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Benchmarking Mills County, Texas against all counties

 

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)

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Peers

closest are Foard County, Texas (4.97%, 17.63%), Jeff Davis County, Texas (3.65%, 18.76%), Brewster County, Texas (4.55%, 21.00%), and Upton County, Texas (4.73%, 21.45%), ending with Zavala County, Texas (4.98%, 38.65%).

4 otherwise matching counties were ruled out due to missing, unknown, or not-applicable values for cancer among older adults.

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.
  2. cancer among older adults. Lower values are better. Percentage of older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) diagnosed with cancer. Source is Centers for Medicare & Medicaid, 2015.