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In Texas with its 254 counties, only Mills County, Texas has both so little cancer among older adults (5.01%) and so few adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (15.89%).
So, any other county with as little cancer among older adults also has more adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days. Likewise, any other county with as few adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days also has more cancer among older adults.
Mills County, Texas has these related standings among those 254 peer counties:
So, any other county with as little cancer among older adults also has more adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days. Likewise, any other county with as few adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days also has more cancer among older adults.
Mills County, Texas has these related standings among those 254 peer counties:
- cancer among older adults = 5.01% (17th-least)
- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days = 15.89% (55th-fewest)
- teenage birth rate = 0% (the lowest, tied)
- newborns with low birth weight = 8.06% (107th-fewest, tied)
- heart disease among older adults = 25.79% (25th-least)
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population = 7,983 (2nd-most)
- older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression = 15.77% (107th-fewest)
- days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health = 3.49 (118th-fewest, tied)
- adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco = 14.17% (43rd-fewest)
- adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month = 22.00% (44th-fewest, tied)
- population without health insurance = 15.34% (31st-least)
- primary-care doctors per 100,000 population = 20.53 (60th-fewest)
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- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days. Lower values are better. Percentage of adults self-reporting fair or poor general health within the last 30 days. Source is the CDC, 2015.
- cancer among older adults. Lower values are better. Percentage of older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) diagnosed with cancer. Source is Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, 2015.
Mills County, Texas is in Texas, is in the Southern states, is rural high-performing, is better than the nationwide crime averages in each of homicides, property crime, and violent crime, is worse than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, job variety, job proximity, and new-business growth rate, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of homeownership, overcrowding, housing costs, and home heating, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of airborne cancer risk, air quality, and flood hazard, and is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($43,920)
- public-school spending per student ($27,127)
- average weekly wage ($619.00)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($110.62)
- homeownership rate (81.6%)
- 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (81.11%)
- households with utility gas or electric for home heating (75.65%)
- youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (73.41%)
- labor-force participation (51.87%)
- households with internet access (51.54%)
- pre-school enrollment (49.00%)
- unsafe drinking water exposure (43.46%)
- racial integration (38.00%)
- change in median household value (+37.57%)
- population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (30.80%)
- population living close to emergency facilities (28.87%)
- adult obesity (25.80%)
- heart disease among older adults (25.79%)
- land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (25.78%)
- population without nearby access to a large grocery store (24.70%)
- households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (22.13%)
- adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (22.00%)
- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (15.89%)
- older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (15.77%)
- population without health insurance (15.34%)
- poverty rate (14.63%)
- adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (14.17%)
- adult diabetes (8.5%)
- newborns with low birth weight (8.06%)
- new-business growth rate (8.00%)
- cancer among older adults (5.01%)
- workers who commute 60 minutes or more (4.65%)
- households with no vehicle (4.38%)
- civilian labor-force unemployment (4.2%)
- overcrowded households (2.33%)
- households that receive public-assistance income (1.24%)
- relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.92%)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (0.36%)
- vacant houses (0.14%)
- youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (0.00%)
- tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (0.00%)
- teenage birth rate (0%)
- affordable housing relative to low-income population (-42.61)
- food environment index (6.7)
- jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (1,369)
- local food outlets per 100,000 in population (42.6)
- nonprofits per 100,000 population (66.9)
- variety of industries among available jobs (0.55)
- walkability index (5.67)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population (33.14)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (23.15)
- days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.49)
- homicides per 100,000 population (3.740)
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (7,983)
- property crimes per 100,000 population (1,081)
- relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.47)
- relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (2.36)
- 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 (0.86)
- very-hot days per year (8)
- violent crimes per 100,000 population (114.12)
- CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (0.00)
- first responders per 1,000 population (0.570)
- population (4,921)
- primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (20.53)
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