HEALTH FACTORS & OUTCOMES INDICATOR GROUPS INDICATORS/MEASURES KITTITAS COUNTY WA STATE SOURCE/YEAR Physical Environment Environmental Quality Air quality Percent of 24 hour time period measurements with an average PM2.5 reading at or above 35ug/m (Ellensburg) 1.9% 0.4% WA Dept. of Ecology, 2011 Chemicals Percent of housing built before 1950 (lead) Yearly average number of pesticide illness cases reported 20.6% 2.2 16.6% 184 ACS 3 year 08-10 DOH, Office of EH, Safety, and Toxicology, 2000-2009 Water Percent of stream sections impaired with high levels of fecal coliforms and with a pollution control plan in place Number of onsite septic system failures Percentage of population with optimal levels of fluoride in drinking water (.8-1.3 mcg) 82.2% 13 44% 47.3% N/A 48.2% DOE, 2010 Local data 2011 DOH, 2012 Food Safety Percent of permanent food establishment routine inspections with more than 34 red violation points 1.2% 5% Local data CAMAS, 2011 LPHI 2010 Healthy Foods Percent of restaurants classified as fast food 48% N/A CHR, County Business Patterns 2009 Tobacco & alcohol Liquor licenses per 1,000 people Tobacco retail licenses per 1,000 people 3.9 1.6 2.2 1.0 DSHS, 2010 DSHS, 2010 Housing Percent of housing units located in a flood zone 8.4% N/A Local data, county CDS 2012 Social and Economic Factors Income and Poverty Poverty Percent of population living below 200% of the poverty level Percent of the employed labor force below poverty level Free and reduced lunch Percent of total population using Basic 38.1% 16.2% 40.8% 15% 28.7% 6.0% 45.6% 18.6% ACS, 3 year estimates, OSPI 2011 DSHS 09-10
Food Program services Percent of 10th graders who report that they or their family cut meal size or skipped meals some or almost every month in the past year because not enough money for food 12.3% 13.9% HYS 2010 Median household income Median annual household income $40,056 $56,911 ACS 3 yr Education High school graduation Percent of 9th graders who graduate high school in 4 years 74.7% 76.6% OSPI 10-11 College education Percent of population age 25-44 with some post-secondary education 61.7% 65.9% ACS 3yr Illiteracy Percent of adults lacking basic prose literacy skills 10% 10% National Center for Education Statistics 2003 Employment Unemployment Unemployment rate for ages 16 and older in the labor force 8.8% 8.6% ACS 3 year Health insurance Percent of employed labor force (18+) with health insurance coverage 81.7% 85.4% ACS, 3 yr., 08-10 Commuting Outside county 15.3% 15.4% ACS, 3 yr 08-10 Community Safety Crime Violent crime rate per 1,000 (10-11 average) Total crime rate per 1,000 (2010-2011 average) Rate of DUI arrests per 1,000 Rate of domestic violence offenses per 1,000 people Annual average of Superior Court Filings for sex crimes per 1,000 people 1.5 42.7 4.9 7.2 0.45 3.0 39.1 5.1 7.1 0.34 Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs, 2010 dashboard, crime report 2010 Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs 2011 OFM Criminal Justice, Statistical Analysis Center 2007-2011 Abuse Number of children accepted for further action in Child Protective Service reports 46.5 33.74 DSHS 2011
per 1,000 (birth-17) Number of vulnerable adult abuse cases per 1,000 adults 20 and older 3.3 2.7 DSHS/HCS 2011 Housing Housing costs Percent of occupied housing units where monthly housing costs are more than 30% of household income Average rent Average median home price 46.5% $709 $192,265 39.3% $952 $224,325 ACS 3 YEAR Washington Center for Real Estate Research, 2011 Homelessness January point in time count of sheltered and unsheltered homeless per 1,000 people 2.1 3.1 Dept. of Commerce, WA Social Support Inadequate social support Percent of adults reporting that they do not receive