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HEALTH RANKINGS: Midland 12th, Bay 53rd, Saginaw 74th in State

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By: Dave Rogers

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Bay County is above the state and national averages in obesity, adult smoking, teen births, physical inactivity and excessive drinking.
 

Are we healthy in Bay County?

Apparently not so much.

At least compared to first place Leelanau, and even Midland, 12th.

But we're ahead of Saginaw and 29 other counties in Michigan that fall below our 53rd place.

Bay County is above the state and national averages in obesity, adult smoking, teen births, physical inactivity and excessive drinking.

We're at about the state average in high school completion, 75 percent, some college, 64 percent, and children in single parent households, 33 percent.

Our unemployment rate, 9.7 percent, is about half a point better than the state average but still way higher than the national benchmark of 5 percent.

Bay County's violent crime rate is much better than Michigan's, 325 per 100,000 population compared to 497, but way off the national benchmark of 66.

Bay County is above the state and national averages in premature death, (years of potential life lost before age 75 per 100,000 population - age-adjusted).

The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program is a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.

A new report released recently examines the health and well being of people living in nearly every county in the United States, and finds that rates of premature deaths are at the lowest level in 20 years. Nevertheless, people in the unhealthiest counties are dying too early at more than twice the rates of those in the healthiest counties.

The 2013 County Health Rankings rely on a robust set of data and analysis that allows counties to see what it is that is making residents sick or healthy, and how they compare to other counties in the same state.

This is the fourth year of the Rankings, published online at www.countyhealthrankings.org by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI).

The Rankings data helps to lay the groundwork for health improvement efforts of governors, mayors, business leaders, and citizens across the country.

The County Health Rankings show that how long and how well people live depends on multiple factors beyond just their access to medical care. It examines 25 factors that influence health, including rates of childhood poverty, rates of smoking, obesity levels, teen birth rates, access to physicians and dentists, rates of high school graduation and college attendance, access to healthy foods, levels of physical inactivity, and percentages of children living in single parent households.

County Health Rankings & Roadmaps help communities create solutions that make it easier for people to be healthy in their own communities, focusing on specific factors that we know affect health, such as education and income. Having health insurance and quality health care are important to our health, but we need leadership and action beyond health care, state foundation officials.

The County Health Rankings show the rank of the health of nearly every county in the nation and illustrate that much of what affects health occurs outside of the doctor's office.

The Rankings help counties understand what influences how healthy residents are and how long they will live.

Based on data available for each county, the Rankings are unique in their ability to measure the overall health of each county in all 50 states on the many factors that influence health, and they have been used to garner support among government agencies, healthcare providers, community organizations, business leaders, policymakers, and the public for local health improvement initiatives.

The project includes grants to coalitions across the U.S. to improve the health of people in their communities; grants to national organizations to mobilize local leaders and affiliates to improve health; the RWJF Roadmaps to Health Prize to recognize communities whose promising efforts will likely lead to better health; and guides, tools, and consultation to help improve people?s health.)



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Dave Rogers

Dave Rogers is a former editorial writer for the Bay City Times and a widely read,
respected journalist/writer in and around Bay City.
(Contact Dave Via Email at carraroe@aol.com)

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