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St. Clair County, Alabama has the 6th-fewest adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (17.31%) among the 67 Alabama counties. That 17.31% compares to an average of 22.43% and standard deviation of 4.20% across those 67 counties.
St. Clair County, Alabama has these related standings among those 67 peer counties:
St. Clair County, Alabama has these related standings among those 67 peer counties:
- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days = 17.31% (6th-fewest)
- teenage birth rate = 7.08% (25th-highest)
- newborns with low birth weight = 8.49% (9th-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.
St. Clair County, Alabama is in Alabama, is in the Southern states, is urban high-performing, is better than the nationwide crime averages in both property crime and violent crime, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, homeownership, overcrowding, housing costs, and home heating, is better than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, job variety, and new-business growth rate, is worse than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of airborne cancer risk, air quality, toxic-chemical exposure, and flood hazard, is worse than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, 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 ($51,859)
- public-school spending per student ($8,940)
- average weekly wage ($694.00)
- per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($296.66)
- high-school graduation rate (89.95%)
- youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (88.17%)
- households with utility gas or electric for home heating (88.12%)
- adults who don't eat enough daily fruits & vegetables (80.70%)
- homeownership rate (80.2%)
- land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (65.58%)
- labor-force participation (59.17%)
- pre-school enrollment (46.22%)
- households with internet access (44.09%)
- racial integration (39.00%)
- 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (34.56%)
- adult obesity (33.00%)
- heart disease among older adults (30.64%)
- adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (26.10%)
- population living close to emergency facilities (24.35%)
- households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (24.21%)
- population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (24.07%)
- older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (19.72%)
- adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (17.98%)
- adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (17.31%)
- poverty rate (16.00%)
- adult diabetes (11.6%)
- population without nearby access to a large grocery store (11.02%)
- population without health insurance (10.56%)
- new-business growth rate (8.78%)
- newborns with low birth weight (8.49%)
- workers who commute 60 minutes or more (8.36%)
- teenage birth rate (7.08%)
- cancer among older adults (6.92%)
- households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (6.57%)
- change in median household value (+5.58%)
- youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (5.34%)
- civilian labor-force unemployment (5.3%)
- tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (3.62%)
- households with no vehicle (3.14%)
- overcrowded households (1.33%)
- households that receive public-assistance income (1.22%)
- relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.54%)
- vacant houses (0.50%)
- unsafe drinking water exposure (0.00%)
- affordable housing relative to low-income population (-75.20)
- food environment index (8.1)
- jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (14,458)
- local food outlets per 100,000 in population (3.6)
- natural amenities index (1.39)
- nonprofits per 100,000 population (19.5)
- variety of industries among available jobs (0.86)
- walkability index (5.81)
- airborne cancer risk per million in population (52.54)
- car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (17.13)
- chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (303,325)
- days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (4.34)
- deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (48.17)
- homicides per 100,000 population (10.780)
- preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (5,045)
- property crimes per 100,000 population (2,021)
- relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.06)
- 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 (1.14)
- relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.07)
- 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 (2.34)
- very-hot days per year (4)
- violent crimes per 100,000 population (183.49)
- CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (0.48)
- first responders per 1,000 population (1.030)
- population (88,199)
- primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (20.76)
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