LEHIGH COUNTY
Here is a snapshot of Lehigh’s health rankings among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties:
Health outcomes: 21
Length of life: 14
Quality of life: 33
• Poor or fair health: 12 percent (state average: 14 percent)
• Low birth weight: 8.3 percent (state average: 8.3 percent)
Health factors: 35
Health behaviors: 26
• Adult smoking: 20 percent (state average: 20 percent)
• Adult obesity: 29 percent (state average: 29 percent)
• Physical inactivity: 21 percent (state average: 24 percent)
• Excessive drinking: 18 percent (state average: 17 percent)
• Sexually transmitted infections: 441 (state average: 431)
• Teen births: 35 per 1,000 females (State average: 28)
Clinical care: 21
• Ratio of population to primary care physicians: 1,045:1 (state ratio is 1,249:1)
• Ratio of population to dentists: 1,224:1 (state ratio is 1,600:1)
• Ratio of population to mental health providers: 647:1 (state ratio is 623:1)
Social and economic factors: 52
• High school graduation: 82 percent (state average: 85 percent)
• Children in poverty: 22 percent (state average: 19 percent)
• Violent crime: 269 offenses per 100,000 people (state: 357)
• Injury deaths: 63 per 100,000 (state: 66)
Physical environment: 28
• Drinking water violations: 6 percent (state average: 8 percent)
• Severe housing problems: 16 percent (state average 15 percent)








