The report reviewed various population health issues, including birthweight, social and economic opportunities, residential segregation and child poverty rates in every county across the U.S.
Here are six key findings.
1. In all states, there is a higher percentage of Black low birthweight babies than for other racial groups.
2. In the bottom performing counties, more than one out of every five youth do not graduate from high school in four years.
3. In 2016, the unemployment rate for adults in the bottom performing counties was 7.5 percent, more than twice that of adults in the top performing counties (3.2 percent). American Indian/Alaskan Native and Black adults experienced the highest unemployment rates (10.5 percent and 9.9 percent, respectively).
4. Black residents in smaller metro and large urban counties have higher rates of child poverty, low birthweight, and infant mortality, as well as lower high school graduation rates than White residents.
5. Child poverty rates are at levels higher than in the pre-recession era.
6. Teen birth rates have been declining for more than a decade, and Hispanic teens have seen the most improvement, with rates falling from 77.7per 1,000 females to 31.9 per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19.
Click here for a breakdown of the best and worst counties in each state, by health factors and health outcomes.
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