Environmental Public Health is a segment of public health concerned with assessing, understanding, and controlling the impacts of people on their environment and the impacts of the environment on them.

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Annual Number of Unhealthy Air Quality Days Due to Fine Particulate Matter

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Percent of Population With Access to Healthy Foods

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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

# of Poor Health Days Reported

The percent of adults

reporting poor or fair

overall health ranges

between 9%-19% in

the East Central Kansas

Public Health Coalition

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Years of Potential Life Lostper 100,000 people

Range in Kansas (Min-Max): 3,846-11,727 Overall in Kansas: 7,084 National Benchmark: 5,564 (90th percentile)

Premature death is represented by the years of potential life lost before age 75. Every death occurring before the age of 75 contributes to the total number of years of potential life lost.

For example, a person dying at age 25 contributes 50 years of life lost and a person dying at age 65 contributes 10 years of life lost.

MORBIDITY & MORTALITY

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Adult Smoking

Excessive Drinking

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Teen Birth Rate per 1,000 female population, ages 15-19

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Adult obesity rates range from 30%-32% for the East Central Kansas Public Health Coalition Counties

HEALTH BEHAVIORS

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Percent of Medicare eligible women that receive HgB A1C screenings

Percent of Medicare eligible womenthat receive mam-mography screenings

CLINICAL CARE

Access to Care Quality of Care

Ratio of Primary Care Physicians to Population

Chase No PhysiciansCoffey 1:1,407Franklin 1:1,650Greenwood 1:1,702Lyon 1:1,104Osage 1:2,711Morris 1:602Wabaunsee 1:2,293

The percent of population under age 65 without health insurance ranges between 13%-21% for the counties in the East Central Kansas Public Health Coalition

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Coffey

Franklin

Greenwood

Lyon

Osage

Morris

Wabaunsee

% of 9th Graders That Graduate in 4 Years

75% 90% 60% 90% 70% 90 No Data

85%

% of Adults age 25-44 With some Post Secondary Education

61% 66% 58% 60% 51% 59% 56% 66%

% of Population 16+ That is seeking Employment

5.5% 5.7% 8.7% 6.6% 6.1% 7.6% 6.9% 7.1%

Percent of Children Under 18 in Poverty

17% 13% 14% 23% 18% 15% 16% 12%

% of Adults Without Adequate Social or Emotional Support

No Data

14% 15% 15% 21% 15% 14% 15%

Children in Single Parent Households

20% 21% 28% 27% 32% 24% 27% 16%

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC ISSUES

THAT AFFECT HEALTH

The County Health Rankings show us that where we live matters to our health. The health of a community depends on many different factors - ranging from health behaviors, education and jobs, to quality of health care, to the environment.

County RankingCS 23CF 4FR 40GW 87LY 44OS 71MR 33WB 41

County RankingCS 51CF 40FR 77GW 74LY 80OS 73MR 43WB 29

COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS