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Benchmarking Muscatine County, Iowa against all counties

 

Muscatine County, Iowa has the fewest car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (8.40) of all the 99 Iowa counties. That 8.40 compares to an average of 14.40 and standard deviation of 3.70 across those 99 counties.

Beating the average of 14.40 means a decrease of 2.60 car crash fatalities.

Muscatine County, Iowa has these related standings among those 99 peer counties:

  • car crash fatalities per 100,000 population = 8.40 (the fewest)

  • homicides per 100,000 population = 2.400 (21st-most)

  • property crimes per 100,000 population = 2,310 (18th-most)

  • violent crimes per 100,000 population = 430.48 (6th-most)

  • first responders per 1,000 population = 0.120 (3rd-fewest)

  • population living close to emergency facilities = 44.69% (29th-least)

  • per-capita spending on police and fire protection = $287.12 (12th-highest)

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Peers

beat Warren County, Iowa (8.60), Scott County, Iowa (8.71), Cedar County, Iowa (8.81), and Polk County, Iowa (8.84), and 94 others, ending with Fremont County, Iowa (22.48).

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References

  1. car crash fatalities per 100,000 population. Lower values are better. Source is Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, and NCHS 2011-2015. The population estimate is from the 2017 Census.