Health Indicators (Key)

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Note: Healthy People 2020 (HP2020) is a widely accepted set of health promotion and disease prevention goals for all Americans.
 
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Social Determinants Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
Linguistically Isolated Population (Percent) 0.2
favorable
0.4
favorable
4.5
Population in Poverty (Percent) 13.8
similar
14.9
similar
15.1
Population Below 200% FPL (Percent) 35.1
similar
35.3
similar
33.6
Children Below 200% FPL (Percent) 46.8
similar
42.8
similar
43.3
No High School Diploma (Age 25+, Percent) 5.5
favorable
7.1
favorable
13.0
Unemployment Rate (Age 16+, Percent) 6.2
unfavorable
4.7
unfavorable
4.1
% Worry/Stress Over Rent/Mortgage in Past Year 21.9
favorable
30.8
% Low Health Literacy 20.9
similar
23.3
 
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Overall Health Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
% "Fair/Poor" Overall Health 17.7
similar
15.6
similar
18.1
% Activity Limitations 28.8
similar
23.9
similar
25.0
% Caregiver to a Friend/Family Member 22.7
similar
20.8
 
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Access to Health Services Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
% [Age 18-64] Lack Health Insurance 10.2
similar
12.4
similar
13.7
unfavorable
0.0
% [Insured 18-64] Have Coverage Through ACA 14.2
favorable
8.2
% Difficulty Accessing Healthcare in Past Year (Composite) 40.2
similar
43.2
% Difficulty Finding Physician in Past Year 7.2
favorable
13.4
% Difficulty Getting Appointment in Past Year 12.0
favorable
17.5
% Cost Prevented Physician Visit in Past Year 19.1
unfavorable
11.3
similar
15.4
% Transportation Hindered Dr Visit in Past Year 5.2
favorable
8.3
% Inconvenient Hrs Prevented Dr Visit in Past Year 13.5
similar
12.5
% Language/Culture Prevented Care in Past Year 0.0
favorable
1.2
% Cost Prevented Getting Prescription in Past Year 12.0
similar
14.9
% Skipped Prescription Doses to Save Costs 12.7
similar
15.3
% Difficulty Getting Child's Healthcare in Past Year 1.6
similar
5.6
Primary Care Doctors per 100,000 75.9
similar
81.9
unfavorable
87.8
% Have a Specific Source of Ongoing Care 81.6
favorable
74.1
unfavorable
95.0
% Have Had Routine Checkup in Past Year 64.7
similar
65.6
similar
68.3
% Child Has Had Checkup in Past Year 79.5
similar
87.1
% Two or More ER Visits in Past Year 9.5
similar
9.3
% [Adults] Needed to Leave County for Service in Past Year 5.7
% [Children] Needed to Leave County for Service in Past Year 2.5
% Eye Exam in Past 2 Years 54.6
similar
55.3
% Rate Local Healthcare "Fair/Poor" 12.8
similar
16.2
Live in a Health Professional Shortage Area (Percent) 100.0
unfavorable
44.6
unfavorable
33.1
 
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Cancer Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
Cancer (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 162.7
similar
152.9
similar
158.5
similar
161.4
Lung Cancer (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 39.0
similar
38.2
similar
42.0
favorable
45.5
Prostate Cancer (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 24.3
similar
21.5
unfavorable
19.0
similar
21.8
Female Breast Cancer (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 23.5
similar
20.0
similar
20.6
similar
20.7
Colorectal Cancer (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 18.1
unfavorable
14.1
unfavorable
14.4
unfavorable
14.5
Female Breast Cancer Incidence Rate 126.5
similar
123.1
similar
123.5
Prostate Cancer Incidence Rate 164.3
unfavorable
116.6
unfavorable
114.8
Lung Cancer Incidence Rate 57.4
similar
56.8
similar
61.2
Colorectal Cancer Incidence Rate 39.3
similar
39.1
similar
39.8
Cervical Cancer Incidence Rate 6.8
similar
6.3
similar
7.6
% Cancer (Other Than Skin) 9.7
similar
8.6
similar
7.1
% [Women 50-74] Mammogram in Past 2 Years 70.9
similar
73.9
similar
77.0
unfavorable
81.1
% [Women 21-65] Pap Smear in Past 3 Years 73.1
similar
80.5
similar
73.5
unfavorable
93.0
% [Age 50-75] Colorectal Cancer Screening 71.5
favorable
62.1
similar
76.4
similar
70.5
 
