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	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	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	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	81.9 years	2010
	Life expectancy at age 65 / Charts / Map	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
	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	4.7% of single birth infants	2010
	Low birthweight rates – all births / Charts / Map	6.5% of all infants	2010
	Very low birthweight rates – singleton births / Charts / Map	0.7% of single birth infants	2010
	Very low birthweight rates – all births / Charts / Map	0.9% of all infants	2010
	Preterm Births / Charts / Map	9.4% of live births	2010
	Maternal smoking during pregnancy / Charts / Map	3.6% of live births	2010
Reproductive health	Adolescent birth rate / Charts / Map	8.2 per 1,000 females ages 15-17	2010
	Adolescent pregnancy rate / Charts	18.2 per 1,000 females ages 15-17	2010
Communicable disease	Tuberculosis incidence / Charts	5.9 new diagnoses per 100,000 pop.	2010
	Chlamydia / Charts	405.7 cases per 100,000 females	2010
	Gonorrhea in Females / Charts	42.4 cases per 100,000 females	2010
	Gonorrhea in Males / Charts	121.4 cases per 100,000 males	2010
	HIV/AIDS Mortality / Charts / Map	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	21.5 hospitalizations per 100,000 pop.	2010
	Firearms-related deaths / Charts / Map	6.2 per 100,000 pop.	2010
	Homicide / Charts / Map	2.5 per 100,000 pop.	2010
	Motor vehicle injuries / Charts / Map	41.8 hospitalizations per 100,000 pop.	2010
	Motor vehicle deaths / Map	5.1 per 100,000 pop.	2010
	Suicide Hospitalizations / Charts / Map	41.8 hospitalizations per 100,000 pop.	2010
	Suicide deaths	11.1 per 100,000 pop.	2010
Chronic disease	Colorectal cancer incidence	40.4 per 100,000 pop.	2006
	Colorectal cancer deaths / Charts / Map	12.6 per 100,000 pop.	2010
	Breast cancer incidence	170.5 per 100,000 females	2006
	Breast cancer deaths / Charts / Map	20.2 deaths per 100,000 females	2010
	Heart disease deaths / Charts / Map	130.0 per 100,000 pop.	2010
	Stroke deaths / Charts / Map	34.6 per 100,000 pop.	2010
	Diabetes prevalence	5% of adults age 18+	2010
	Diabetes mortality / Charts / Map	16.2 per 100,000 pop.	2010
	Diabetes-related mortality / Charts / Map	54.2 deaths per 100,000 pop.	2010
	Childhood Asthma Prevalence	5% of children age 0-17	2010
	Childhood Asthma Hospitalization / Charts / Map	129.8 per 100,000 children age 0-17	2010
	Adult Asthma Prevalence	9% of adults age 18+	2010
	Adult Asthma Hospitalizations / Charts / Map	47.7 per 100,000 adults age 18+	2010
Mental health	Suicide Hospitalizations / Charts / Map	41.8 hospitalizations per 100,000 pop.	2010
	Suicide deaths / Charts / Map	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)	--
	Percent with frequent mental distress	10% of adults age 18+	2010
Alcohol abuse	Alcohol-induced deaths / Charts / Map	9.4 per 100,000 pop.	2010
Drug abuse	Drug-induced deaths / Charts / Map	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	129.8 per 100,000	2010
	Adult Asthma Prevalence	9% of adults age 18+	2010
	Adult Asthma Hospitalizations / Charts / Map	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

Social determinants
DOMAIN	INDICATOR	LATEST AVAILABLE DATA	YEAR
Poverty	Percent Living in Poverty / Charts / Map	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	69% of children aged birth to 5 years	2011

• AIMSHigh: Access to Care
• AIMSHigh: Health
• AIMSHigh: Equity & Social Justice