% Food Insecure 35.4
favorable
43.3
similar
32.1
 
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Overall Health Total Area vs. GA vs. US vs. HP2030 Trend
% "Fair/Poor" Overall Health 19.8
similar
18.1
unfavorable
15.7
similar
19.4
 
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Access to Health Care Total Area vs. GA vs. US vs. HP2030 Trend
% [Age 18-64] Lack Health Insurance 13.0
favorable
17.1
unfavorable
8.1
unfavorable
7.6
favorable
18.6
% Difficulty Accessing Health Care in Past Year (Composite) 46.3
favorable
52.5
unfavorable
40.6
% Cost Prevented Physician Visit in Past Year 22.1
unfavorable
15.5
similar
21.6
similar
21.3
% Cost Prevented Getting Prescription in Past Year 22.1
similar
20.2
similar
21.5
% Difficulty Getting Appointment in Past Year 22.5
favorable
33.4
unfavorable
14.1
% Inconvenient Hrs Prevented Dr Visit in Past Year 17.8
favorable
22.9
unfavorable
10.2
% Difficulty Finding Physician in Past Year 17.7
favorable
22.0
unfavorable
12.3
% Transportation Hindered Dr Visit in Past Year 12.3
favorable
18.3
unfavorable
9.7
% Language/Culture Prevented Care in Past Year 3.0
favorable
5.0
similar
3.1
% Stretched Prescription to Save Cost in Past Year 19.9
similar
19.4
similar
19.6
% Difficulty Getting Child's Health Care in Past Year 8.4
similar
11.1
similar
5.4
Primary Care Doctors per 100,000 109.8
favorable
87.8
similar
107.8
% Have a Specific Source of Ongoing Care 68.5
similar
69.9
unfavorable
84.0
similar
68.3
% Routine Checkup in Past Year 74.9
similar
76.3
favorable
65.3
favorable
70.2
% [Child 0-17] Routine Checkup in Past Year 83.7
favorable
77.5
similar
83.1
% Two or More ER Visits in Past Year 14.6
similar
15.6
similar
13.3
% Rate Local Health Care "Fair/Poor" 14.5
unfavorable
11.5
similar
16.6
 
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Cancer Total Area vs. GA vs. US vs. HP2030 Trend
Cancer Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 157.9
similar
150.5
similar
146.5
unfavorable
122.7
favorable
183.4
Lung Cancer Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 42.9
unfavorable
35.7
unfavorable
33.4
unfavorable
25.1
Female Breast Cancer Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 18.9
similar
20.2
similar
19.4
unfavorable
15.3
Prostate Cancer Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 22.0
similar
20.6
unfavorable
18.5
unfavorable
16.9
Colorectal Cancer Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 15.7
similar
14.0
unfavorable
13.1
unfavorable
8.9
Cancer Incidence per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 477.9
similar
468.6
similar
449.4
Lung Cancer Incidence per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 65.2
similar
59.8
similar
56.3
Female Breast Cancer Incidence per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 129.0
similar
129.1
similar
128.1
Prostate Cancer Incidence per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 145.1
similar
132.6
unfavorable
109.9
Colorectal Cancer Incidence per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 41.5
similar
40.4
similar
37.7
% Cancer 9.8
similar
11.2
unfavorable
7.4
similar
9.7
% [Women 50-74] Breast Cancer Screening 83.9
favorable
78.1
favorable
64.0
similar
80.5
similar
81.5
% [Women 21-65] Cervical Cancer Screening 75.9
similar
76.5
similar
75.4
unfavorable
84.3
unfavorable
81.5
% [Age 50-75] Colorectal Cancer Screening 82.3
favorable
69.8
favorable
71.5
favorable
74.4
similar
79.7
 
