Health Indicators (Key)

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Social Determinants Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
Linguistically Isolated Population (Percent) 8.5
unfavorable
7.6
unfavorable
5.1
unfavorable
4.8
Population in Poverty (Percent) 16.9
unfavorable
14.8
unfavorable
14.1
unfavorable
15.4
Population Below 200% FPL (Percent) 36.0
unfavorable
32.3
unfavorable
31.5
similar
34.2
No High School Diploma (Age 25+, Percent) 15.5
unfavorable
14.1
unfavorable
12.7
unfavorable
14.0
 
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Overall Health Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% "Fair/Poor" Physical Health 16.3
similar
16.6
similar
16.9
similar
15.3
similar
11.8
% Activity Limitations 27.1
unfavorable
21.4
unfavorable
17.0
unfavorable
21.5
unfavorable
17.7
 
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Access to Health Services Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% [Age 18-64] Lack Health Insurance 7.5
similar
8.1
favorable
19.4
favorable
15.1
unfavorable
0.0
similar
11.3
% [Insured] Went Without Coverage in Past Year 5.6
similar
7.1
similar
8.1
favorable
98.3
% Difficulty Accessing Healthcare in Past Year (Composite) 30.1
favorable
37.6
favorable
39.9
similar
28.2
% Inconvenient Hrs Prevented Dr Visit in Past Year 15.5
similar
18.6
similar
15.4
similar
15.2
% Cost Prevented Getting Prescription in Past Year 7.2
favorable
12.6
favorable
15.8
similar
8.3
% Cost Prevented Physician Visit in Past Year 8.2
favorable
12.0
favorable
18.2
similar
5.8
% Difficulty Getting Appointment in Past Year 13.7
similar
15.1
similar
17.0
similar
14.2
% Difficulty Finding Physician in Past Year 10.4
similar
9.9
similar
11.0
similar
6.2
% Transportation Hindered Dr Visit in Past Year 9.3
similar
8.5
similar
9.4
unfavorable
4.0
% Skipped Prescription Doses to Save Costs 9.8
similar
12.7
favorable
15.3
similar
9.6
% Difficulty Getting Child's Healthcare in Past Year 1.0
favorable
3.6
favorable
6.0
similar
0.0
Primary Care Doctors per 100,000 91.9
unfavorable
98.6
favorable
79.0
favorable
74.5
% [Age 18+] Have a Specific Source of Ongoing Care 73.1
similar
73.9
similar
76.3
unfavorable
95.0
similar
78.7
% [Age 18-64] Have a Specific Source of Ongoing Care 72.9
similar
74.4
similar
75.6
unfavorable
89.4
similar
75.9
% [Age 65+] Have a Specific Source of Ongoing Care 72.2
similar
71.5
similar
80.0
unfavorable
100.0
similar
84.3
% Have Had Routine Checkup in Past Year 75.3
similar
72.7
favorable
66.5
favorable
65.0
similar
68.7
% Child Has Had Checkup in Past Year 92.2
similar
91.8
favorable
84.1
similar
96.9
% Two or More ER Visits in Past Year 3.3
favorable
7.5
favorable
8.9
similar
1.7
% Rate Local Healthcare "Fair/Poor" 13.5
similar
13.5
similar
16.5
unfavorable
7.0
 
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Arthritis, Osteoporosis & Chronic Back Conditions Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% [50+] Arthritis/Rheumatism 31.4
similar
36.3
similar
37.3
similar
27.1
% [50+] Osteoporosis 6.1
favorable
10.0
favorable
13.5
similar
5.3
similar
8.7
% Sciatica/Chronic Back Pain 17.5
similar
18.3
similar
18.4
similar
18.2
 
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Cancer Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
Cancer (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 174.5
similar
169.2
similar
174.2
similar
166.2
unfavorable
161.4
favorable
196.5
Lung Cancer (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 43.9
favorable
47.5
similar
44.7
similar
45.5
Prostate Cancer (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 23.1
unfavorable
20.5
unfavorable
19.8
unfavorable
21.8
Female Breast Cancer (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 24.2
unfavorable
22.8
unfavorable
21.3
unfavorable
20.7
Colorectal Cancer (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 16.7
similar
15.9
unfavorable
14.9
unfavorable
14.5
Prostate Cancer Incidence per 100,000 159.8
similar
156.2
unfavorable
149.4
unfavorable
142.3
Female Breast Cancer Incidence per 100,000 126.5
similar
129.4
similar
127.4
similar
122.7
Lung Cancer Incidence per 100,000 66.1
similar
64.8
favorable
70.6
similar
64.9
Colorectal Cancer Incidence per 100,000 50.2
similar
48.1
similar
48.6
unfavorable
43.3
Cervical Cancer Incidence per 100,000 10.2
unfavorable
9.2
unfavorable
8.4
unfavorable
7.8
% Skin Cancer 4.1
similar
3.6
similar
4.6
favorable
6.7
similar
9.4
% Cancer (Other Than Skin) 7.8
similar
5.2
similar
6.3
similar
6.1
similar
6.7
% [Men 50+] Prostate Exam in Past 2 Years 68.6
similar
69.2
similar
75.0
unfavorable
89.5
% [Women 50-74] Mammogram in Past 2 Years 70.6
unfavorable
79.1
similar
76.4
unfavorable
83.6
unfavorable
81.1
similar
72.9
% [Women 21-65] Pap Smear in Past 3 Years 73.3
unfavorable
84.6
similar
77.3
unfavorable
83.9
unfavorable
93.0
similar
72.5
% [Age 50-75] Colorectal Cancer Screening 64.3
similar
70.4
unfavorable
75.1
similar
70.5
similar
56.4
 
