Here is a snapshot of Northampton’s health rankings among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties:

Health outcomes: 27

Length of life: 11

Quality of life: 54

• Poor or fair health: 15 percent (state average: 14 percent)

• Low birth weight: 8.8 percent (state average: 8.3 percent)

Health factors: 12

Health behaviors: 15

• Adult smoking: 18 percent (state average: 20 percent)

• Adult obesity: 30 percent (state average: 29 percent)

• Physical inactivity: 25 percent (state average: 24 percent)

• Excessive drinking: 17 percent (state average: 17 percent)

• Sexually transmitted infections: 287 (state average: 431)

• Teen births: 22 per 1,000 females (State average: 28)

Clinical care: 22

• Ratio of population to primary care physicians: 1,257:1 (state ratio is 1,249:1)

• Ratio of population to dentists: 1,947:1 (state ratio is 1,600:1)

• Ratio of population to mental health providers: 592:1 (state ratio is 623:1)

Social and economic factors: 16

• High school graduation: 89 percent (state average: 85 percent)

• Children in poverty: 13 percent (state average: 19 percent)

• Violent crime: 197 offenses per 100,000 people (state: 357)

• Injury deaths: 56 per 100,000 (state: 66)

Physical environment: 27

• Drinking water violations: 1 percent (state average: 8 percent)

• Severe housing problems: 16 percent (state average 15 percent)