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Diabetes Total Area vs. GA vs. US vs. HP2030 Trend
Diabetes Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 21.9
similar
22.2
similar
22.6
similar
21.2
% Diabetes/High Blood Sugar 16.8
unfavorable
12.3
unfavorable
12.8
similar
15.6
% Borderline/Pre-Diabetes 13.2
similar
15.0
unfavorable
1.7
Kidney Disease Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 27.0
unfavorable
18.4
unfavorable
12.8
unfavorable
22.4
 
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Disabling Conditions Total Area vs. GA vs. US vs. HP2030 Trend
% 3+ Chronic Conditions 42.5
unfavorable
38.0
similar
39.6
% Activity Limitations 28.6
similar
27.5
unfavorable
20.9
% High-Impact Chronic Pain 22.8
similar
19.6
unfavorable
6.4
similar
20.2
Alzheimer's Disease Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 41.0
similar
44.8
unfavorable
30.9
unfavorable
29.6
% Caregiver to a Friend/Family Member 28.0
unfavorable
22.8
similar
27.2
 
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Heart Disease & Stroke Total Area vs. GA vs. US vs. HP2030 Trend
Heart Disease Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 235.8
unfavorable
178.3
unfavorable
164.4
unfavorable
127.4
similar
215.4
% Heart Disease 10.9
unfavorable
7.0
similar
10.3
unfavorable
7.3
Stroke Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 41.4
similar
42.8
similar
37.6
unfavorable
33.4
similar
47.1
% Stroke 3.8
similar
3.7
similar
5.4
similar
4.7
% High Blood Pressure 46.6
unfavorable
36.6
unfavorable
40.4
unfavorable
42.6
similar
43.2
% High Cholesterol 37.6
unfavorable
32.4
similar
35.8
% 1+ Cardiovascular Risk Factor 96.0
unfavorable
87.8
unfavorable
91.1
 
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Infant Health & Family Planning Total Area vs. GA vs. US vs. HP2030 Trend
No Prenatal Care in First 6 Months (Percent of Births) 5.3
favorable
8.5
favorable
6.1
unfavorable
4.5
Teen Births per 1,000 Females 15-19 25.6
similar
22.5
unfavorable
19.3
Low Birthweight (Percent of Births) 11.2
similar
9.8
unfavorable
8.2
Infant Deaths per 1,000 Births 8.8
unfavorable
6.7
unfavorable
5.5
unfavorable
5.0
similar
9.3
 
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Injury & Violence Total Area vs. GA vs. US vs. HP2030 Trend
Unintentional Injury Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 46.4
similar
44.9
similar
51.6
similar
43.2
similar
43.7
Motor Vehicle Crash Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 18.2
unfavorable
14.4
unfavorable
11.4
unfavorable
10.1
[65+] Fall-Related Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 56.2
similar
51.4
favorable
67.1
similar
63.4
Homicide Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 12.3
unfavorable
8.8
unfavorable
6.1
unfavorable
5.5
unfavorable
7.1
Violent Crimes per 100,000 447.1
unfavorable
373.1
similar
416.0
% Victim of Violent Crime in Past 5 Years 6.5
similar
7.0
unfavorable
2.3
% Victim of Intimate Partner Violence 19.4
similar
20.3
unfavorable
14.5
 
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Mental Health Total Area vs. GA vs. US vs. HP2030 Trend
% "Fair/Poor" Mental Health 24.8
similar
24.4
unfavorable
12.0
% Diagnosed Depression 26.0
unfavorable
17.7
favorable
30.8
unfavorable
20.1
% Symptoms of Chronic Depression 42.5
favorable
46.7
unfavorable
26.3
% Typical Day Is "Extremely/Very" Stressful 18.0
similar
21.1
unfavorable
10.3
Suicide Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 15.4
similar
14.3
similar
13.9
unfavorable
12.8
unfavorable
10.3
Mental Health Providers per 100,000 63.7
unfavorable
75.0
unfavorable
149.9
% Receiving Mental Health Treatment 21.3
similar
21.9
similar
19.6
% Unable to Get Mental Health Services in Past Year 10.4
favorable
13.2
unfavorable
6.0
 
