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Juneau City and Borough, Alaska has the 5th-least heart disease among older adults (14.10%) among the 675 counties that are rural high-performing. That 14.10% compares to an average of 25.15% and standard deviation of 5.40% across those 675 counties.
Juneau City and Borough, Alaska has these related standings among those 675 peer counties:
Juneau City and Borough, Alaska has these related standings among those 675 peer counties:
- heart disease among older adults = 14.10% (5th-least)
- cancer among older adults = 5.85% (110th-least)
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population = 2,775 (60th-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.
Juneau City and Borough, Alaska is in Alaska, is in the Western states, is rural high-performing, is worse than the nationwide crime averages in both property crime and violent crime, is worse than the nationwide household averages in each of homeownership, overcrowding, housing costs, and home heating, is better than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, civilian unemployment, 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, and toxic-chemical exposure, 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, pollution exposure, and premature death.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($85,746)
- public-school spending per student ($19,654)
- average weekly wage ($996.00)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($688.09)
- households with internet access (99.48%)
- youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (91.65%)
- high-school graduation rate (77.00%)
- adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (74.60%)
- labor-force participation (72.14%)
- homeownership rate (63.7%)
- 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (46.00%)
- population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (45.78%)
- pre-school enrollment (44.64%)
- adult obesity (28.20%)
- households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (28.04%)
- population without nearby access to a large grocery store (20.70%)
- racial integration (18.00%)
- households with utility gas or electric for home heating (17.71%)
- adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (15.95%)
- population without health insurance (14.53%)
- adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (14.30%)
- heart disease among older adults (14.10%)
- population living close to emergency facilities (13.09%)
- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (11.41%)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (11.06%)
- older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (10.98%)
- new-business growth rate (9.41%)
- households with no vehicle (7.97%)
- poverty rate (6.61%)
- change in median household value (+6.38%)
- adult diabetes (5.9%)
- cancer among older adults (5.85%)
- households that receive public-assistance income (5.68%)
- overcrowded households (5.09%)
- newborns with low birth weight (4.73%)
- civilian labor-force unemployment (4.4%)
- tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (2.79%)
- teenage birth rate (1.59%)
- workers who commute 60 minutes or more (1.59%)
- youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (0.80%)
- relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.75%)
- vacant houses (0.71%)
- unsafe drinking water exposure (0.00%)
- affordable housing relative to low-income population (-28.23)
- food environment index (8.0)
- jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (4,760)
- local food outlets per 100,000 in population (6.3)
- nonprofits per 100,000 population (87.6)
- variety of industries among available jobs (0.51)
- walkability index (5.59)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population (29.71)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (6.57)
- chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (659.61)
- days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.18)
- deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (45.01)
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (2,775)
- property crimes per 100,000 population (4,022)
- relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.08)
- relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.39)
- relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (1.55)
- relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.13)
- 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 (0.99)
- violent crimes per 100,000 population (425.5)
- CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (1.82)
- first responders per 1,000 population (0.950)
- population (32,094)
- primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (111.09)
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