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 LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
Linguistically Isolated Population (Percent) 7.5
unfavorable
4.6
unfavorable
4.5
Population in Poverty (Percent) 16.7
unfavorable
14.0
similar
15.0
Population Below 200% FPL (Percent) 35.2
similar
30.9
similar
33.6
Children Below 200% FPL (Percent) 46.7
similar
40.1
similar
43.3
No High School Diploma (Age 25+, Percent) 14.2
unfavorable
11.7
similar
13.0
Unemployment Rate (Age 16+, Percent) 4.4
similar
4.4
similar
4.1
similar
4.8
% Low Health Literacy 30.9
unfavorable
23.3
 
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Overall Health LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% "Fair/Poor" Overall Health 15.1
similar
18.0
similar
18.1
favorable
24.1
% Activity Limitations 24.9
unfavorable
17.6
similar
25.0
unfavorable
17.1
% Caregiver to a Friend/Family Member 27.3
unfavorable
20.8
 
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Access to Health Services LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% [Age 18-64] Lack Health Insurance 9.3
similar
10.7
favorable
13.7
unfavorable
0.0
favorable
21.8
% Difficulty Accessing Healthcare in Past Year (Composite) 50.5
unfavorable
43.2
unfavorable
42.8
% Difficulty Finding Physician in Past Year 18.6
unfavorable
13.4
similar
14.7
% Difficulty Getting Appointment in Past Year 21.7
similar
17.5
similar
22.6
% Cost Prevented Physician Visit in Past Year 20.0
unfavorable
11.2
unfavorable
15.4
similar
18.4
% Transportation Hindered Dr Visit in Past Year 18.3
unfavorable
8.3
unfavorable
11.5
% Inconvenient Hrs Prevented Dr Visit in Past Year 21.5
unfavorable
12.5
similar
17.4
% Language/Culture Prevented Care in Past Year 8.1
unfavorable
1.2
% Cost Prevented Getting Prescription in Past Year 20.8
unfavorable
14.9
similar
22.5
% Skipped Prescription Doses to Save Costs 24.2
unfavorable
15.3
similar
19.8
% Difficulty Getting Child's Healthcare in Past Year 15.4
unfavorable
5.6
unfavorable
0.8
% Insurance Not Accepted in the Past Year 21.6
% Member of HH Had Difficulty Seeing a Specialist/Past Yr 14.9
similar
17.5
% Could Rely on Public Transportation for Work, Appts, Shopping 68.8
Primary Care Doctors per 100,000 123.2
favorable
96.9
favorable
87.8
similar
118.2
% Have a Specific Source of Ongoing Care 65.1
unfavorable
74.1
unfavorable
95.0
unfavorable
77.5
% Feel the Need to Leave the Area for Medical Care 22.0
% Have Had Routine Checkup in Past Year 64.1
unfavorable
70.0
similar
68.3
unfavorable
75.3
% Child Has Had Checkup in Past Year 69.6
unfavorable
87.1
unfavorable
95.6
% Two or More ER Visits in Past Year 17.1
unfavorable
9.3
similar
13.5
% Rate Local Healthcare "Fair/Poor" 14.6
similar
16.2
favorable
22.5
% Attended Health Event in Past Year 21.5
similar
20.1
Live in a Health Professional Shortage Area (Percent) 43.0
similar
44.7
unfavorable
33.1
 
