Health Indicators (Key)

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Note: Healthy People 2030 (HP2030) is a widely accepted set of health promotion and disease prevention goals for all Americans.
 
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SOCIAL DETERMINANTS Total Service Area vs. KY vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
Linguistically Isolated Population (Percent) 1.0
favorable
1.4
favorable
4.0
Population in Poverty (Percent) 16.2
similar
16.3
unfavorable
12.6
unfavorable
8.0
Children in Poverty (Percent) 19.1
similar
21.4
similar
17.1
unfavorable
8.0
No High School Diploma (Age 25+, Percent) 15.0
unfavorable
12.4
unfavorable
11.1
Unemployment Rate (Age 16+, Percent) 3.6
similar
3.4
similar
3.3
favorable
10.6
% Unable to Pay Cash for a $400 Emergency Expense 23.2
favorable
34.0
similar
20.2
% Worry/Stress Over Rent/Mortgage in Past Year 23.6
favorable
45.8
similar
20.5
% Unhealthy/Unsafe Housing Conditions 7.4
favorable
16.4
similar
8.0
Population With Low Food Access (Percent) 14.4
favorable
19.8
favorable
22.2
% Food Insecure 25.4
favorable
43.3
unfavorable
20.5
 
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OVERALL HEALTH Total Service Area vs. KY vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
% "Fair/Poor" Overall Health 27.5
unfavorable
22.6
unfavorable
15.7
similar
24.9
 
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ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE Total Service Area vs. KY vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
% [Age 18-64] Lack Health Insurance 6.6
similar
5.5
similar
8.1
similar
7.6
favorable
22.0
% Difficulty Accessing Health Care in Past Year (Composite) 41.5
favorable
52.5
similar
43.6
% Cost Prevented Physician Visit in Past Year 8.4
similar
8.8
favorable
21.6
favorable
20.0
% Cost Prevented Getting Prescription in Past Year 11.4
favorable
20.2
favorable
23.1
% Difficulty Getting Appointment in Past Year 24.4
favorable
33.4
unfavorable
15.0
% Inconvenient Hrs Prevented Dr Visit in Past Year 15.6
favorable
22.9
similar
14.9
% Difficulty Finding Physician in Past Year 13.4
favorable
22.0
similar
11.8
% Transportation Hindered Dr Visit in Past Year 7.5
favorable
18.3
similar
9.2
% Language/Culture Prevented Care in Past Year 0.5
favorable
5.0
similar
0.4
% Stretched Prescription to Save Cost in Past Year 11.6
favorable
19.4
favorable
25.2
% Difficulty Getting Child's Health Care in Past Year 3.1
favorable
11.1
similar
1.9
Primary Care Doctors per 100,000 61.3
unfavorable
103.2
unfavorable
107.3
% Have a Specific Source of Ongoing Care 78.0
favorable
69.9
unfavorable
84.0
similar
77.5
% Routine Checkup in Past Year 71.9
unfavorable
76.1
favorable
65.3
favorable
65.6
% [Child 0-17] Routine Checkup in Past Year 92.9
favorable
77.5
favorable
87.1
% Two or More ER Visits in Past Year 13.2
similar
15.6
similar
10.4
% Eye Exam in Past 2 Years 59.6
similar
55.5
similar
61.1
similar
58.8
% Rate Local Health Care "Fair/Poor" 13.0
similar
11.5
favorable
19.8
 
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CANCER Total Service Area vs. KY vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
Cancer Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 188.6
similar
178.4
unfavorable
146.5
unfavorable
122.7
similar
211.3
Lung Cancer Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 55.6
similar
52.2
unfavorable
33.4
unfavorable
25.1
Female Breast Cancer Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 21.8
similar
21.6
similar
19.4
unfavorable
15.3
Prostate Cancer Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 16.2
similar
17.1
similar
18.5
similar
16.9
Colorectal Cancer Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 21.7
unfavorable
16.3
unfavorable
13.1
unfavorable
8.9
Cancer Incidence per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 533.6
similar
516.0
unfavorable
449.4
Lung Cancer Incidence per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 85.9
similar
87.1
unfavorable
56.3
Female Breast Cancer Incidence per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 123.8
similar
128.3
similar
128.1
Prostate Cancer Incidence per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 115.1
similar
108.0
similar
109.9
Colorectal Cancer Incidence per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 56.8
unfavorable
47.4
unfavorable
37.7
% Cancer 10.2
favorable
13.1
unfavorable
7.4
favorable
14.1
% [Women 50-74] Breast Cancer Screening 73.0
similar
75.8
favorable
64.0
unfavorable
80.5
similar
70.7
% [Women 21-65] Cervical Cancer Screening 78.9
similar
80.5
similar
75.4
unfavorable
84.3
similar
84.4
% [Age 50-75] Colorectal Cancer Screening 75.2
similar
71.4
similar
71.5
similar
74.4
favorable
68.2
 
