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COMMUNITY HEALTH STATUS REPORT

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CONFIDENCE INTERVALS
SUMMARYMEASURESOFHEALTHpage4 Value ConfidenceInterval ALLCAUSESOFDEATH 1566.0 (1472.91659.2) SELFRATEDHEALTHSTATUS 12.9% (4.021.7%) AVERAGENUMBEROFUNHEALTHYDAYSIN nrf (nrfnrf) PASTMONTH ADULTPREVENTIVESERVICESUSE(%)page10 Value ConfidenceInterval PapSmears(18+) nrf (nrfnrf) Mammography(50+) nrf (nrfnrf) Sigmoidoscopy(50+) nrf (nrfnrf) Pneumoniavaccine(65+) nrf (nrfnrf) Fluvaccine(65+) nrf (nrfnrf) RISKFACTORSFORPREMATUREDEATHpage11 Value ConfidenceInterval Noexercise nrf (nrfnrf) FewFruits/Vegetables nrf (nrfnrf) Obesity nrf (nrfnrf) HighBloodPressure nrf (nrfnrf) Smoker nrf (nrfnrf) Diabetes 7.0% (0.014.2%)

VISION Healthy People in Healthy Communities MISSION Promote Physical and Mental Health and Prevent Disease, Injury, and Disability

PUBLIC HEALTH

Prevents epidemics and spread of disease Protects against environmental hazards Prevents injuries Promotes and encourages healthy behaviors Responds to disasters and assists communities in recovery Assures the quality and accessibility of health services

ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES

FEDERAL PARTNERS
Monitor health status to identify community health problems Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems

ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

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CDC Center for Disease Control and Prevention

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HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration

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NLM National Library of Medicine

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Source:

PublicHealthFunctionsSteeringCommittee,Fall1994.

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SELECTED TERMS
Age-Adjusted death ratesallow comparison of rates between communities with different age structures. Rates have been adjusted to the year 2000 standard, the standard recommended for years 1999 and later. Expected number of infectious disease caseshas been calculated by applying the rate observed for all the peer counties to the county population. Death rates and birth measuresare consistent with U.S. Healthy People 2010 objectives. EPA air quality standardsmeasured and exceeded are reported. Monitoring is conducted in areas believed to be at risk and is not done in every jurisdiction. Leading causes of deathare provided for underlying cause of death categories constituting 10% or more of deaths in that race/ethnicity and age group. Prevalence ratesindicate the number in a population who have a certain characteristic at any time during the period. The BRFSS survey has been weighted to represent the State's adults. Persons enrolled in Medicaid or Medicareare program beneficiaries. The number of persons under age 65 receiving Medicare may represent a measure of disability in children and adults. Persons over age 65 with Medicaid coverage may also represent a population having grater medical needs. Relative health importancedetermination of unfavorable were rates above the peer or the U.S. rate. Vulnerable populationsof the work disabled, those depressed, and recent drug users were estimated. Work disabled used a regression-based county-specific estimate. National age- or race-specific rates of major depression and recent drug use were applied to the county population to obtain the county estimate.
For complete information regarding data definitions and sources, please refer to the Data Sources, Definitions, and Notes available on HRSA's web site at:

* Other lifestyle and personal behavior (nongenetic) risk factors include microbes, toxins, firearms, sexual behavior, motor vehicles, and drug use. Source: McGinnis, J.M., & Foege, W.H. (1993). Actual causes of death in the United States. JAMA., 270(18), 2207-2212.

While we may measure deaths due to heart disease, cancers, or infant deaths, we should always keep in mind that factors such as tobacco, diet, activity, and alcohol use substantially contribute to these deaths. For example, as shown in the above graphic, tobacco use accounts for 19 percent of all U.S. deaths.