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Dementias, Including Alzheimer's Disease Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
Alzheimer's Disease (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 13.1
favorable
20.9
favorable
28.4
 
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Diabetes Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
Diabetes (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 12.7
favorable
22.4
favorable
21.1
favorable
20.5
% Diabetes/High Blood Sugar 10.9
similar
8.1
similar
13.3
% Borderline/Pre-Diabetes 9.4
unfavorable
1.8
similar
9.5
% [Non-Diabetes] Blood Sugar Tested in Past 3 Years 48.6
similar
50.0
 
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Heart Disease & Stroke Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
Diseases of the Heart (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 143.4
similar
152.7
favorable
167.0
similar
156.9
Stroke (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 40.4
unfavorable
34.2
similar
37.1
similar
34.8
% Heart Disease (Heart Attack, Angina, Coronary Disease) 5.4
similar
8.0
% Stroke 3.7
similar
3.2
similar
4.7
% Blood Pressure Checked in Past 2 Years 95.0
favorable
90.4
similar
92.6
% Told Have High Blood Pressure (Ever) 32.0
similar
29.1
similar
37.0
similar
26.9
% [HBP] Taking Action to Control High Blood Pressure 93.8
similar
93.8
% Cholesterol Checked in Past 5 Years 81.4
favorable
74.6
similar
85.1
similar
82.1
% Told Have High Cholesterol (Ever) 27.9
favorable
36.2
unfavorable
13.5
% [HBC] Taking Action to Control High Blood Cholesterol 84.0
similar
87.3
% 1+ Cardiovascular Risk Factor 83.9
similar
87.2
 
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HIV Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
HIV Prevalence Rate 23.0
favorable
46.4
favorable
353.2
 
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Immunization & Infectious Diseases Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
% [Age 65+] Flu Vaccine in Past Year 77.0
favorable
57.3
similar
76.8
similar
70.0
% [High-Risk 18-64] Flu Vaccine in Past Year 53.0
similar
55.7
unfavorable
70.0
% [Age 65+] Pneumonia Vaccine Ever 81.7
similar
73.3
similar
82.7
similar
90.0
% [High-Risk 18-64] Pneumonia Vaccine Ever 39.3
similar
39.9
unfavorable
60.0
 
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Infant Health & Family Planning Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
Low Birthweight Births (Percent) 6.0
favorable
7.3
favorable
8.2
favorable
7.8
Infant Death Rate 3.9
favorable
6.2
favorable
6.5
favorable
6.0
Births to Teenagers Under Age 20 (Percent) 35.4
similar
34.8
similar
36.6
 
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Injury & Violence Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
Unintentional Injury (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 49.9
similar
54.3
similar
43.7
unfavorable
36.4
Motor Vehicle Crashes (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 13.7
favorable
18.5
unfavorable
11.0
similar
12.4
% [Age 45+] Fell in the Past Year 36.5
similar
31.6
Firearm-Related Deaths (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 18.0
similar
18.1
unfavorable
11.0
unfavorable
9.3
Homicide (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 3.2
favorable
3.7
favorable
5.7
favorable
5.5
Violent Crime Rate 275.1
similar
297.6
favorable
379.7
% Victim of Violent Crime in Past 5 Years 1.1
favorable
3.7
% Victim of Domestic Violence (Ever) 13.9
similar
14.2
 
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Kidney Disease Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
Kidney Disease (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 17.4
unfavorable
10.1
unfavorable
13.2
% Kidney Disease 3.0
similar
2.5
similar
3.8
 
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Mental Health Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
% "Fair/Poor" Mental Health 14.0
similar
13.0
% Diagnosed Depression 24.8
unfavorable
19.5
similar
21.6
% Symptoms of Chronic Depression (2+ Years) 31.3
similar
31.4
% Typical Day Is "Extremely/Very" Stressful 13.4
similar
13.4
Suicide (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 24.8
similar
25.1
unfavorable
13.0
unfavorable
10.2
% Taking Rx/Receiving Mental Health Trtmt 20.2
unfavorable
13.9
% Have Ever Sought Help for Mental Health 36.0
similar
30.8
% [Those With Diagnosed Depression] Seeking Help 91.7
similar
87.1
% Unable to Get Mental Health Svcs in Past Yr 5.0
similar
6.8
 
