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)