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Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska has the 5th-least adult obesity (27.80%) among the 29 Alaska counties. That 27.80% compares to an average of 30.92% and standard deviation of 3.60% across those 29 counties.
Beating the average of 30.92% means a decrease of 1,827 obese adults over time, with an estimated saving of $168,531,792 based on a lifetime societal and public-health cost of $92,235 per obese adult (see References below).
Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska has these related standings among those 29 peer counties:
Beating the average of 30.92% means a decrease of 1,827 obese adults over time, with an estimated saving of $168,531,792 based on a lifetime societal and public-health cost of $92,235 per obese adult (see References below).
Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska has these related standings among those 29 peer counties:
- adult obesity = 27.80% (5th-least)
- adult diabetes = 6.4% (7th-least, tied)
- adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables = 77.20% (8th-fewest)
- food environment index = 7.6 (7th-highest)
- local food outlets per 100,000 in population = 10.9 (8th-most, tied)
- population without nearby access to a large grocery store = 22.42% (9th-least)
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- adult obesity. Lower values are better. Percentage of adults who are obese (BMI of 30+). Source is CDC, 2013. The estimate of $92,235 per person for the lifetime societal and public-health cost of obesity is reported in this article.
Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska is in Alaska, is in the Western states, is rural high-performing, is worse than the nationwide crime averages in each of homicides, property crime, and violent crime, is worse than the nationwide household averages in each of overcrowding, internet access, and home heating, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, homeownership, and housing costs, is better than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, 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 better than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of college education, income, poverty, pollution exposure, and premature death.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($63,684)
- public-school spending per student ($19,080)
- average weekly wage ($911.00)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($510.36)
- high-school graduation rate (82.00%)
- adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (77.20%)
- homeownership rate (72.5%)
- youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (65.77%)
- labor-force participation (62.12%)
- households with internet access (61.25%)
- households with utility gas or electric for home heating (52.44%)
- 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (49.00%)
- pre-school enrollment (40.81%)
- population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (30.87%)
- adult obesity (27.80%)
- households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (26.12%)
- racial integration (24.00%)
- population without nearby access to a large grocery store (22.42%)
- population without health insurance (21.22%)
- adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (19.50%)
- heart disease among older adults (19.11%)
- adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (18.42%)
- population living close to emergency facilities (13.24%)
- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (13.09%)
- new-business growth rate (11.91%)
- older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (11.28%)
- poverty rate (9.97%)
- change in median household value (+8.30%)
- civilian labor-force unemployment (8.2%)
- adult diabetes (6.4%)
- households with no vehicle (6.34%)
- households that receive public-assistance income (6.21%)
- cancer among older adults (6.20%)
- unsafe drinking water exposure (4.63%)
- newborns with low birth weight (4.48%)
- vacant houses (4.43%)
- workers who commute 60 minutes or more (4.16%)
- overcrowded households (4.12%)
- youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (3.99%)
- tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (3.13%)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (3.08%)
- teenage birth rate (2.37%)
- relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.65%)
- affordable housing relative to low-income population (-54.55)
- food environment index (7.6)
- jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (2,280)
- local food outlets per 100,000 in population (10.9)
- nonprofits per 100,000 population (63.5)
- variety of industries among available jobs (0.73)
- walkability index (5.70)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population (30.43)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (10.22)
- chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (312.56)
- days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.26)
- deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (58.46)
- homicides per 100,000 population (5.200)
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (3,634)
- property crimes per 100,000 population (4,123)
- 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 (0.42)
- relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (0.92)
- relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.04)
- relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.00)
- risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (1.16)
- violent crimes per 100,000 population (453.73)
- CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (0.00)
- first responders per 1,000 population (0.560)
- population (58,617)
- primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (78.29)
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