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King County Community Health Indicators

Each indicator includes separate measures linked to King County trends and demographics, data for King County Health Planning Areas and comparisons to other U.S. counties and the Healthy People 2010 Indicator, if available.

The Community Health Indicators project presents available data for the health indicators listed below. For each indicator, linked tables, maps and charts present the most recent data, trend over time, demographic comparisons, neighborhood-level data, comparisons to other metropolitan counties and the related Healthy People 2010 objective. The complete range of this data is not available for every measure.

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Access to care
DOMAIN
INDICATOR
LATEST AVAILABLE DATA
YEAR
Health insurance
Percent with no health insurance (adults) Adults ages 18-64
2011
Percent with no health insurance (children) / Charts yellow star 5.3% of children aged 0-17
2011
Unmet medical need
Percent with unmet medical need (adults) 10% of adults ages 18+
2010
Immunizations
Childhood immunization / Chart yellow star 69% of children 19-35 months of age
2012
No flu vaccination (adults) 56% of adults ages 18+
2010
No pneumonia vaccination (adults) 26% of adults ages 65+
2010
Maternal/Child health
Late or no prenatal care / Charts yellow star 4.3% of mothers who gave birth
2010
Clinical preventive screenings
Percent not meeting mammography recommendations 19% of women ages 50-74
2010
Percent not meeting colorectal cancer screening guidelines 31% of adults ages 50-75
2010
Percent not meeting cholesterol screening guidelines 11% of men ages 35+ and women ages 45+
2009
Percent not meeting cervical cancer screening guidelines 16% of women ages 21-65
2010
Oral health
Percent who did not see dentist in last year 22% of adults ages 18+
2010

Health outcomes
DOMAIN
INDICATOR
LATEST AVAILABLE DATA
YEAR
Overall health
Life expectancy at birth / Charts / Map yellow star 81.9 years
2010
Life expectancy at age 65 / Charts / Map yellow star 21.0 years
2010
Activity limitation 21% of adults ages 18+
2010
Fair or poor health 10% of adults ages 18+
2010
Mean number of unhealthy days, physical and mental 1.8 days among adults age 18+
2010
Leading causes of death yellow star
Years of healthy life 73.3 years
2005-2009
Maternal/Child health
Infant mortality rate 4.4 per 1,000 live births
2007
Low birthweight rates – singleton births / Charts / Map yellow star 4.7% of single birth infants
2010
Low birthweight rates – all births / Charts / Map yellow star 6.5% of all infants
2010
Very low birthweight rates – singleton births / Charts / Map yellow star 0.7% of single birth infants
2010
Very low birthweight rates – all births / Charts / Map yellow star 0.9% of all infants
2010
Preterm Births / Charts / Mapyellow star 9.4% of live births
2010
Maternal smoking during pregnancy / Charts / Mapyellow star 3.6% of live births
2010
Reproductive health
Adolescent birth rate / Charts / Map yellow star 8.2 per 1,000 females ages 15-17
2010
Adolescent pregnancy rate / Charts yellow star 18.2 per 1,000 females ages 15-17
2010
Communicable disease
Tuberculosis incidence / Charts yellow star 5.9 new diagnoses per 100,000 pop.
2010
Chlamydia / Charts yellow star 405.7 cases per 100,000 females
2010
Gonorrhea in Females / Charts yellow star 42.4 cases per 100,000 females
2010
Gonorrhea in Males / Charts yellow star 121.4 cases per 100,000 males
2010
HIV/AIDS Mortality / Charts / Map yellow star 1.7 per 100,000 pop.
2010
HIV Incidence (includes both HIV and AIDS) 17.6 per 100,000 pop.
2007
HIV Prevalence (includes both HIV and AIDS) 332.1 per 100,000 pop.
2007
Injury and violence
Assault Hospitalizations / Charts / Map yellow star 21.5 hospitalizations per 100,000 pop.
2010
Firearms-related deaths / Charts / Map yellow star 6.2 per 100,000 pop.
2010
Homicide / Charts / Map yellow star 2.5 per 100,000 pop.
2010
Motor vehicle injuries / Charts / Map yellow star 41.8 hospitalizations per 100,000 pop.
2010
Motor vehicle deaths / Map yellow star 5.1 per 100,000 pop.
2010
Suicide Hospitalizations / Charts / Map yellow star 41.8 hospitalizations per 100,000 pop.
2010
Suicide deaths yellow star 11.1 per 100,000 pop.
2010
Chronic disease
Colorectal cancer incidence 40.4 per 100,000 pop.
2006
Colorectal cancer deaths / Charts / Map yellow star 12.6 per 100,000 pop.
2010
Breast cancer incidence 170.5 per 100,000 females
2006
Breast cancer deaths / Charts / Map yellow star 20.2 deaths per 100,000 females
2010
Heart disease deaths / Charts / Map yellow star 130.0 per 100,000 pop.
2010
Stroke deaths / Charts / Map yellow star 34.6 per 100,000 pop.
2010
Diabetes prevalence 5% of adults age 18+
2010
Diabetes mortality / Charts / Map yellow star 16.2 per 100,000 pop.
2010
Diabetes-related mortality / Charts / Map yellow star 54.2 deaths per 100,000 pop.
2010
Childhood Asthma Prevalence 5% of children age 0-17
2010
Childhood Asthma Hospitalization / Charts / Map yellow star 129.8 per 100,000 children age 0-17
2010
Adult Asthma Prevalence 9% of adults age 18+
2010
Adult Asthma Hospitalizations / Charts / Map yellow star 47.7 per 100,000 adults age 18+
2010
Mental health
Suicide Hospitalizations / Charts / Map yellow star 41.8 hospitalizations per 100,000 pop.
2010
Suicide deaths / Charts / Map yellow star 11.1 per 100,000 pop.
2010
Percent with depression (adults) 6% currently have and 16% have ever had
2008
Percent with depression (students) (Detailed indicator data coming soon)
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Percent with frequent mental distress 10% of adults age 18+
2010
Alcohol abuse
Alcohol-induced deaths / Charts / Map yellow star 9.4 per 100,000 pop.
2010
Drug abuse
Drug-induced deaths / Charts / Map yellow star 11.9 per 100,000 pop.
2010

