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Clay County, Texas has the 11th-fewest adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (13.28%) among the 254 Texas counties. That 13.28% compares to an average of 19.80% and standard deviation of 5.30% across those 254 counties.
Clay County, Texas has these related standings among those 254 peer counties:
Note that adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days correlates (0.59) with adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month. But on the latter, Clay County, Texas (with 24.40%) is higher (i.e., worse) than the median (23.80%) of those 254 counties.
Clay County, Texas has these related standings among those 254 peer counties:
- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days = 13.28% (11th-fewest)
- teenage birth rate = 0% (the lowest, tied)
- newborns with low birth weight = 7.62% (75th-fewest)
Note that adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days correlates (0.59) with adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month. But on the latter, Clay County, Texas (with 24.40%) is higher (i.e., worse) than the median (23.80%) of those 254 counties.
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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.
Clay 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, and job proximity, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, 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, and cancer.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($48,297)
- public-school spending per student ($11,400)
- average weekly wage ($643.00)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($307.76)
- homeownership rate (83.5%)
- households with utility gas or electric for home heating (80.21%)
- 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (70.91%)
- youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (61.41%)
- labor-force participation (57.96%)
- unsafe drinking water exposure (55.40%)
- population without nearby access to a large grocery store (54.99%)
- population living close to emergency facilities (44.99%)
- racial integration (40.00%)
- pre-school enrollment (37.24%)
- heart disease among older adults (30.99%)
- adult obesity (28.90%)
- adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (24.40%)
- population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (21.85%)
- households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (19.08%)
- population without health insurance (16.43%)
- older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (16.00%)
- adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (14.82%)
- land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (13.96%)
- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (13.28%)
- poverty rate (12.06%)
- new-business growth rate (9.74%)
- adult diabetes (8.6%)
- newborns with low birth weight (7.62%)
- cancer among older adults (7.10%)
- households with internet access (7.04%)
- change in median household value (+6.77%)
- workers who commute 60 minutes or more (5.83%)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (4.68%)
- civilian labor-force unemployment (4.5%)
- youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (4.31%)
- vacant houses (4.19%)
- households with no vehicle (3.21%)
- households that receive public-assistance income (1.95%)
- overcrowded households (1.01%)
- relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.83%)
- tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (0.00%)
- teenage birth rate (0%)
- affordable housing relative to low-income population (-69.85)
- food environment index (6.4)
- jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (4,546)
- local food outlets per 100,000 in population (9.6)
- nonprofits per 100,000 population (36.3)
- variety of industries among available jobs (0.40)
- walkability index (4.70)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population (39.30)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (18.48)
- days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.34)
- deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (46.06)
- homicides per 100,000 population (4.190)
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (4,895)
- property crimes per 100,000 population (1,082)
- relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.45)
- relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (1.01)
- 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 (1.58)
- very-hot days per year (7)
- violent crimes per 100,000 population (55.19)
- CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (2.33)
- first responders per 1,000 population (1.090)
- population (10,421)
- primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (28.93)
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