Las Vegas, NV (KXNT) - Clark County ranks 6th out of the 16 counties in Nevada assessed for health outcomes as part of the annual County Health Rankings.
The County Health Rankings are released each year using data from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI) and are available at www.countyhealthrankings.org.
The County Rankings provide a snapshot of local health data. The Rankings allow each state to see how its counties compare on a range of health outcomes and factors, including education, access to health and mental health care, the physical environment, social and economic factors, smoking, access to healthy foods and more.
Some of the findings reported for Clark County include that 14 percent of the population under age 65 did not have health insurance, the ratio of primary care physicians to population was 1,760:1 and mental health providers was 440:1, and 3,230 hospital stays per 100,000 people enrolled in Medicare may have been prevented by outpatient treatment.
This year the program focused on the connection between civic health and how that can positively impact health equity. The new factors to measure civic infrastructure and participation in counties include access to parks, school funding adequacy, broadband, voter turnout and self-reported census participation.
“Each year, the County Health Rankings provide insight into both the challenges we face and progress we are making in our efforts to raise the health status of our community,” said Dr. Fermin Leguen, District Health Officer of the Health District.