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Cancer LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
Cancer (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 167.4
similar
166.7
similar
158.5
similar
161.4
similar
187.1
Lung Cancer (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 40.0
similar
43.6
similar
40.3
similar
45.5
Prostate Cancer (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 24.2
unfavorable
20.3
unfavorable
19.0
similar
21.8
Female Breast Cancer (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 22.8
similar
21.5
similar
20.3
similar
20.7
Colorectal Cancer (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 16.2
similar
15.2
similar
14.1
similar
14.5
Female Breast Cancer Incidence Rate 129.5
similar
130.0
similar
123.5
Prostate Cancer Incidence Rate 123.1
similar
119.4
similar
114.8
Lung Cancer Incidence Rate 62.0
similar
66.8
similar
61.2
Colorectal Cancer Incidence Rate 46.2
similar
44.5
similar
39.8
Cervical Cancer Incidence Rate 8.9
similar
7.7
similar
7.6
% Cancer (Other Than Skin) 5.8
similar
7.0
similar
7.1
similar
6.7
% Skin Cancer 4.3
similar
4.9
favorable
8.5
similar
2.0
% [Women 50-74] Mammogram in Past 2 Years 72.6
similar
78.0
similar
77.0
similar
81.1
unfavorable
86.9
% [Women 21-65] Pap Smear in Past 3 Years 69.3
unfavorable
83.8
similar
73.5
unfavorable
93.0
unfavorable
82.6
% [Men 50+] Prostate Exam in Past 2 Years 46.7
% [Age 50-75] Colorectal Cancer Screening 66.6
similar
63.5
unfavorable
76.4
similar
70.5
similar
66.5
 
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Dementias, Including Alzheimer's Disease LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
Alzheimer's Disease (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 22.7
similar
23.9
favorable
28.4
unfavorable
16.8
 
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Diabetes LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
Diabetes (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 20.3
similar
18.9
similar
21.1
similar
20.5
similar
23.2
% Diabetes/High Blood Sugar 17.2
unfavorable
10.4
similar
13.3
similar
14.0
% Borderline/Pre-Diabetes 5.3
favorable
9.5
unfavorable
1.0
% [Non-Diabetes] Blood Sugar Tested in Past 3 Years 50.5
similar
50.0
similar
51.1
 
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Heart Disease & Stroke LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
Diseases of the Heart (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 175.2
similar
169.0
similar
167.0
similar
156.9
favorable
204.1
Stroke (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 38.8
similar
37.9
similar
37.1
similar
34.8
similar
41.2
% Heart Disease (Heart Attack, Angina, Coronary Disease) 7.3
similar
8.0
similar
6.8
% Stroke 5.6
unfavorable
3.1
similar
4.7
similar
4.0
% Blood Pressure Checked in Past 2 Years 84.4
unfavorable
90.4
unfavorable
92.6
unfavorable
96.0
% Told Have High Blood Pressure (Ever) 44.0
unfavorable
30.8
unfavorable
37.0
unfavorable
26.9
unfavorable
36.5
% [HBP] Taking Action to Control High Blood Pressure 84.9
unfavorable
93.8
unfavorable
96.5
% Cholesterol Checked in Past 5 Years 79.1
similar
78.2
unfavorable
85.1
similar
82.1
unfavorable
90.6
% Told Have High Cholesterol (Ever) 33.1
similar
36.2
unfavorable
13.5
similar
29.9
% [HBC] Taking Action to Control High Blood Cholesterol 88.2
similar
87.3
similar
82.2
% 1+ Cardiovascular Risk Factor 89.9
similar
87.2
unfavorable
84.6
 
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HIV LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
HIV/AIDS (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 2.5
unfavorable
1.4
unfavorable
1.9
favorable
3.3
HIV Prevalence Rate 602.0
unfavorable
322.9
unfavorable
353.2
 
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Immunization & Infectious Diseases LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% [Age 65+] Flu Vaccine in Past Year 67.1
favorable
56.4
similar
76.8
similar
70.0
similar
62.7
% [High-Risk 18-64] Flu Vaccine in Past Year 50.7
similar
55.7
unfavorable
70.0
favorable
33.6
% [Age 65+] Pneumonia Vaccine Ever 69.7
similar
69.6
unfavorable
82.7
unfavorable
90.0
similar
64.5
% [High-Risk 18-64] Pneumonia Vaccine Ever 46.3
similar
39.9
unfavorable
60.0
similar
32.9
 
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Infant Health & Family Planning LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
No Prenatal Care in First Trimester (Percent) 23.9
similar
21.3
similar
22.1
similar
24.8
Low Birthweight Births (Percent) 8.9
similar
8.3
similar
8.1
similar
7.8
similar
9.1
Infant Death Rate 6.9
similar
6.4
similar
5.9
similar
6.0
favorable
8.2
Births to Teenagers Under Age 20 (Percent) 5.7
similar
5.6
similar
5.8
favorable
10.7
 
