https://www.practicematch.com/employer/iu-health-north-hospital/48077/

Healthy Behaviors

For each measure, we’ll list the Hamilton County rate, the Indiana rate and a letter grade primarily comparing Hamilton County with the Indiana average but also considering the national average.

Annual flu vaccinations: 64% vs 54%, A.

Infants with recommended immunizations: 66% vs 67%, C.

Mothers receiving pre-natal care in first trimester: 84% vs 72%, A.

Mammography screenings: 47% vs 39%, A.

Adults with recent preventive care visit: 78% vs 75%, B.

Adults reporting excessive drinking: 18% vs 18%, C.

Alcohol impaired driving deaths: 24% vs 19% (US avg is 27%), C.

Adult smoking: 11% vs 20% (US avg is 16%), A.

Preventable hospital stays (by outpatient services) per 100K Medicare enrollees: 1,850 vs 3,174, A.

Adults without leisure-time physical activity: 17% vs 26% (US avg is 22%), A.

Adult obesity: 29% vs 37% (US avg is 32%), B.

Adult diabetes rate: 8% vs 11% (US avg is 9%), B.

Diabetes deaths per 100K: 12 vs 30, A.

Heart disease prevalence: 4.4% vs 6.0%, A.

Heart disease hospitalizations per 1K Medicare beneficiaries: 48 vs 62 (US avg is 57), A.

Sexually transmitted disease (chlamydia) cases per 100K: 216 vs 480, A.

Existing HIV cases per 100K: 82 vs 193, A.

Some medical experts dispute classifying measures (above and below) as being strongly related to individual behaviors or as social indicators. They are grouped as conventionally done by others reporting on public health.

Social Indicators

Emergency room injury visits per 10K: 532 vs 850, A.

Injury deaths per 100K: 43 vs 85 (US avg is 76), A.

Drug overdose deaths per 100K: 12 vs 28 (US avg is 23), A.

Opioid ER visits per 100K: 31 vs 75, A.

Deaths of despair per 100K: 31 vs 53, A.

Teen births per 1K females: 4 vs 17, A.

Births, mother smoked during pregnancy: 1% vs 11%, A.

Infant deaths per 1K live births: 4.7 vs 6.7 (US avg is 5.4), B.

Deaths per 100K under age 18: 30 vs 60 (US avg is 50), A.

Children in single parent households: 13% vs 25%, A.

Disconnected ages 16-19, not working or in school: 5% vs 6% (US avg is 7%), B.

Juvenile arrests per 1K: 8 vs 19, A.

Summary

Hamilton County earns summary A grades for both behaviors and social indicators. US News & World Report rates Hamilton County as 8th best nationally of the counties it tracks. County Health Rankings lists it as the healthiest county in Indiana. 

http://indianaindicators.org/dash/overview.aspx

https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/indiana/hamilton-county

https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/explore-health-rankings/indiana/hamilton?year=2023

https://nccd.cdc.gov/DHDSPAtlas/Reports.aspx

https://www.hamiltoncounty.in.gov/254/Health-Department

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