COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS & ROADMAP

The annual data release provides a revealing snapshot of how health is influenced by where we live, learn, work, and play. The snapshots provide communities a starting point to investigate where to make change.  County Health Rankings & Roadmaps is a program of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.

County Demographics:  Ohio County, West Virginia is Metropolitan. In Ohio County, 33% of the population lives in a low population density area.

	County	West Virginia
% Below 18 Years of Age	19.5%	19.9%
% 65 and Older	23.2%	21.5%
% Female	51.1%	50.1%
% American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
% Asian	0.8%	0.9%
% Hispanic	1.7%	2.2%
% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
% Non-Hispanic Black	3.6%	3.7%
% Non-Hispanic White	91.2%	90.9%
% Disability: Functional Limitations	31%	37%
% Not Proficient in English	0%	0%
Children in Single-Parent Households	23%	24%
% Rural	33.0%	55.4%
Population	41,194	1,770,071

 

Ohio County Population Health and Well-being

Population health and well-being is something we create as a society, not something an individual can attain in a clinic or be responsible for alone. Health is more than being free from disease and pain; health is the ability to thrive. Well-being covers both quality of life and the ability of people and communities to contribute to the world. Population health involves optimal physical, mental, spiritual and social well-being.

Ohio County is faring slightly better than the average county in West Virginia for Population Health and Well-being, and slightly worse than the average county in the nation.

		Ohio County	West Virginia	United States
Population Health and Well-being
Length of life		Ohio County	West Virginia	United States
Premature Death		11,900	13,300	8,400
Additional Length of life (not included in summary)
Quality of life		Ohio County	West Virginia	United States
Poor Physical Health Days		4.8	5.2	3.9
Low Birth Weight		9%	10%	8%
Poor Mental Health		6.4	6.7	5.1
Poor or Fair		19%	23%	17%
Additional Quality of life (not included in summary)

 

Ohio County Community Conditions

Community conditions include the social and economic factors, physical environment and health infrastructure in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship and age. Community conditions are also referred to as the social determinants of health.

Ohio County is faring better than the average county in West Virginia for Community Conditions, and about the same as the average county in the nation.

		Ohio County	West Virginia	United States
Community Conditions
Health infrastructure		Ohio County	West Virginia	United States
Flu Vaccinations		51%	41%	48%
Access to Exercise Opportunities		90%	59%	84%
Food Environment Index		7.9	6.5	7.4
Primary Care Physicians		760:1	1,320:1	1,330:1
Mental Health Provider		250:1	510:1	300:1
Dentists		900:1	1,710:1	1,360:1
Preventable Hospital Stays		3,501	3,938	2,666
Mammography Screening		44%	42%	44%
Uninsured		7%	7%	10%
Additional Health infrastructure (not included in summary)
Physical environment		Ohio County	West Virginia	United States
Severe Housing Problems		11%	11%	17%
Driving Alone to Work		79%	79%	70%
Long Commute – Driving Alone		25%	35%	37%
Air Pollution: Particulate Matter		6.7	6.7	7.3
Drinking Water Violations		Yes
Broadband Access		84%	84%	90%
Library Access		2	1	2
Additional Physical environment (not included in summary)
Social and economic factors		Ohio County	West Virginia	United States
Some College		65%	57%	68%
High School Completion		93%	89%	89%
Unemployment		3.8%	3.9%	3.6%
Income Inequality		5.6	5.1	4.9
Children in Poverty		17%	20%	16%
Injury Deaths		129	146	84
Social Associations		18.6	12.6	9.1
Child Care Cost Burden		27%	36%	28%
Additional Social and economic factors (not included in summary)