DeSoto County
Population:
Median household income:
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Health care costs (Medicare)
2012
35,297
$33,966
13%
$11,827
Health Outcomes
Trendline
2010 2011 2012 2013
2010 2011 2012 2013
Highlighted cells indicate areas in need of particular or continued attention.
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2013 (2010 Census update)
34,894
$32,753
14%
$12,334
DeSoto County
Florida
County
Nat'l
Benchmark*
Mortality (50%)
Premature death
9,859
9,312
9,266
7,540
7,933
7,896
7,781
7,310
5,317
21%
3.1
3.8
7.8%
18%
3.5
3.5
7.7%
17%
3.6
3.6
7.3%
17%
3.6
3.4
7.3%
16%
3.5
3.5
8.4%
16%
2.6
3.5
8.5%
15%
3.5
3.6
6.0%
16%
3.6
3.7
8.7%
10%
2.6
2.3
6.0%
Morbidity (50%)
Poor or fair health (10%)
Poor physical health days (10%)
Poor mental health days (10%)
Low birthweight (20%)
Heath Factors
Health Behaviors (30%)
Adult smoking (10%)
Adult obesity (7.5%)
Physical inactivity (2.5%)
Excessive drinking (2.5%)
Motor vehicle death rate (2.5%)
Sexually transmitted infections
(2.5%)
Teen birth rate (2.5%)
19%
30%
18%
30%
21%
17%
31%
17%
32
21%
24%
20%
25%
15%
43
20%
34%
31%
15%
41
10%
45
16%
19
19%
26%
24%
16%
19
19%
26%
24%
16%
16
13%
25%
21%
7%
10
14%
19
275
421
315
356
318
389
398
398
92
98
91
87
75
46
45
44
40
21
37%
57
114
84%
42%
36%
34%
2695:1 2695:1 2913:1
3523:1
99
117
117
83%
88%
88%
73%
62%
68%
24%
100
27%
983:1
69
80%
65
82%
64%
25%
25%
983:1 1438:1
2094:1
64
65
84%
84%
71%
70%
2012
2013
29
28
13
48
41
41
22
25
13
10
8
60
60
64
60
65
63
63
65
51%
62
9
64
63
7.0%
32%
26%
11%
677
Physical Environment (10%)
Air pollution-ozone days
0
11
23
35
43
Air pollution-particulate matter days
3
Daily Fine Particulate Matter (2%)
Drinking Water Safety (2%)
Access to recreational facilities (2%)*
Limited healthy food (2%)
40%
Fast food restaurants (2%)
50%
61%
63%
64%
65%
79%
71% 82% (Natl Avg)
25%
27%
27%
58%
58% 59.1%
70%
10.1% 11.1% 9.9%
6.0% 10.5% 11.5% 10.5%
5.0%
32%
40%
42%
17%
18%
24%
25%
14%
23%
23%
23%
21%
21%
21%
22%
14%
46%
47%
48%
9%
35%
36%
37%
20%
723
795
805
714
706
674
614
66
(Variation due to changes to the source of the measures since 2010)
0
0
2
5
5
0
3
50%
0
3
1%
57%
4
7.1
1%
3.00
6%
59%
50%
0
9
82%
36
46
0
9
9%
45%
8
3%
9
7%
44%
46
11%
1067:1
1516:1
47
90%
73%
Social & Economic Factors (30%)
High school graduation (5%)
Some college (5%)
Unemployment (10%)
Children in poverty (10%)
Inadequate social support (2.5%)
Single-parent households (2.5%)
Violent crime rate (5%)
2011
38
40
Clinical Care (20%)
Uninsured (5%)
Primary care physicians ratio (3%)
Dentists (2%)
Preventable hospital stays (5%)
Diabetic screening (2.5%)
Mammography screening (2.5%)
Rank (of 67)
2010
8.8
0
16
27%
27%
New Additional Measures - Not factored into Rankings
Mental health provider ratio
3883:1
3371:1
Crude mortality rate under age 1
540
734.4
Children eligible for free lunch
66%
49%
Children under 18 without health insurance
17%
13%
Uninsured adults
42%
30%
Population living within half a mile of a park
6%
31%
*Reverse-coded measures, the national benchmark is the 90th percentile. For all other measures, the national benchmark is the 10th percentile.
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