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DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

RISK FACTORS FOR PREMATURE DEATH1

Sequatchie County, TN
Populationsize1 Populationdensity(peoplepersquaremile)2 Individualslivingbelowpovertylevel3 Age distribution1 UnderAge19 Age1964 Age6584 Age85+ Race/Ethnicity1 White Black AmericanIndian Asian/PacificIslander Hispanicorigin(nonadd) 97.9% 0.9% 0.3% 0.4% 1.4% 24.2% 61.3% 12.8% 1.7% 13,580 51 16.0%

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Communities may wish to obtain information about these measures, collected and monitored at local level.

PEER COUNTIES Peer counties (counties and county-like geographic areas) in stratum number 41 were stratified on the basis of the following factors: frontier status, population size, poverty, age. Below are peer county ranges representing the 10th and 90th percentile of values. This trimmed range of peer county value is used consistently throughout the report.
nrf Noreport,surveysamplesizefewerthan50.

Populationsize1 Populationdensity(peoplepersquaremile)2 Individualslivingbelowpovertylevel3 Age distribution1 UnderAge19 Age1964 Age6584 Age85+ Race/Ethnicity
1

6,50024,943 201,351 14.822.4%

1 CDC.BehavioralRiskFactorSurveillanceSystem,20002006.

ACCESS TO CARE

Sequatchie County, TN
In addition to use of services, access to care may be characterized by medical care coverage and service availability. 2,036 Uninsuredindividuals(ageunder65)1 Medicarebeneficiaries2 Elderly(Age65+) Disabled Medicaidbeneficiaries2 Primarycarephysiciansper100,000pop2 Dentistsper100,000pop2 Community/MigrantHealthCenters3 HealthProfessionalShortageArea3
nda Nodataavailable.
1 TheCensusBureau.SmallAreaHealthInsuranceEstimatesProgram,2006. 2 HRSA.AreaResourceFile,2008. 3 HRSA.GeospatialDataWarehouse,2009.

20.726.3% 56.564.8% 9.915.9% 1.34.1%

1,699 677 4,347 29.5 22.1 No No

White Black AmericanIndian Asian/PacificIslander Hispanicorigin(nonadd)

nda Nodataavailable.
1 TheCensusBureau.CurrentPopulationEstimates,2008. 2 HRSA.AreaResourceFile,2008. 3 TheCensusBureau.SmallAreaIncomePovertyEstimates,2008.

58.297.9% 0.740.6% 0.10.6% 0.12.0% 0.96.2%

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PREVENTIVE SERVICES USE

PEER COUNTIES
A distinctive aspect of this report is the ability to compare a county with its peers, those counties similar in population composition and selected demographics. Strata, or peer group size averages 36 and ranges from 15 to 62 counties. There are a total of 88 strata. Listed below are the 46 peer counties in stratum number 41. Due to the population size of counties within this stratum, data on vital statistics (e.g. births and deaths) and nationally notifiable diseases were aggregated across the most recent 10 year time period (1996-2005) in order to ensure stable estimates.

Sequatchie County, TN
INFECTIOUS DISEASE CASES1 These diseases respond to public health control efforts. The expected number is based on the occurrence of cases among peer counties.

Reported Cases
AIDS Tuberculosis HaemophilusinfluenzaeB HepatitisA HepatitisB Measles Pertussis CongenitalRubellaSyndrome Syphilis rna rna 4 1 0 0 1 0 0

Expected Cases
rna rna 1 2 2 0 2 0 1

Indicatesastatusfavorabletopeers. Indicatesastatuslessthanfavorable. rna Thereleaseofdataforallcountieshasnotbeen authorized

nda Nodataavailable. CHILD PREVENTIVE SERVICES USE Indicators such as immunizations, dental caries, and the prevalence of lead screening are not collected at the national level and must be obtained locally. ADULT PREVENTIVE SERVICES USE (%)2

Alabama Cleburne County Coosa County Winston County Arkansas Cleveland County Florida Gulf County Liberty County Georgia Bleckley County Butts County Dade County Gilmer County Haralson County Lamar County Madison County Oglethorpe County Putnam County Kentucky Bourbon County Henry County Taylor County Trimble County Mississippi Prentiss County Missouri Adair County North Carolina Caswell County

North Carolina Greene County Tennessee Grainger County Hickman County Macon County Meigs County Polk County Union County Van Buren County Vermont Essex County Virginia Alleghany County Bedford City Bristol City Emporia City Franklin City Fredericksburg City Galax City Greensville County Lexington City Martinsville City Norton City Radford City Richmond County Williamsburg City West Virginia Hampshire County

nrf Noreport,surveysamplesizefewerthan50.
1 CDC.NationalNotifiableDiseasesSurveillanceSystem,19982007. 2 CDC.BehavioralRiskFactorSurveillanceSystem,20002006.

