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:

• 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)

Only Mills County, Texas is in that area