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BOOK OF FACTS-10 · DEC. 19, 2016
HEALTH CARE
OBESITY
RATES
(ADULTS, 2015)
UNITED STATES: 36.5%
MISSOURI: 32.4%
RANK: 10TH HIGHEST STATE
HEART
DISEASE
DEATHS
(PER 100,000
PERSONS, 2014)
UNITED STATES: 166.9
MISSOURI: 216.7
GREENE COUNTY: 210.8
SMOKING
(ADULTS WHO
SMOKE, 2015)
UNITED STATES: 17.5%
MISSOURI: 22.3%
RANK: 5TH HIGHEST STATE
CANCER
DEATHS
(PER 100,000
PERSONS, 2014)
UNITED STATES: 161.2
MISSOURI: 177.7
GREENE COUNTY: 182.3
RANK: 11TH HIGHEST STATE
LIFE
EXPECTANCY
(2014)
UNITED STATES: 78.8 YEARS
MISSOURI: 77.2 YEARS
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI:
75.2 YEARS
GREENE COUNTY:
77.9 YEARS
WORKPLACE
INJURIES
(2014)
UNITED STATES
4,821 FATALITIES
2.9 MILLION INJURIES
MISSOURI
106 FATALITIES
71,500 INJURIES
Sources: Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Missouri Department of Health &
Senior Services, World Life Expectancy, Missouri
Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
STATE OF HEALTH