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Chronic Kidney Disease Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
Kidney Disease (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 17.2
unfavorable
16.2
similar
17.1
unfavorable
13.2
favorable
20.9
% Kidney Disease 3.3
similar
2.7
similar
2.4
similar
3.0
similar
2.9
 
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Dementias, Including Alzheimer's Disease Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
Alzheimer's Disease (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 15.8
similar
16.4
favorable
20.0
favorable
24.0
favorable
17.7
 
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Diabetes Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
Diabetes Mellitus (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 20.6
unfavorable
19.3
unfavorable
19.4
similar
21.3
similar
20.5
favorable
24.5
% Diabetes/High Blood Sugar 10.8
similar
11.5
similar
9.9
similar
11.7
similar
9.7
% Borderline/Pre-Diabetes 6.8
similar
6.9
similar
5.1
unfavorable
1.3
% [Non-Diabetes] Blood Sugar Tested in Past 3 Years 55.1
similar
53.8
similar
49.2
 
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Educational & Community-Based Programs Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% Attended Health Event in Past Year 16.6
unfavorable
21.1
unfavorable
23.8
favorable
7.9
 
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Family Planning Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% Teen Births 7.9
unfavorable
7.2
similar
7.6
similar
7.8
favorable
10.7
 
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Hearing & Other Sensory or Communication Disorders Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% Deafness/Trouble Hearing 10.4
unfavorable
6.7
similar
10.3
similar
11.4
 
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Heart Disease & Stroke Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
Diseases of the Heart (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 183.4
unfavorable
172.0
unfavorable
173.9
unfavorable
171.3
unfavorable
156.9
favorable
233.0
Stroke (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 36.8
similar
35.4
similar
37.7
similar
37.0
unfavorable
34.8
favorable
46.4
% Heart Disease (Heart Attack, Angina, Coronary Disease) 6.6
similar
5.4
similar
6.1
similar
9.0
% Stroke 2.0
similar
3.0
similar
2.8
favorable
3.9
similar
3.2
% Blood Pressure Checked in Past 2 Years 94.3
similar
95.4
favorable
91.0
similar
92.6
unfavorable
99.2
% Told Have High Blood Pressure (Ever) 33.9
similar
34.6
similar
30.1
similar
34.1
unfavorable
26.9
similar
35.6
% [HBP] Taking Action to Control High Blood Pressure 95.6
similar
93.5
favorable
89.2
similar
96.6
% Cholesterol Checked in Past 5 Years 93.9
similar
92.4
favorable
74.0
favorable
86.6
favorable
82.1
similar
89.7
% Told Have High Cholesterol (Ever) 37.6
unfavorable
31.2
similar
36.6
unfavorable
29.9
unfavorable
13.5
similar
45.8
% [HBC] Taking Action to Control High Blood Cholesterol 87.1
similar
89.7
similar
81.4
similar
90.8
% 1+ Cardiovascular Risk Factor 82.0
similar
80.9
similar
82.3
similar
85.4
 
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HIV Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
HIV/AIDS (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 2.7
unfavorable
2.2
unfavorable
1.6
unfavorable
2.2
favorable
3.3
HIV Prevalence per 100,000 558.5
unfavorable
449.1
unfavorable
300.1
unfavorable
340.4
% [Age 18-44] HIV Test in the Past Year 20.7
similar
28.0
similar
19.3
similar
17.2
 
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Immunization & Infectious Diseases Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% [Age 65+] Flu Vaccine in Past Year 47.8
similar
56.6
similar
58.6
similar
57.5
unfavorable
70.0
unfavorable
70.0
% [Age 65+] Pneumonia Vaccine Ever 73.9
similar
68.9
similar
64.6
similar
68.4
unfavorable
90.0
similar
70.1
% Have Completed Hepatitis B Vaccination Series 35.0
unfavorable
41.8
unfavorable
44.7
favorable
25.1
 
