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Cache County, Utah has the 3rd-least heart disease among older adults (17.52%) among the 29 Utah counties. That 17.52% compares to an average of 19.95% and standard deviation of 1.80% across those 29 counties.
Cache County, Utah has these related standings among those 29 peer counties:
Cache County, Utah has these related standings among those 29 peer counties:
- heart disease among older adults = 17.52% (3rd-least)
- cancer among older adults = 6.00% (11th-most)
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population = 2,049 (4th-fewest)
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- heart disease among older adults. Lower values are better. Percentage of older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) diagnosed with heart disease. Source is Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, 2015.
Cache County, Utah is in Utah, is in the Western states, is urban high-performing, is better than the nationwide crime averages in each of homicides, property crime, and violent crime, is worse than the nationwide household averages in each of homeownership, overcrowding, and housing costs, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, internet access, and home heating, is better than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, job variety, and new-business growth rate, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, drinking water, airborne cancer risk, air quality, toxic-chemical exposure, and flood hazard, is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, and is worse than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of college education, pollution exposure, and premature death.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($50,497)
- public-school spending per student ($7,111)
- average weekly wage ($674.00)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($216.35)
- youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (95.02%)
- households with utility gas or electric for home heating (94.69%)
- high-school graduation rate (91.12%)
- households with internet access (89.77%)
- adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (75.50%)
- labor-force participation (68.33%)
- homeownership rate (65.3%)
- 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (52.69%)
- population living close to emergency facilities (44.57%)
- population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (43.62%)
- population without nearby access to a large grocery store (35.01%)
- pre-school enrollment (33.90%)
- households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (30.27%)
- racial integration (26.00%)
- adult obesity (22.50%)
- heart disease among older adults (17.52%)
- poverty rate (15.58%)
- older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (15.41%)
- adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (14.80%)
- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (12.81%)
- land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (11.66%)
- new-business growth rate (11.13%)
- population without health insurance (9.97%)
- adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (8.04%)
- tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (7.96%)
- adult diabetes (6.6%)
- newborns with low birth weight (6.30%)
- unsafe drinking water exposure (6.05%)
- cancer among older adults (6.00%)
- teenage birth rate (4.84%)
- workers who commute 60 minutes or more (4.71%)
- households with no vehicle (3.99%)
- civilian labor-force unemployment (3.1%)
- overcrowded households (3.00%)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (2.41%)
- households that receive public-assistance income (1.47%)
- vacant houses (0.96%)
- relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.81%)
- change in median household value (+0.79%)
- youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (0.21%)
- affordable housing relative to low-income population (-72.94)
- food environment index (6.9)
- jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (14,698)
- local food outlets per 100,000 in population (6.3)
- natural amenities index (2.63)
- nonprofits per 100,000 population (23.4)
- variety of industries among available jobs (0.85)
- walkability index (7.34)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population (37.88)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (11.14)
- chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (444.54)
- days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.57)
- deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (29.71)
- homicides per 100,000 population (1.550)
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (2,049)
- property crimes per 100,000 population (1,342)
- relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.45)
- relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.43)
- relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (10.72)
- relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.08)
- 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 (1.40)
- very-hot days per year (10)
- violent crimes per 100,000 population (54.40)
- CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (1.51)
- first responders per 1,000 population (0.290)
- population (124,438)
- primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (49.01)
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