Location: Lyon County

Key Indicators

Health Outcomes

Lyon Kentucky USA
Infectious Disease (per 100,000 population) 4.4 8.0 23.0

About the Indicator: The occurrence of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), tuberculosis, and hepatitis (all types).

Data Source: The Health of Kentucky: A County Assessment (Kentucky Reportable Disease System)

Lyon Kentucky USA
Premature Death (years lost per 100,000 population) 10,445.0 9,111.0 7,562.0

About the Indicator: Years of Potential Life Lost prior to age 75 is a measure of premature mortality that is calculated over the age range from birth to 75 years of age.

Data Source: The Health of Kentucky: A County Assessment (Kentucky Health Profiles)

Lyon Kentucky
Total Mortality (per 100,000 population) 866.9 906.8

About the Indicator: Age-adjusted rate of deaths (from all causes) per year.

Data Source: Kentucky State Data Center - Vital Statistics

HIV Testing (percent adults under 65) Lyon Kentucky
County 16%(5.7 - 38.9) 32%(30.6 - 33.2)
County Group 29%(20.7 - 39) 32%(30.6 - 33.2)

About the Indicator: Percent of adults younger than 65 who report having ever been tested for HIV.

Data Source: BRFSS

Less than Good Health (percent adults) Lyon Kentucky
County 19.7%(10.8 - 33.3) 22.2%(21.39 - 23.0)
County Group 23.6%(18.7 - 29.4) 22.2%(21.39 - 23.0)

About the Indicator: Adults were asked to rate their own health status as excellent, very good, good, fair or poor.  Data indicates the percentage of adults reporting their health status as generally being fair or poor.

Data Source: BRFSS

Physically Unhealthy Days (per month) Lyon Kentucky
County 8(4.3 - 11.3) 5(4.4 - 4.8)
County Group 5(3.5 - 5.5) 5(4.4 - 4.8)

About the Indicator: Average number of days in the past 30 days when physical health, including physical illness and injury, was not good.

Data Source: BRFSS

Mentally Unhealthy Days (per month) Lyon Kentucky
County 3(1.1 - 4.7) 4(4.2 - 4.5)
County Group 5(3.8 - 6.6) 4(4.2 - 4.5)

About the Indicator: Average number of days in the past 30 days when mental health, including stress, depression, and problems with emotions, was not good.

Data Source: BRFSS

Flu Vaccination in Past Year (percent adults) Lyon Kentucky
County 38.8%(25.3 - 54.3) 30.2%(29.2 - 31.1)
County Group 29.2%(24.1 - 34.8) 30.2%(29.2 - 31.1)

About the Indicator: The percentage of adults who report getting a flu vaccine within the past year.

Data Source: BRFSS

Cancer Deaths (per 100,000 population) Lyon Kentucky USA
All Cancers 245.3 237.0 202.0
Lung and Bronchus 76.0 80.0 55.0
Colorectal 30.5 23.0 20.0
Breast 31.1 27.0 26.0
Prostate 23.5 33.0 28.0

About the Indicator: Breast Cancer Death Rate is the number of deaths per 100,000 females. Prostate Cancer Death Rate is the number of deaths per 100,000 males.

Data Source: The Health of Kentucky: A County Assessment (Kentucky Cancer Registry Inquiry System), Kentucky Cancer Registry

Prevalence of Diabetes (percent adults) Lyon Kentucky
County 11%(4.7 - 21.8) 8%(7.8 - 8.8)
County Group 8%(5.9 - 11.4) 8%(7.8 - 8.8)

Data Source: BRFSS

Prevalence of Asthma (percent adults) Lyon Kentucky
County 9%(3.8 - 18.1) 13%(11.9 - 13.3)
County Group 11%(7.3 - 15.2) 13%(11.9 - 13.3)

Data Source: BRFSS

Lyon Kentucky
Heart Disease Deaths (per 100,000 population) 221.1 224.0

About the Indicator: Age-adjusted rate of deaths (due to heart disease) per year.

Data Source: Kentucky State Data Center - Vital Statistics

Lyon Kentucky
Stroke Deaths (per 100,000 population) 46.3 47.0

About the Indicator: Age-adjusted rate of deaths (due to stroke) per year.

Data Source: Kentucky State Data Center - Vital Statistics

Data Sources:

The Health of Kentucky: A County Assessment (Kentucky Reportable Disease System)

Description: Kentucky Institute of Medicine. The Health of Kentucky: A County Assessment. Lexington, KY; 2007. Authors' analysis of data from Kentucky Reportable Disease System (1999-2003).

The Health of Kentucky: A County Assessment (Traffic Collisions in Kentucky)

Description: Kentucky Institute of Medicine. The Health of Kentucky: A County Assessment. Lexington, KY; 2007.  Authors' analysis of data from Kentucky State Police Traffic Collisions in Kentucky annual reports (2000-2004).

The Health of Kentucky: A County Assessment (Kentucky Department of Labor, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries)

Description: Kentucky Institute of Medicine. The Health of Kentucky: A County Assessment. Lexington, KY; 2007. Authors' analysis of data from Kentucky Department of Labor, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (1999-2003).

The Health of Kentucky: A County Assessment (Kentucky Health Profiles)

Description: Kentucky Institute of Medicine. The Health of Kentucky: A County Assessment. Lexington, KY; 2007. Authors' analysis of data from Kentucky Health Profiles, Leading and Selected Causes of Death, Kentucky Department for Public Health (1999-2003).

Kentucky State Data Center - Vital Statistics

Description: Kentucky State Data Center analysis of records from the Kentucky Department for Public Health Office of Vital Statistics.

BRFSS

Description: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data as analyzed by the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Control Program and College of Public Health.

Data for counties with fewer than 50 respondents have been supressed. 

County groups were developed by researchers at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Control Program and College of Public Health under the direction of the Kentucky Department for Public Health.  The forty county groups were developed through a methodology which considered socioeconomic, demographic, and health-related statistics at the county level, together with geographical proximity and number of BRFSS respondents, to cluster counties based on similar characteristics.  County groups are expected to provide more stable rates and reliable estimates for small areas in Kentucky.

The Health of Kentucky: A County Assessment (Kentucky Cancer Registry Inquiry System)

Description: Kentucky Institute of Medicine. The Health of Kentucky: A County Assessment. Lexington, KY; 2007.  Authors' analysis of data from Kentucky Cancer Registry Inquiry System (1995-2004).

Kentucky Cancer Registry

Description: http://www.kcr.uky.edu