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Injury & Violence Prevention Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
Unintentional Injury (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 26.6
similar
25.7
favorable
32.9
favorable
39.2
favorable
36.4
favorable
31.3
Motor Vehicle Crashes (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 5.8
unfavorable
5.4
favorable
7.9
favorable
10.7
favorable
12.4
favorable
8.7
% "Always" Wear Seat Belt 91.7
similar
89.4
favorable
84.8
similar
92.0
similar
94.2
% Child [Age 0-17] "Always" Uses Seat Belt/Car Seat 94.6
similar
91.7
similar
92.2
similar
91.0
% Child [Age 5-17] "Always" Wears Bicycle Helmet 21.6
unfavorable
37.6
unfavorable
48.7
similar
26.0
% Perceive Neighborhood to be "Not At All Safe" from Crime 2.1
favorable
3.8
similar
0.6
% [Child 5-17] Missed School for Safety Reasons Last Month 0.0
favorable
1.9
similar
0.0
Firearm-Related Deaths (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 11.2
unfavorable
9.6
unfavorable
8.8
unfavorable
10.4
unfavorable
9.3
similar
11.0
% Firearm in Home 21.0
unfavorable
12.4
favorable
34.7
similar
15.5
% [Homes With Firearms] Weapon(s) Unlocked & Loaded 14.7
similar
11.7
similar
16.8
similar
13.5
Homicide (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 10.5
unfavorable
8.6
unfavorable
6.3
unfavorable
5.3
unfavorable
5.5
favorable
11.5
Violent Crime per 100,000 630.9
unfavorable
507.9
unfavorable
403.2
unfavorable
380.9
favorable
829.7
% Victim of Violent Crime in Past 5 Years 1.7
favorable
4.6
similar
2.8
similar
2.3
% Victim of Domestic Violence (Ever) 7.9
similar
10.7
favorable
15.0
similar
7.4
 
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Maternal, Infant & Child Health Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
No Prenatal Care in First Trimester (Percent) 5.6
similar
5.5
similar
5.4
favorable
17.3
favorable
22.1
Low Birthweight Births (Percent) 8.9
similar
8.6
unfavorable
4.0
unfavorable
8.0
unfavorable
7.8
similar
9.1
Infant Death Rate 6.7
unfavorable
6.3
unfavorable
6.3
unfavorable
6.0
unfavorable
6.0
favorable
8.6
 
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Mental Health & Mental Disorders Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% "Fair/Poor" Mental Health 11.9
similar
13.2
similar
11.9
similar
7.2
% Diagnosed Depression 13.3
similar
15.5
favorable
20.4
similar
8.4
% Symptoms of Chronic Depression (2+ Years) 22.5
similar
26.0
favorable
30.4
similar
18.0
Suicide (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 7.8
similar
8.1
favorable
9.7
favorable
12.5
favorable
10.2
unfavorable
7.0
% Have Ever Sought Help for Mental Health 18.1
unfavorable
23.7
similar
22.3
% [Those With Diagnosed Depression] Seeking Help 84.5
similar
81.8
similar
76.6
similar
66.9
% Typical Day Is "Extremely/Very" Stressful 10.5
similar
11.8
similar
11.9
similar
7.8
% 3+ Days Without Enough Sleep in the Past Month 61.3
similar
62.5
similar
65.9
 
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Nutrition, Physical Activity & Weight Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% Eat 5+ Servings of Fruit or Vegetables per Day 37.1
similar
39.6
similar
39.5
similar
36.9
% "Very/Somewhat" Difficult to Buy Fresh Produce 16.1
similar
16.2
favorable
24.4
similar
18.5
Population With Low Food Access (Percent) 8.3
favorable
13.6
favorable
20.4
favorable
23.6
% Medical Advice on Nutrition in Past Year 40.7
unfavorable
47.1
similar
39.2
similar
36.2
% Healthy Weight (BMI 18.5-24.9) 29.6
similar
31.8
similar
33.0
similar
34.4
similar
33.9
similar
39.4
% Overweight (BMI 25+) 69.6
similar
66.4
unfavorable
64.7
unfavorable
63.1
similar
59.9
% Obese (BMI 30+) 32.4
similar
30.1
similar
29.4
similar
29.0
similar
30.5
similar
25.5
% Medical Advice on Weight in Past Year 25.3
unfavorable
30.0
similar
23.7
similar
17.7
% [Overweights] Trying to Lose Weight Both Diet/Exercise 47.2
similar
42.6
favorable
39.5
similar
34.6
% Child [Age 5-17] Healthy Weight 49.4
similar
55.9
similar
56.7
similar
63.1
% Children [Age 5-17] Overweight (85th Percentile) 35.9
similar
31.6
similar
31.5
similar
36.9
% Children [Age 5-17] Obese (95th Percentile) 19.8
similar
18.1
similar
14.8
similar
14.5
similar
17.0
% No Leisure-Time Physical Activity 20.7
similar
17.5
favorable
25.1
similar
20.7
favorable
32.6
similar
21.9
% Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines 45.1
unfavorable
50.7
similar
50.3
similar
47.3
% Moderate Physical Activity 26.7
similar
29.1
similar
30.6
similar
28.2
% Vigorous Physical Activity 33.2
unfavorable
39.4
similar
38.0
similar
31.4
Recreation/Fitness Facilities per 100,000 9.4
unfavorable
10.8
unfavorable
10.2
similar
9.7
% "Very/Somewhat" Difficult to Access a Place for Exercise 12.9
similar
15.4
similar
10.5
% Child [Age 2-17] Physically Active 1+ Hours per Day 47.4
similar
48.8
similar
48.6
 