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DIABETES Total Service Area vs. KY vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
Diabetes Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 35.5
unfavorable
28.2
unfavorable
22.6
unfavorable
27.6
% Diabetes/High Blood Sugar 17.7
unfavorable
13.8
unfavorable
12.8
unfavorable
13.6
% Borderline/Pre-Diabetes 9.5
favorable
15.0
unfavorable
5.3
% [Non-Diabetics] Blood Sugar Tested in Past 3 Years 53.7
favorable
41.5
similar
53.1
Kidney Disease Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 18.6
similar
17.7
unfavorable
12.8
similar
19.1
% Kidney Disease 6.1
unfavorable
3.7
unfavorable
4.1
favorable
12.8
unfavorable
3.3
 
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DISABLING CONDITIONS Total Service Area vs. KY vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
% 3+ Chronic Conditions 44.7
unfavorable
38.0
similar
44.7
% Activity Limitations 29.9
similar
27.5
unfavorable
23.3
% High-Impact Chronic Pain 27.6
unfavorable
19.6
unfavorable
6.4
unfavorable
23.6
Alzheimer's Disease Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 36.0
similar
32.3
similar
30.9
favorable
45.8
% Caregiver to a Friend/Family Member 26.1
similar
22.8
favorable
30.2
 
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HEART DISEASE & STROKE Total Service Area vs. KY vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
Heart Disease Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 174.5
similar
199.7
similar
164.4
unfavorable
127.4
similar
187.1
% Heart Disease 12.1
unfavorable
9.3
similar
10.3
similar
10.7
Stroke Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 47.3
similar
42.1
unfavorable
37.6
unfavorable
33.4
unfavorable
39.1
% Stroke 3.1
favorable
4.6
favorable
5.4
similar
3.5
% High Blood Pressure 47.1
unfavorable
39.9
unfavorable
40.4
unfavorable
42.6
unfavorable
41.0
% High Cholesterol 41.6
unfavorable
32.4
unfavorable
36.9
% 1+ Cardiovascular Risk Factor 97.9
unfavorable
87.8
unfavorable
86.6
 
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INFANT HEALTH & FAMILY PLANNING Total Service Area vs. KY vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
Teen Births per 1,000 Females 15-19 33.2
similar
29.1
unfavorable
19.3
Low Birthweight (Percent of Births) 8.7
similar
8.8
similar
8.2
Infant Deaths per 1,000 Births 4.4
favorable
5.7
favorable
5.5
similar
5.0
favorable
6.7
 
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INJURY & VIOLENCE Total Service Area vs. KY vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
Unintentional Injury Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 71.6
similar
74.1
unfavorable
51.6
unfavorable
43.2
unfavorable
58.8
Motor Vehicle Crash Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 20.5
unfavorable
16.7
unfavorable
11.4
unfavorable
10.1
[65+] Fall-Related Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 46.6
similar
47.5
favorable
67.1
favorable
63.4
Homicide Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 3.0
favorable
7.2
favorable
6.6
favorable
5.5
Violent Crimes per 100,000 59.5
favorable
226.5
favorable
416.0
% Victim of Violent Crime in Past 5 Years 1.5
favorable
7.0
favorable
3.2
% Victim of Intimate Partner Violence 13.5
favorable
20.3
similar
13.7
 
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MENTAL HEALTH Total Service Area vs. KY vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
% "Fair/Poor" Mental Health 19.8
favorable
24.4
unfavorable
15.6
% Diagnosed Depression 29.0
similar
27.0
similar
30.8
unfavorable
22.8
% Symptoms of Chronic Depression 37.4
favorable
46.7
similar
34.7
% Typical Day Is "Extremely/Very" Stressful 12.1
favorable
21.1
similar
12.2
Suicide Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 19.2
similar
17.2
unfavorable
13.9
unfavorable
12.8
similar
16.5
Mental Health Providers per 100,000 76.0
unfavorable
157.1
unfavorable
146.6
% Receiving Mental Health Treatment 26.3
unfavorable
21.9
unfavorable
20.2
% Unable to Get Mental Health Services in Past Year 5.7
favorable
13.2
unfavorable
3.6
 