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Nutrition, Physical Activity & Weight Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
% Food Insecure 16.6
favorable
27.9
% Eat 5+ Servings of Fruit or Vegetables per Day 36.1
similar
33.5
% "Very/Somewhat" Difficult to Buy Fresh Produce 20.3
similar
22.1
Population With Low Food Access (Percent) 15.3
favorable
24.3
favorable
22.4
% [Child 2-17] 7+ Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Past Week 10.7
% No Leisure-Time Physical Activity 19.5
similar
19.9
favorable
26.2
favorable
32.6
% Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines 23.2
similar
24.5
similar
22.8
similar
20.1
Recreation/Fitness Facilities per 100,000 19.8
favorable
15.8
favorable
11.0
% Overweight (BMI 25+) 68.1
similar
62.7
similar
67.8
% Healthy Weight (BMI 18.5-24.9) 30.8
similar
35.3
similar
30.3
similar
33.9
% [Overweights] Trying to Lose Weight 55.8
similar
61.3
% Obese (BMI 30+) 28.8
similar
25.5
similar
32.8
similar
30.5
% Medical Advice on Weight in Past Year 19.1
similar
24.2
% [Overweights] Counseled About Weight in Past Year 24.0
similar
29.0
% Child [Age 5-17] Healthy Weight 61.7
similar
58.4
% Children [Age 5-17] Overweight (85th Percentile) 22.8
similar
33.0
% Children [Age 5-17] Obese (95th Percentile) 9.4
favorable
20.4
similar
14.5
% Child [Age 2-17] Physically Active 1+ Hours per Day 71.9
favorable
50.5
 
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Oral Health Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
% Have Dental Insurance 55.3
similar
59.9
% [Age 18+] Dental Visit in Past Year 65.0
similar
65.5
similar
59.7
favorable
49.0
% Child [Age 2-17] Dental Visit in Past Year 83.4
similar
87.0
favorable
49.0
 
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Potentially Disabling Conditions Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
% [50+] Arthritis/Rheumatism 30.7
favorable
38.3
% [50+] Osteoporosis 12.2
similar
9.4
unfavorable
5.3
% Sciatica/Chronic Back Pain 29.9
unfavorable
22.9
% Multiple Chronic Conditions 56.3
similar
56.8
 
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Respiratory Diseases Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
CLRD (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 52.4
similar
50.8
unfavorable
41.4
Pneumonia/Influenza (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 14.0
similar
12.8
similar
14.6
% [Adult] Currently Has Asthma 5.0
favorable
8.6
favorable
11.8
% Adults Asthma (Ever Diagnosed) 11.4
similar
12.8
favorable
19.4
% [Child 0-17] Currently Has Asthma 1.9
favorable
9.3
% Child [Age 0-17] Asthma (Ever Diagnosed) 3.4
favorable
11.1
% COPD (Lung Disease) 4.5
favorable
7.4
favorable
8.6
 
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
Chlamydia Incidence Rate 321.3
favorable
412.9
favorable
456.1
Gonorrhea Incidence Rate 8.6
favorable
42.8
favorable
110.7
 
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Substance Abuse Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
Unintentional Drug-Related Deaths (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 11.6
unfavorable
7.9
favorable
14.3
similar
11.3
Cirrhosis/Liver Disease (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 10.0
favorable
13.8
similar
10.6
unfavorable
8.2
% Current Drinker 66.1
unfavorable
57.9
unfavorable
55.0
% Binge Drinker (Single Occasion - 5+ Drinks Men, 4+ Women) 19.0
similar
18.9
similar
20.0
favorable
24.4
% Excessive Drinker 23.6
similar
22.5
similar
25.4
% Drinking & Driving in Past Month 4.5
similar
4.7
similar
5.2
% Illicit Drug Use in Past Month 4.0
similar
2.5
favorable
7.1
% Ever Sought Help for Alcohol or Drug Problem 4.6
similar
3.4
% Life Negatively Affected by Substance Abuse 45.7
unfavorable
37.3
 
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Tobacco Use Flathead County vs. MT vs. US vs. HP2020
% Current Smoker 16.3
similar
18.5
unfavorable
11.0
unfavorable
12.0
% Someone Smokes at Home 7.0
favorable
10.7
% [Nonsmokers] Someone Smokes in the Home 2.1
similar
4.0
% [Household With Children] Someone Smokes in the Home 3.9
similar
7.2
% Currently Use Vaping Products 4.6
similar
4.1
similar
3.8
 
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