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SUMMARY MEASURES OF HEALTH

VULNERABLE POPULATIONS

Sequatchie County, TN
AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY1

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Vulnerable populations may face unique health risks and barriers to care, requiring enhanced services and targeted strategies for outreach and case management.

Vulnerable Populations Include People Who1 ALL CAUSES OF DEATH2 Havenohighschooldiploma(amongadultsage25 andolder) Areunemployed Areseverelyworkdisabled Havemajordepression Arerecentdrugusers(withinpastmonth)

3,158 464 462 1,026 974

SELF-RATED HEALTH STATUS3

nda Nodataavailable.
1 Themostcurrentestimatesofprevalence,obtainedfromvarious

sources(seetheDataSources,Definitions,andNotesfordetails), wereappliedto2008midyearcountypopulationfigures.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Sequatchie County, TN
INFECTIOUS DISEASES1

Cases
E.coli

Reported Expected
1 19 0 1 24 8

AVERAGE NUMBER OF UNHEALTHY DAYS IN PAST MONTH3

Salmonella Shigella

TOXIC CHEMICALS RELEASED ANNUALLY2 : 18pounds NATIONAL AIR QUALITY STANDARDS MET BY COUNTY3
Carbon Nitrogen Sulfur Monoxide Dioxide Dioxide Yes Yes Yes Ozone Yes Particulate Matter Yes Lead Yes

nrf Noreport,surveysamplesizefewerthan50. nda Nodataavailable.

1 Murrayetal.,PLoSMedicine2006Vol.3,No.9,e260doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030260. 2 NCHS.VitalStatisticsReportingSystem,19962005. 3 CDC.BehavioralRiskFactorSurveillanceSystem,20002006.

Indicatesastatusfavorabletopeers. Indicatesastatuslessthanfavorable.

nda Nodataavailable.
1 CDC.NationalNotifiableDiseasesSurveillanceSystem,19982007. 2 EPA.ToxicReleaseInventory(TRI)ExplorerReport,2008. 3 EPA.AIRSData,2008.

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RELATIVE HEALTH IMPORTANCE

NATIONAL LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH1

Sequatchie County, TN

Sequatchie County, TN
UnderAge1 White Black Other Hispanic

Complicationsof Pregnancy/Birth BirthDefects

Ages114

nrf nrf nrf nrf nrf 64% nrf nrf nrf 24% 18% 15% nrf nrf nrf 36% 24% 34% 17%

nrf nrf nrf nrf nrf nrf nrf nrf nrf nrf nrf nrf nrf nrf nrf nrf nrf nrf nrf

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Injuries Cancer Homicide

LowBirthWt.(<2500g) PrematureBirths(<37weeks) PostneonatalInfantMortality CoronaryHeartDisease MotorVehicleInjuries UnintentionalInjury BirthstoWomenunder18 BreastCancer(Female) ColonCancer LungCancer Stroke Suicide

Ages1524

Injuries Homicide Suicide Cancer

Ages2544

BirthstoWomenage4054

VeryLowBirthWt.(<1500g) BirthstoUnmarriedWomen InfantMortality WhitenonHispanicInfantMortality NeonatalInfantMortality