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Injury & Violence LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
Unintentional Injury (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 31.4
favorable
37.1
favorable
43.7
favorable
36.4
similar
27.3
Motor Vehicle Crashes (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 5.5
favorable
8.1
favorable
11.0
favorable
12.4
[65+] Falls (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 36.0
favorable
47.1
favorable
60.6
favorable
47.0
Firearm-Related Deaths (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 13.7
unfavorable
10.1
unfavorable
11.0
unfavorable
9.3
Homicide (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 13.1
unfavorable
7.4
unfavorable
5.7
unfavorable
5.5
similar
11.2
Violent Crime Rate 586.7
unfavorable
397.0
unfavorable
379.7
% Victim of Violent Crime in Past 5 Years 7.1
unfavorable
3.7
similar
7.9
% Neighborhood is "Not At All Safe" from Crime 11.2
unfavorable
3.6
similar
12.4
% Victim of Domestic Violence (Ever) 19.5
unfavorable
14.2
similar
16.9
% Child [Age 5-17] "Always" Wears Bicycle Helmet 23.2
unfavorable
48.8
unfavorable
45.6
% Child [Age 0-17] "Always" Uses Seat Belt/Car Seat 76.8
unfavorable
85.6
unfavorable
91.4
 
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Kidney Disease LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
Kidney Disease (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 17.0
similar
17.2
unfavorable
13.2
favorable
21.3
% Kidney Disease 7.2
unfavorable
3.7
unfavorable
3.8
unfavorable
1.8
 
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Mental Health LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% "Fair/Poor" Mental Health 18.8
unfavorable
13.0
unfavorable
12.9
% Diagnosed Depression 19.0
similar
16.5
similar
21.6
similar
14.2
% Symptoms of Chronic Depression (2+ Years) 40.0
unfavorable
31.4
unfavorable
25.4
% Typical Day Is "Extremely/Very" Stressful 18.0
unfavorable
13.4
unfavorable
9.1
Suicide (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 8.1
favorable
10.5
favorable
13.0
favorable
10.2
similar
7.7
% Insurance Covers Mental Health Services at Least Partially 59.9
% Have Ever Sought Help for Mental Health 23.5
unfavorable
30.8
similar
23.1
% [Those With Diagnosed Depression] Seeking Help 67.2
unfavorable
87.1
similar
75.4
% Unable to Get Mental Health Svcs in Past Yr 12.1
unfavorable
6.8
% 3+ Days Without Enough Sleep in the Past Month 58.4
similar
62.4
 
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Nutrition, Physical Activity & Weight LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% Eat 5+ Servings of Fruit or Vegetables per Day 36.2
similar
33.5
similar
36.4
% "Very/Somewhat" Difficult to Buy Fresh Produce 29.9
unfavorable
22.1
similar
24.6
Population With Low Food Access (Percent) 7.5
favorable
19.4
favorable
22.4
% Worried About Food in the Past Year 39.9
unfavorable
25.4
% No Leisure-Time Physical Activity 22.4
similar
23.9
similar
26.2
favorable
32.6
similar
27.8
% Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines 25.6
similar
21.3
similar
22.8
favorable
20.1
Recreation/Fitness Facilities per 100,000 10.3
similar
10.9
similar
11.0
% Overweight (BMI 25+) 67.1
similar
65.0
similar
67.8
similar
66.8
% Healthy Weight (BMI 18.5-24.9) 26.9
unfavorable
32.9
similar
30.3
unfavorable
33.9
similar
33.0
% [Overweights] Trying to Lose Weight 58.6
similar
61.3
favorable
37.5
% Obese (BMI 30+) 35.6
similar
31.6
similar
32.8
unfavorable
30.5
similar
38.4
% Medical Advice on Weight in Past Year 29.2
similar
24.2
similar
23.5
% [Overweights] Counseled About Weight in Past Year 32.4
similar
29.0
similar
37.7
% Child [Age 5-17] Healthy Weight 50.4
similar
58.4
unfavorable
66.7
% Children [Age 5-17] Overweight (85th Percentile) 39.0
similar
33.0
similar
33.3
% Children [Age 5-17] Obese (95th Percentile) 29.6
similar
20.4
unfavorable
14.5
similar
25.4
% Child [Age 2-17] Physically Active 1+ Hours per Day 27.8
unfavorable
50.5
unfavorable
53.1
 