the social and emotional support they need 14% 17% CHR, BRFSS 06-10 Health Behaviors Tobacco Use Smoking Percent of adults who smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and are current smokers Percent of mothers who report smoking during pregnancy Percent of 10th graders who report smoking cigarettes in the past 30 days 13% 11.5% 11.5% 15% 9.9% 12.7% WA LPHI, 09-10 CHAT, 2006-2010 HYS 2010 Smokeless tobacco Percent of 10th graders who report using smokeless tobacco in the past 30 days 6.9% 6.2% HYS 2010 Nutrition & Physical Activity Overweight & obesity Percent of adults with a BMI of 30 or higher (obese) Percent of 10th graders who are in the top 15% for BMI (obese or overweight) (obese 11.3%, 9.7%) 22% 25.8% 26% 24.3% WA LPHI 09-10 HYS 2010 Physical activity Percent of 10th graders who exercised at least 5 of the last 7 days for at least 60 69.6% 51.0% WA LPHI 2010 HYS 2010
minutes per day Percent of adults who engage in physical activity as recommended 67% 62% WA LPHI 2009 Nutrition Percent of adults who report eating fruits or vegetables five or more times per day Percent of 10th graders who report eating fruits or vegetables five or more times per day Percent of WIC infants breastfed at birth Percent of WIC infants still breastfed at 6 months 26% 17.8% 88% 40.3% 25% 25.3% 85.2% 43.0% WA LPHI, 2009 HYS 2008 Local WIC 2011, DOH WIC, 2010 DOH WIC, 2010 Substance Abuse Alcohol Percent of adults who drink more than 4 or 5 alcoholic drinks in one day at least once a month; or the percent of adults who drink more than one or two drinks per day on average Percent of 10th graders who have used alcohol in the past 30 days Percent of 10th graders who have had 5 or more drinks in a row in the past 2 weeks 19% 27.7% 16.7% 17% 27.7% 16.2% CHR, BRFSS 04-10 HYS 2010 HYS 2010 Legal drugs Percent of 10th graders who report using painkillers to get high in the past 30 days 9.7% 8.3% HYS 2010 Illegal drugs Percent of 10th graders who report using illegal drugs in the past 30 days 19.6% 20.9% HYS 2010 Sexual Activity Sexual behaviors Percent of 12th graders who report being sexually active and not using a condom the last time during sexual intercourse 19.8% 24.0% HYS 2010 Pregnancies and births Birth rate per 1,000 female population ages 15-19 13 31 CHAT 2006-2010
Safety Cars Percent of 10th graders who report always wearing a seatbelt when riding in a car driven by someone else 71.9% 72.5% HYS 2010 Bicycles Percent of 8th graders who report riding a bike in the past 12 months and never or rarely wearing a bike helmet 39.3% 52.3% HYS 2010 Clinical Care Preventative Care Cancer screening Percent of women 50 and over who have had a mammogram in the past 2 years Percent of women 21 and over who have had a pap test in the past 3 years Percent of adults 50 and over who have had colorectal cancer screening as recommended 77% 88% 68% 78% 76% 72% WA LPHI 2010, BRFSS Prenatal care Percent of pregnancies where prenatal care wasn’t initiated in the first trimester 12.1% 22.1% CHAT, 2006-2010 Vaccination Percent of adults who have received an influenza vaccination in the past 12 months Percent of kindergarteners during the 2011-2012 school year who have documentation all of the recommended vaccinations 41% 77.6% 41% 84.6% WA LPHI 09-10, BRFSS DOH, 11-12 Dental Percent of adults who have been to a dentist in the past 12 months Percent of 10th graders who have been to the dentist in the past 12 months 73% 81.1% 72% 77.3% WA LPHI 2010, BRFSS HYS 2010 Access to Care Health insurance Percent of adults 18-64 with health insurance Percent of children with health insurance 80.5% 91.3% 81.9% 92.9% ACS 3 year Health care providers Number of people per primary care provider 1444 N/A Local data, 2012