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Oral Health Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% [Age 18+] Dental Visit in Past Year 71.1
similar
69.8
similar
66.9
similar
65.9
favorable
49.0
unfavorable
84.9
% Child [Age 2-17] Dental Visit in Past Year 83.5
similar
86.5
similar
81.5
favorable
49.0
similar
92.3
% Have Dental Insurance 70.2
similar
71.9
similar
65.6
similar
66.8
 
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Respiratory Diseases Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
CLRD (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 31.1
similar
31.0
favorable
39.3
favorable
42.0
similar
30.9
Pneumonia/Influenza (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 17.1
similar
16.6
similar
16.8
unfavorable
15.3
favorable
21.6
% COPD (Lung Disease) 5.9
similar
7.8
similar
5.0
similar
8.6
similar
9.7
% [Adult] Currently Has Asthma 10.1
similar
8.9
similar
7.6
similar
9.4
similar
6.3
% [Asthmatics] Asthma Attack in the Past Year 34.8
similar
47.7
similar
24.2
% [Child 0-17] Currently Has Asthma 11.7
similar
8.6
similar
7.1
similar
4.8
 
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
Gonorrhea Incidence per 100,000 230.8
unfavorable
184.7
unfavorable
141.0
unfavorable
107.5
Chlamydia Incidence per 100,000 727.3
unfavorable
619.6
unfavorable
526.1
unfavorable
456.7
% [Unmarried 18-64] 3+ Sexual Partners in Past Year 5.9
favorable
12.9
favorable
11.7
similar
5.4
% [Unmarried 18-64] Using Condoms 44.3
similar
50.1
similar
33.6
similar
56.7
 
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Sickle-Cell Anemia Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% Sickle-Cell Anemia 0.0
favorable
0.8
similar
0.2
 
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Substance Abuse Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
Cirrhosis/Liver Disease (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 8.8
unfavorable
8.3
similar
8.5
favorable
9.9
unfavorable
8.2
favorable
9.5
% Liver Disease 1.0
similar
1.6
similar
1.8
% Current Drinker 62.0
similar
60.6
similar
57.2
similar
56.5
similar
68.2
% Binge Drinker (Single Occasion - 5+ Drinks Men, 4+ Women) 17.4
similar
18.4
similar
19.5
favorable
24.4
similar
21.2
% Drinking & Driving in Past Month 1.0
similar
1.4
favorable
5.0
similar
2.8
Drug-Induced Deaths (Age-Adjusted Death Rate) 11.2
similar
11.1
favorable
12.1
favorable
14.1
similar
11.3
similar
11.7
% Illicit Drug Use in Past Month 2.2
favorable
4.7
similar
4.0
favorable
7.1
similar
1.1
% Ever Sought Help for Alcohol or Drug Problem 3.5
similar
3.4
similar
4.9
similar
4.0
 
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Tobacco Use Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% Current Smoker 11.2
similar
12.6
favorable
18.0
similar
14.9
similar
12.0
similar
14.7
% Someone Smokes at Home 15.6
similar
13.7
similar
12.7
similar
16.3
% [Non-Smokers] Someone Smokes in the Home 12.2
unfavorable
7.7
unfavorable
6.3
similar
12.3
% [Smokers] Received Advice to Quit Smoking 56.4
unfavorable
71.8
similar
67.8
similar
71.6
% [Smokers] Have Quit Smoking 1+ Days in Past Year 46.5
similar
55.1
similar
55.9
unfavorable
80.0
similar
25.2
% Smoke Cigars 4.4
similar
4.7
similar
4.1
unfavorable
0.2
similar
3.5
% Use Smokeless Tobacco 0.4
favorable
1.5
favorable
2.6
favorable
4.0
similar
0.3
similar
1.1
 
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Vision Palos Community Hospital vs. MCHC Region vs. IL vs. US vs. HP2020 TREND
% Blindness/Trouble Seeing 7.7
similar
8.7
unfavorable
3.9
similar
8.5
similar
8.9
% Eye Exam in Past 2 Years 61.7
similar
58.1
similar
56.8
similar
65.0
 
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