St. Lucie County
Population:
Median household income:
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Health care costs (Medicare)
2012
266,502
$39,378
17%
$10,624
2013 (2010 Census update)
280,379
$41,384
18%
$10,928
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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St. Lucie County
Florida
County
Nat'l
Benchmark*
Mortality (50%)
Premature death
8,573
8,518
8,234
7,407
7,933
7,896
7,781
7,310
5,317
17%
3.7
4.2
8.1%
17%
3.9
4.1
8.3%
16%
4
4
8.3%
16%
3.8
3.9
8.4%
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%)
27%
26%
22%
26%
18%
27%
25%
12%
16
21%
24%
20%
25%
13%
21
20%
27%
25%
12%
20
11%
22
16%
19
19%
26%
24%
16%
19
19%
26%
24%
16%
16
13%
25%
21%
7%
10
14%
19
287
394
386
373
318
389
398
398
92
57
56
53
47
46
45
44
40
21
27%
53
64
82%
27%
26%
27%
2656:1 2656:1 2680:1
3277:1
60
56
58
84%
84%
85%
70%
73%
71%
24%
100
27%
983:1
69
80%
65
82%
64%
25%
25%
983:1 1438:1
2094:1
64
65
84%
84%
71%
70%
59%
9.0%
17%
24%
9%
596
Physical Environment (10%)
Air pollution-ozone days
0
Air pollution-particulate matter days
5
Daily Fine Particulate Matter (2%)
Drinking Water Safety (2%)
Access to recreational facilities (2%)*
Limited healthy food (2%)
Fast food restaurants (2%)
2012
2013
32
30
22
29
32
29
19
30
35
30
27
48
34
35
36
39
34
33
34
56
53
54
57
13
14
32
22
63%
60%
79%
65%
64%
65%
79%
71% 82% (Natl Avg)
48%
49%
49%
58%
58% 59.1%
70%
13.5% 14.1% 13.0%
6.0% 10.5% 11.5% 10.5%
5.0%
19%
27%
32%
17%
18%
24%
25%
14%
25%
24%
25%
21%
21%
21%
22%
14%
35%
37%
38%
9%
35%
36%
37%
20%
589
541
473
714
706
674
614
66
(Variation due to changes to the source of the measures since 2010)
0
0
2
5
5
0
6
93%
0
6
16%
45%
4
6.7
0%
7
11%
44%
50%
0
9
82%
21
17
0
9
9%
45%
8
3%
9
7%
44%
14
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
30
39
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
3903:1
3371:1
Crude mortality rate under age 1
486
734.4
Children eligible for free lunch
20%
49%
Children under 18 without health insurance
10%
13%
Uninsured adults
10%
30%
Population living within half a mile of a park
27%
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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