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Schley County, Georgia has the 4th-fewest preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (3,369) of the 159 Georgia counties. That 3,369 compares to an average of 4,836 and standard deviation of 971.7 across those 159 counties.
Beating the average of 4,836 means a decrease of 76.5 preventable hospital admissions.
Schley County, Georgia has these related standings among those 159 peer counties:
Note that preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population correlates (0.51) with heart disease among older adults. But on the latter, Schley County, Georgia (with 28.15%) is higher (i.e., worse) than the median (26.56%) of those 159 counties.
Beating the average of 4,836 means a decrease of 76.5 preventable hospital admissions.
Schley County, Georgia has these related standings among those 159 peer counties:
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population = 3,369 (4th-fewest)
- cancer among older adults = 7.88% (29th-most)
- heart disease among older adults = 28.15% (53rd-most)
Note that preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population correlates (0.51) with heart disease among older adults. But on the latter, Schley County, Georgia (with 28.15%) is higher (i.e., worse) than the median (26.56%) of those 159 counties.
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- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population. Lower values are better. Hospital admissions for preventable conditions (e.g., asthma, diabetes, dehydration, pneumonia) per 100,000 population. Source is Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, 2015. The population estimate is from the 2017 Census.
Schley County, Georgia is in Georgia, is on the East Coast, in the Southern states, is urban up-and-coming, is better than the nationwide crime averages in both property crime and violent crime, is worse than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, homeownership, overcrowding, internet access, and home heating, is worse than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, job variety, and job proximity, is worse than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of drinking water, air quality, toxic-chemical exposure, and flood hazard, and is worse than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of income, poverty, and premature death.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($39,375)
- public-school spending per student ($8,177)
- average weekly wage ($657.00)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($166.27)
- high-school graduation rate (92.00%)
- households with utility gas or electric for home heating (69.39%)
- youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (68.61%)
- land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (66.88%)
- homeownership rate (64.5%)
- labor-force participation (58.29%)
- households with internet access (55.55%)
- pre-school enrollment (51.43%)
- racial integration (47.00%)
- 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (42.00%)
- population living close to emergency facilities (32.77%)
- adult obesity (30.00%)
- heart disease among older adults (28.15%)
- households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (25.12%)
- adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (24.80%)
- population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (23.51%)
- poverty rate (23.39%)
- population without health insurance (22.68%)
- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (18.86%)
- adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (18.42%)
- new-business growth rate (14.29%)
- older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (13.29%)
- workers who commute 60 minutes or more (11.78%)
- adult diabetes (11.0%)
- households with no vehicle (9.15%)
- newborns with low birth weight (7.93%)
- cancer among older adults (7.88%)
- civilian labor-force unemployment (6.4%)
- tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (4.91%)
- overcrowded households (2.71%)
- households that receive public-assistance income (2.13%)
- youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (1.50%)
- relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.67%)
- population without nearby access to a large grocery store (0.56%)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (0.40%)
- unsafe drinking water exposure (0.00%)
- teenage birth rate (0%)
- vacant houses (0.00%)
- change in median household value (-5.38%)
- affordable housing relative to low-income population (-66.07)
- food environment index (7.2)
- jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (2,207)
- local food outlets per 100,000 in population (0.00)
- nonprofits per 100,000 population (29.9)
- variety of industries among available jobs (0.53)
- walkability index (4.76)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population (44.42)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (18.10)
- chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (925.36)
- days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (4.06)
- homicides per 100,000 population (6.650)
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (3,369)
- property crimes per 100,000 population (1,016)
- relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.15)
- relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.48)
- relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (0.37)
- relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.34)
- relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.04)
- risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (1.60)
- very-hot days per year (4)
- violent crimes per 100,000 population (118.73)
- CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (0.00)
- first responders per 1,000 population (1.120)
- population (5,213)
- primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (0.00)
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