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Benchmarking Wake County, North Carolina against all counties

 

Wake County, North Carolina has the fewest adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (13.02%) among all the 100 North Carolina counties. That 13.02% compares to an average of 18.87% and standard deviation of 3.40% across those 100 counties.

Wake County, North Carolina has these related standings among those 100 peer counties:

  • adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days = 13.02% (the fewest)

  • teenage birth rate = 1.89% (20th-lowest)

  • newborns with low birth weight = 8.00% (23rd-fewest)

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Peers

beat Dare County, North Carolina (13.81%), Camden County, North Carolina (13.87%), Davie County, North Carolina (14.09%), and Union County, North Carolina (14.11%), and 95 others, ending with Robeson County, North Carolina (30.47%).

Taking Action

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References

  1. 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.