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Health Behaviors Ranking
| Value: |
2 |
Measurement
Period: |
2013 |
| Location: |
County : Miami-Dade |
| Comparison: |
FL Counties |
| Categories: |
Health / County Health Rankings
Health / Exercise, Nutrition, & Weight
Health / Substance Abuse |
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What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the ranking of the county in overall health behaviors according to the County Health Rankings. |
| Why this is important: Human behavior contributes strongly to health outcomes. A majority of preventable deaths and illnesses in the United States are directly caused by human behaviors such as smoking, risky sexual behaviors and unhealthful diets. Behavior modification depends on many structural and environmental factors as well as individual motivation and education. |
| Technical Note: The distribution is based on data from 67 Florida counties.Counties are ranked relative to the health of other counties in the same state on a variety of health measures. Those having high ranks, e.g. 1 or 2, are considered to be the "healthiest." Use caution when comparing current ranking to previous time periods as ranking criteria may have changed. |
| Source: County Health Rankings |
| URL of Source: http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/ |
| URL of Data: http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/rankings/data |
| Maintained By: Healthy Communities Institute |
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Time Series Data
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Health Behaviors Ranking
| Value: |
2 |
Measurement
Period: |
2013 |
| Location: |
County : Miami-Dade |
| Comparison: |
Prior Value |
| Categories: |
Health / County Health Rankings
Health / Exercise, Nutrition, & Weight
Health / Substance Abuse |
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What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the ranking of the county in overall health behaviors according to the County Health Rankings. |
| Why this is important: Human behavior contributes strongly to health outcomes. A majority of preventable deaths and illnesses in the United States are directly caused by human behaviors such as smoking, risky sexual behaviors and unhealthful diets. Behavior modification depends on many structural and environmental factors as well as individual motivation and education. |
| Technical Note: The trend is a comparison between the most recent and previous measurement periods. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the trend.Counties are ranked relative to the health of other counties in the same state on a variety of health measures. Those having high ranks, e.g. 1 or 2, are considered to be the "healthiest." Use caution when comparing current ranking to previous time periods as ranking criteria may have changed. |
| Source: County Health Rankings |
| URL of Source: http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/ |
| URL of Data: http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/rankings/data |
| Maintained By: Healthy Communities Institute |
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Time Series Data
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