Physical and environmental determinants
DOMAIN
INDICATOR
LATEST AVAILABLE DATA
YEAR
Chronic Disease
Childhood Asthma Prevalence 5% of children age 0-17
2010
Child Asthma Hospitalizations / Charts / Map yellow star 129.8 per 100,000
2010
Adult Asthma Prevalence 9% of adults age 18+
2010
Adult Asthma Hospitalizations / Charts / Map yellow star 53.3 per 100,000 adults age 18+
2007
Food Access
Retail Food Environment Index 2.4
2010
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Stores and Clients 254 clients per store
2011
USDA Food Deserts
2010
Farmers Markets 3.4 markets per 100,000 people
2012
Healthy and Unhealthy Foods with Adult Obesity overlay
2010-2011

Risk factors
DOMAIN
INDICATOR
LATEST AVAILABLE DATA
YEAR
Smokers
Percent smokers (adults) 12% of adults age 18+
2010
Percent smokeless tobacco users (adults) 2.4% of adults ages 18+
2010
Percent smokers (school-age) 7.6% of students in grade 6, 8, 10 and 12
2010
Unhealthy weight
Percent overweight and obese (adults) 55% of adults age 18+
2010
Percent overweight and obese (school-age) 21% of students in grades 8, 10 and 12
2010
Percent obese (adults) 21% of adults age 18+
2010
Percent obese (school-age) 9% of students in grade 8, 10 and 12
2010
Physical inactivity
Not meeting recommended level of physical activity 31% of adults age 18+
2009
No leisure physical activity (adults) 16% of adults age 18+
2010
Not meeting recommended level of physical activity (school-age) 78% of students in grades 8, 10 and 12
2010
Screen time more than 3 hours daily 48% of students in grades 8, 10, and 12
2010
Alcohol
Excessive drinking (binge and/or high average) 20% of adults age 18+
2010
Hypertension
Percent with hypertension 24% of adults ages 18+
2009
Percent taking hypertension medication 69% of hypertensive individuals ages 18+
2009
Percent with high blood cholesterol 43% of men ages 35+ and women ages 45+
2009

Social determinants
DOMAIN
INDICATOR
LATEST AVAILABLE DATA
YEAR
Poverty
Percent Living in Poverty / Charts / Map yellow star 12% of residents
2011
Educational attainment
Percent with Less Than High School Education 8.1% of residents age 25+
2009
Percent Less Than College Education 54.1% of residents age 25+
2009
US born
Percent not born in U.S. 19.4% of residents
2009
Childhood development
Reading to Children / Charts yellow star 69% of children aged birth to 5 years
2011

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