Vermont
Geographic Disparity: 2011
Geographic disparity measures the variation among the overall mortality rates among counties within a state. Ideally, health and mortality should be equal among the populations of every county within a state and not vary based upon the physical location where a person lives. Many things may differ among counties, however, including natural features such as altitude, latitude, moisture and temperature.
Geographic Disparity is the standard deviation of the three-year average, age-adjusted all-cause mortality rate for all counties within a state divided by the three-year age-adjusted all-cause mortality rate for the state. The lower the percent, the closer each county is to the state average and the more uniform the mortality rate is across the state. For counties with fewer than 20 deaths in the three-year period (about 20 to 30 counties in the United States each year), the county was assumed to have an age-adjusted death rate equal to the state’s age-adjusted death rate and thus has no effect on the geographic disparity of the state. The ranks are based on data from CDC Wonder Data System, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Vermont
Geographic Disparity
(2004-2011)
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The variation in overall mortality rates among the counties within a state.
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2011 - Vermont
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1
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0.0 |