Injuries Cancer HeartDisease Suicide HIV/AIDS Homicide

Ages4564

Cancer HeartDisease
Ages65+

HeartDisease Cancer

The Relative Health Importance table creates four categories of relative concern by simply comparing a county to its peers and to the U.S. A county's indicators in the upper left-hand box ( ) are higher than the U.S. and its peers and may warrant more attention. Conversely, indicators in the lower right-hand box ( ) of the table compare favorably to both peers and the U.S. The other boxes represent intermediate levels of health where a county's rate is higher than either its peers or the U.S., but not both.
nrf Noreport,fewerthan20deathsinrace/ethnicityandagegrouporlessthan10% ofthedeaths. nda Nodataavailable. LocaldataarepresentedfortheNation'stopleadingcausesofdeathineachage group.Columns,withinagecategories,donottotal100%becauseallcausesof deatharenotlisted. Themostcompleteethnicitydataavailablearereported.
1 NCHS.VitalStatisticsReportingSystem,19962005.

Source:MeasuresofBirthandDeathtables,pages67.
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MEASURES OF BIRTH AND DEATH1

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CountyPercent/C.I. 9.8 1.3 16.5 4.7 1.8 33.0 cdna (8.2,11.3) (0.7,1.8) (14.6,18.4) (3.6,5.8) (1.1,2.5) (30.6,35.4) (cdna,cdna) PeerCountyRange 6.710.9 1.02.5 10.216.8 3.17.4 0.81.8 25.248.4 cdna BirthMeasures LowBirthWt.(<2500g) VeryLowBirthWt.(<1500g) PrematureBirths(<37weeks) BirthstoWomenunder18 BirthstoWomenage4054 BirthstoUnmarriedWomen NoCareinFirstTrimester2 InfantMortality3 InfantMortality WhitenonHispanicInfantMortality BlacknonHispanicInfantMortality HispanicInfantMortality NeonatalInfantMortality PostneonatalInfantMortality DeathMeasures 4 BreastCancer(Female) ColonCancer CoronaryHeartDisease Homicide LungCancer MotorVehicleInjuries Stroke Suicide UnintentionalInjury U.S. Percent 2005 8.2 1.5 12.7 3.4 2.7 36.9 cdna HealthyPeople 2010Target 5.0 0.9 7.6 Noobjective Noobjective Noobjective 10.0

CountyRate/C.I. 5.4 5.6 nrf nrf 2.7 2.7 (2.3,10.6) (2.4,11.0) (nrf,nrf) (nrf,nrf) (0.7,6.9) (0.7,6.9)

PeerCountyRange 4.812.3 4.510.4 0.024.2 0.013.5 2.58.7 1.14.7

U.S.Rate HealthyPeople 2005 2010Target 6.9 4.5 5.8 4.5 13.6 4.5 5.6 4.5 4.5 2.9 2.3 1.2 U.S.Rate HealthyPeople 2005 2010Target 24.1 21.3 17.5 13.7 154.0 162.0 6.1 2.8 52.6 43.3 14.6 8.0 47.0 50.0 10.9 4.8 39.1 17.1

CountyRate/C.I. 29.8 35.8 379.5 nrf 94.3 52.6 99.6 18.8 46.8 (15.4,52.1) (23.1,53.0) (333.4,425.5) (nrf,nrf) (73.6,119.0) (37.1,72.3) (77.4,126.2) (10.2,31.7) (32.0,66.2)

PeerCountyRange 29.856.2 24.546.2 237.6391.3 2.417.7 89.1130.0 23.464.9 83.6164.1 16.235.8 29.961.1

Thetotalnumberofbirthsduringthistimeperiodwas1,486andthetotalnumberofdeathswas1,101. Indicatesastatusfavorabletopeers. Indicatesastatuslessthanfavorable. Noreport,fewerthan500birthsand5events(birthmeasuresandinfant mortality)orfewerthan10events(deathmeasures)occurredduringthe specifiedtimeperiod.

nrf

nda Nodataavailable. cdna Comparabledatanotavailable.

1 NCHS.VitalStatisticsReportingSystem,19962005. 2 Include37states,NewYorkCityandDC(seetheDataSources,Definitions,andNotesfordetails). 3 Infantmortality:deathsper1000livebirths(Neonatal:<28dayspostneonatal:day28tounderoneyear). 4 Ratesareageadjustedtotheyear2000standardper100,000population.

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