Health+Status+of+Target+Community


 * Health Status Overview **
 * ~ ** Data ** Mortality Data ||~ ** Carter County Percent ** Carter County Percent ||~ ** U.S. Percent ** U.S. Percent ||
 * Breast cancer || 26.5 || 28.6 ||
 * Colon cancer || 21.4 || 21.6 ||
 * Coronary heart disease || 254.9 || 216 ||
 * Homicide || 3.6 || 7.2 ||
 * Lung cancer || 72.7 || 58.1 ||
 * Motor vehicle injuries || 18.5 || 15.8 ||
 * Suicide || 13 || 11.4 ||
 * Stroke || 79.6 || 62 ||

Source: Death Rates and Birth Measures. Methodology: Studnicki, J. et al. (1997)
 * ~ ** Birth Measures ** Birth Measures ||~ ** Carter County Percent ** Carter County Percents ||~ ** U.S. Percent ** U.S. Percent ||
 * Premature births || 11.6 || 11.4 ||
 * Teen mothers || 6.0 || 12.7 ||
 * No care in first trimester || 19.9 || 17.0 ||

sexual behavior, motor vehicles, and drug use (McGinnis & Foege, 1993).
 * What is really killing us? Morbidity…Causes of death. **
 * ~ ** obacce: 1% ** Tobacco Use 19% ||~ ** Diet/Activity:14% ** Diet/Activity 14% ||~ ** Alcohol Use:5% ** Alcohol Use 5% ||~ ** Other:12% ** Other* ||
 * Heart disease || Heart disease || Heart disease || Heart disease ||
 * Cancers || Cancers || Cancers || Cancers ||
 * Respiratory disease || Diabetes || All injuries || Diabetes ||
 * Infant deaths || Infant deaths || Infant deaths || All injuries ||
 * ||  ||   || HIV/AIDS ||
 * ||  ||   || Respiratory disease ||
 * Other lifestyle and personal behavior risk factor include microbes, toxins, firearms,