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Oral Health LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% Have Dental Insurance 68.3
favorable
59.9
favorable
59.7
% [Age 18+] Dental Visit in Past Year 51.4
unfavorable
65.5
unfavorable
59.7
similar
49.0
unfavorable
61.6
% Child [Age 2-17] Dental Visit in Past Year 67.6
unfavorable
87.0
favorable
49.0
unfavorable
82.9
 
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Potentially Disabling Conditions LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% [50+] Arthritis/Rheumatism 46.3
similar
38.3
similar
40.8
% [50+] Osteoporosis 11.1
similar
9.4
unfavorable
5.3
similar
9.6
% Sciatica/Chronic Back Pain 21.7
similar
22.9
similar
18.0
% Eye Exam in Past 2 Years 56.1
similar
55.3
unfavorable
64.6
% Multiple Chronic Conditions 58.5
similar
56.8
 
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Respiratory Diseases LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
CLRD (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 29.7
favorable
38.5
favorable
40.9
similar
31.2
Pneumonia/Influenza (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 15.8
similar
15.7
similar
14.6
favorable
20.3
% [Adult] Currently Has Asthma 9.4
similar
8.9
similar
11.8
similar
12.2
% [Child 0-17] Currently Has Asthma 14.7
similar
9.3
similar
12.1
% COPD (Lung Disease) 10.4
unfavorable
6.2
similar
8.6
similar
12.1
 
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
Chlamydia Incidence Rate 713.1
unfavorable
515.6
unfavorable
456.1
Gonorrhea Incidence Rate 198.2
unfavorable
124.0
unfavorable
110.7
 
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Substance Abuse LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
Unintentional Drug-Related Deaths (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 13.6
similar
13.4
similar
14.3
unfavorable
11.3
unfavorable
8.9
Cirrhosis/Liver Disease (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 9.3
similar
9.1
similar
10.6
similar
8.2
similar
9.0
% Current Drinker 58.6
similar
58.4
similar
55.0
similar
52.2
% Excessive Drinker 31.6
unfavorable
22.5
unfavorable
25.4
unfavorable
19.3
% Drinking & Driving in Past Month 12.3
unfavorable
3.8
unfavorable
5.2
unfavorable
1.7
% Illicit Drug Use in Past Month 10.6
unfavorable
2.5
unfavorable
7.1
unfavorable
1.3
% Used Prescription Opiates in the Past Year (Prescribed or Not) 14.2
% Would Know Where to Seek Substance Abuse Help 46.5
% Ever Sought Help for Alcohol or Drug Problem 5.8
similar
3.4
similar
3.1
% Life Negatively Affected by Substance Abuse 42.4
similar
37.3
 
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Tobacco Use LCMH Service Area vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% Current Smoker 24.3
unfavorable
15.8
unfavorable
16.3
unfavorable
12.0
similar
19.8
% Someone Smokes at Home 25.3
unfavorable
10.7
similar
25.8
% [Nonsmokers] Someone Smokes in the Home 11.8
unfavorable
4.0
similar
15.4
% [Household With Children] Someone Smokes in the Home 37.0
unfavorable
7.2
similar
28.3
% [Smokers] Received Advice to Quit Smoking 64.2
similar
58.0
similar
74.3
% Currently Use Vaping Products 12.5
unfavorable
4.3
unfavorable
3.8
% Smoke Cigars 13.2
unfavorable
7.5
unfavorable
0.2
unfavorable
5.5
 
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