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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) 15% of adults ages 18-64
2010
Unmet medical need
 Percent with unmet medical need (adults) 10% of adults ages 18+
2010
Immunizations
 Childhood immunization 71.3% percent of children ages 19-35 months
2006
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 5.5 per 100 live births
2007
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 81.5 years
2007
Life expectancy at age 65 20.8 years
2007
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
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 4.9 per 100 live births
2007
Low birthweight rates -- all births 6.6 per 100 live births
2007
Very low birthweight rates -- singleton births 0.8 per 100 live births
2007
Very low birthweight rates -- all births 1.0 per 100 live births
2007
Preterm Births 9.8 per 100 live births
2007
Maternal smoking during pregnancy 4.3 per 100 live births
2007
Reproductive health
 Adolescent birth rate 10.7 per 1,000 females ages 15-17
2008
Adolescent pregnancy rate 26.3 per 1,000 females ages 15-17
2007
Communicable disease
 Tuberculosis incidence 6.4 per 100,000 population
2008
Chlamydia 389.1 per 100,000 females
2007
Gonorrhea 74.3 per 100,000 population
2007
HIV/AIDS Mortality 3.0 per 100,000 population
2007
HIV Incidence (includes both HIV and AIDS) 17.6 per 100,000 population
2007
HIV Prevalence (includes both HIV and AIDS) 332.1 per 100,000 population
2007
Injury and violence
 Homicide 3.5 per 100,000 population
2007
Assault 31.2 per 100,000 population
2007
Firearms-related deaths 7.5 per 100,000 population
2007
Motor vehicle injuries 53.2 per 100,000 population
2007
Motor vehicle deaths 5.9 per 100,000 population
2007
Suicide hospitalizations (2) 41.9 per 100,000 population
2007
Suicide deaths (2) 10.9 per 100,000 population
2007
Chronic disease
 Colorectal cancer incidence 40.4 per 100,000 population
2006
Colorectal cancer deaths 12.8 per 100,000 population
2007
Breast cancer incidence 170.5 per 100,000 females
2006
Breast cancer deaths 18.7 per 100,000 population
2007
Heart disease deaths 142.2 per 100,000 population
2007
Stroke deaths 37.8 per 100,000 population
2007
Diabetes prevalence 5% of adults age 18+
2010
Diabetes mortality 18.2 per 100,000 population
2007
Diabetes-related mortality 59.9 per 100,000 population
2007
Childhood Asthma Prevalence (2) 5% of children age 0-17
2010
Childhood Asthma Hospitalization (2) 137.1 per 100,000 children age 0-17
2007
Adult Asthma Prevalence (2) 9% of adults age 18+
2010
Adult Asthma Hospitalizations (2) 53.3 per 100,000 adults age 18+
2007
Mental health
 Suicide hospitalizations (2) 41.9 per 100,000 population
2007
Suicide deaths (2) 10.9 per 100,000 population
2007
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 8.6 per 100,000 population
2007
Drug abuse
 Drug-induced deaths 13.0 per 100,000 population
2007

Physical and environmental determinants
DOMAIN
INDICATOR
LATEST AVAILABLE DATA
YEAR
Chronic Disease
 Childhood Asthma Prevalence (2) 5% of children age 0-17
2010
Childhood Asthma Hospitalization (2) 137.1 per 100,000 children age 0-17
2007
Adult Asthma Prevalence (2) 9% of adults age 18+
2010
Adult Asthma Hospitalizations (2) 53.3 per 100,000 adults age 18+
2007
Environmental Exposure
 Air Quality
Water Quality

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 9.7% of residents
2009
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 83.9% of households with children age 2-5
2007

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