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NUTRITION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & WEIGHT Total Service Area vs. KY vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
% "Very/Somewhat" Difficult to Buy Fresh Produce 31.6
similar
30.0
unfavorable
23.6
% 5+ Servings of Fruits/Vegetables per Day 28.7
similar
29.1
unfavorable
48.5
% No Leisure-Time Physical Activity 32.8
similar
30.5
similar
30.2
unfavorable
21.8
unfavorable
28.5
% Meet Physical Activity Guidelines 21.4
favorable
15.3
unfavorable
30.3
unfavorable
29.7
similar
19.3
% [Child 2-17] Physically Active 1+ Hours per Day 61.9
favorable
27.4
similar
56.3
Recreation/Fitness Facilities per 100,000 3.3
unfavorable
8.1
unfavorable
11.9
% Overweight (BMI 25+) 76.5
unfavorable
72.3
unfavorable
63.3
unfavorable
66.5
% Obese (BMI 30+) 44.8
unfavorable
40.3
unfavorable
33.9
unfavorable
36.0
unfavorable
30.8
% [Child 5-17] Overweight (85th Percentile) 41.9
unfavorable
31.8
similar
36.8
% [Child 5-17] Obese (95th Percentile) 20.5
similar
19.5
similar
15.5
similar
24.3
 
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ORAL HEALTH Total Service Area vs. KY vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
% Have Dental Insurance 76.3
similar
72.7
similar
75.0
favorable
50.9
% Dental Visit in Past Year 59.9
similar
57.2
similar
56.5
favorable
45.0
similar
58.6
% [Child 2-17] Dental Visit in Past Year 87.0
favorable
77.8
favorable
45.0
favorable
76.4
 
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RESPIRATORY DISEASE Total Service Area vs. KY vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
Lung Disease Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 64.6
similar
60.2
unfavorable
38.1
similar
71.4
Pneumonia/Influenza Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 15.0
similar
16.8
similar
13.4
favorable
22.3
COVID-19 Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 103.5
unfavorable
74.2
unfavorable
85.0
% Asthma 11.9
similar
11.7
favorable
17.9
unfavorable
7.8
% [Child 0-17] Asthma 5.3
similar
9.1
% COPD (Lung Disease) 8.2
favorable
10.9
favorable
11.0
favorable
13.0
 
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SEXUAL HEALTH Total Service Area vs. KY vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
HIV Prevalence per 100,000 79.4
favorable
210.3
favorable
379.7
Chlamydia Incidence per 100,000 278.5
favorable
419.7
favorable
481.3
Gonorrhea Incidence per 100,000 128.2
favorable
187.9
favorable
206.5
 
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SUBSTANCE USE Total Service Area vs. KY vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
Alcohol-Induced Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 15.8
similar
14.8
unfavorable
11.9
unfavorable
7.5
Cirrhosis/Liver Disease Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 18.2
similar
17.3
unfavorable
12.5
unfavorable
10.9
% Excessive Drinking 9.6
favorable
13.9
favorable
34.3
similar
12.3
Unintentional Drug-Induced Deaths per 100,000 (Age-Adjusted) 31.0
favorable
35.8
unfavorable
21.0
unfavorable
16.3
% Used an Illicit Drug in Past Month 3.9
favorable
8.4
similar
2.4
% Used a Prescription Opioid in Past Year 14.6
similar
15.1
similar
16.1
% Ever Sought Help for Alcohol or Drug Problem 3.9
unfavorable
6.8
similar
3.2
% Personally Impacted by Substance Use 36.5
favorable
45.4
similar
35.0
 
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TOBACCO USE Total Service Area vs. KY vs. US vs. HP2030 TREND
% Smoke Cigarettes 16.8
favorable
19.6
favorable
23.9
unfavorable
6.1
favorable
21.3
% Someone Smokes at Home 13.3
favorable
17.7
favorable
21.7
% Use Vaping Products 9.5
similar
9.3
favorable
18.5
unfavorable
4.5
% [Smokers] Received Advice to Quit Smoking 56.2
similar
57.8
similar
58.1
similar
64.6
 
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