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Nutrition, Physical Activity & Weight Total Area vs. GA vs. US vs. HP2030 Trend
% "Very/Somewhat" Difficult to Buy Fresh Produce 28.7
similar
30.0
unfavorable
21.8
% No Leisure-Time Physical Activity 31.2
unfavorable
23.7
similar
30.2
unfavorable
21.8
favorable
35.8
% Meet Physical Activity Guidelines 23.9
similar
24.1
unfavorable
30.3
unfavorable
29.7
similar
20.8
% [Child 2-17] Physically Active 1+ Hours per Day 44.3
favorable
27.4
unfavorable
57.7
Recreation/Fitness Facilities per 100,000 7.3
unfavorable
10.8
unfavorable
11.9
% Overweight (BMI 25+) 72.5
unfavorable
68.0
unfavorable
63.3
similar
70.2
% Obese (BMI 30+) 42.5
unfavorable
33.9
unfavorable
33.9
unfavorable
36.0
unfavorable
36.2
% [Child 5-17] Overweight (85th Percentile) 40.4
unfavorable
31.8
unfavorable
26.4
% [Child 5-17] Obese (95th Percentile) 25.5
similar
19.5
unfavorable
15.5
similar
18.4
 
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Oral Health Total Area vs. GA vs. US vs. HP2030 Trend
% Have Dental Insurance 72.3
similar
72.7
unfavorable
75.0
favorable
61.2
% Dental Visit in Past Year 56.0
unfavorable
60.7
similar
56.5
favorable
45.0
unfavorable
61.7
% [Child 2-17] Dental Visit in Past Year 79.9
similar
77.8
favorable
45.0
similar
80.8
 
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Respiratory Disease Total Area vs. GA vs. US vs. HP2030 Trend
Lung Disease Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 50.8
unfavorable
43.1
unfavorable
38.1
similar
45.6
Pneumonia/Influenza Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 16.1
unfavorable
13.4
unfavorable
13.4
similar
18.1
COVID-19 Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 87.6
similar
81.7
similar
85.0
% Asthma 13.3
unfavorable
9.4
favorable
17.9
unfavorable
8.2
% [Child 0-17] Asthma 12.7
similar
16.7
similar
12.0
% COPD (Lung Disease) 11.3
unfavorable
6.6
similar
11.0
similar
11.2
 
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Sexual Health Total Area vs. GA vs. US vs. HP2030 Trend
HIV Prevalence per 100,000 529.9
favorable
643.5
unfavorable
379.7
Chlamydia Incidence per 100,000 738.4
unfavorable
589.4
unfavorable
481.3
Gonorrhea Incidence per 100,000 335.9
unfavorable
221.0
unfavorable
206.5
 
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Substance Use Total Area vs. GA vs. US vs. HP2030 Trend
Alcohol-Induced Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 7.3
favorable
10.7
favorable
11.9
unfavorable
5.0
Cirrhosis/Liver Disease Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 10.2
favorable
16.4
favorable
12.5
similar
10.9
% Excessive Drinking 18.0
similar
16.0
favorable
34.3
similar
18.9
Unintentional Drug-Induced Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 8.9
favorable
13.3
favorable
21.0
similar
8.6
% Used an Illicit Drug in Past Month 6.9
similar
8.4
unfavorable
2.5
% Used a Prescription Opioid in Past Year 16.1
similar
15.1
favorable
19.7
% Ever Sought Help for Alcohol or Drug Problem 6.8
similar
6.8
similar
5.2
% Personally Impacted by Substance Use 36.3
favorable
45.4
similar
34.9
 
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Tobacco Use Total Area vs. GA vs. US vs. HP2030 Trend
% Smoke Cigarettes 21.3
unfavorable
15.0
similar
23.9
unfavorable
6.1
similar
23.2
% Someone Smokes at Home 19.2
similar
17.7
similar
19.1
% Use Vaping Products 14.9
unfavorable
7.8
favorable
18.5
unfavorable
6.4
 
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