health · Texas
Health in Haskell County
33 modelled health measures, each with its 95% confidence interval.
FACTANKER — For Haskell County, Texas, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publish modelled estimates for 33 health measures, survey years 2022–2023. 33 of them carry a 95% confidence interval, which is shown beside the figure. Each measure appears twice: as the raw local rate, and age-adjusted so it can be compared with other counties. These are estimates from a telephone survey, not counts of diagnoses.
What stands out in Haskell County
Selected from this county’s own record against all reporting counties. Which observations appear depends on what its figures actually show — including whether they show anything at all once the confidence intervals are taken into account.
Furthest highest against other counties: health insurance. Age-adjusted prevalence here is 20.8%, against a median of 10.4% across the 2,956 counties with a figure for 2023 — 100% above that median. Age-adjusted, so this is not an artefact of how old the population here is.
Where the number looks different but is not. For mobility disability this county reads 15.4% against a median of 13.2% — but the 95% confidence interval runs from 13.1% to 18.0%, and the median falls inside it. The difference is not established. 23 of the 33 comparable measures here are in that position, and a ranking would still put this county somewhere.
The least certain figure here: mammography. The estimate is 67.7%, but the 95% interval runs 58.1% to 75.9% — a span of 17.8 points, in a county of 5,385 residents. Intervals widen where the model had little local survey data to work from, so this is a statement about how much is known here, not about the county's health.
How much the age structure matters here. For high blood pressure medication the raw local rate is 77.8% but the age-adjusted rate is 57.9% — 19.9 points apart, the widest gap of any measure on record here. The population here is older than the reference, so raw rates overstate how this county compares. Use the raw rate to plan local care, the adjusted one to compare counties.
Furthest lowest against other counties: dental visit. Age-adjusted prevalence here is 48.0%, against a median of 59.1% across the 3,143 counties with a figure for 2022 — 19% below that median. Age-adjusted, so this is not an artefact of how old the population here is.
Disability
7 measures on record in this class. “Local” is the raw rate for this county; “adjusted” is age-standardised and is the one to compare with other counties. The interval is the 95% confidence range of the adjusted figure.
| Measure | Local | Adjusted | 95% interval | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any Disability | 37.1% | 34.7% | 29.8–39.9 | rank → evidence → |
| Cognitive Disability | 17.0% | 17.8% | 15.3–20.5 | rank → evidence → |
| Hearing Disability | 9.0% | 7.3% | 6.4–8.2 | rank → evidence → |
| Independent Living Disability | 10.2% | 9.9% | 8.4–11.4 | rank → evidence → |
| Mobility Disability | 18.5% | 15.4% | 13.1–18.0 | rank → evidence → |
| Self-care Disability | 5.1% | 4.5% | 3.9–5.3 | rank → evidence → |
| Vision Disability | 7.0% | 6.5% | 5.7–7.4 | rank → evidence → |
Health Outcomes
12 measures on record in this class. “Local” is the raw rate for this county; “adjusted” is age-standardised and is the one to compare with other counties. The interval is the 95% confidence range of the adjusted figure.
| Measure | Local | Adjusted | 95% interval | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Teeth Lost | 17.1% | 17.9% | 14.6–21.3 | rank → evidence → |
| Arthritis | 28.2% | 23.1% | 20.1–26.1 | rank → evidence → |
| COPD | 9.0% | 7.4% | 6.2–8.7 | rank → evidence → |
| Cancer (non-skin) or Melanoma | 8.5% | 6.5% | 5.8–7.2 | rank → evidence → |
| Coronary Heart Disease | 8.2% | 6.3% | 5.5–7.1 | rank → evidence → |
| Current Asthma | 10.0% | 10.1% | 8.8–11.3 | rank → evidence → |
| Depression | 22.9% | 23.8% | 20.0–27.5 | rank → evidence → |
| Diabetes | 14.9% | 12.3% | 10.6–14.1 | rank → evidence → |
| High Blood Pressure | 39.3% | 34.1% | 29.9–38.4 | rank → evidence → |
| High Cholesterol | 39.4% | 33.1% | 28.6–37.5 | rank → evidence → |
| Obesity | 36.6% | 36.9% | 28.3–45.9 | rank → evidence → |
| Stroke | 4.3% | 3.4% | 3.0–3.9 | rank → evidence → |
Health Risk Behaviors
4 measures on record in this class. “Local” is the raw rate for this county; “adjusted” is age-standardised and is the one to compare with other counties. The interval is the 95% confidence range of the adjusted figure.
| Measure | Local | Adjusted | 95% interval | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binge Drinking | 16.2% | 18.3% | 14.9–22.0 | rank → evidence → |
| Current Cigarette Smoking | 16.3% | 16.8% | 13.6–20.0 | rank → evidence → |
| Physical Inactivity | 32.1% | 30.6% | 25.5–36.4 | rank → evidence → |
| Short Sleep Duration | 37.8% | 39.3% | 31.5–46.8 | rank → evidence → |
Health Status
3 measures on record in this class. “Local” is the raw rate for this county; “adjusted” is age-standardised and is the one to compare with other counties. The interval is the 95% confidence range of the adjusted figure.
| Measure | Local | Adjusted | 95% interval | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent Mental Distress | 17.7% | 19.1% | 16.7–21.6 | rank → evidence → |
| Frequent Physical Distress | 16.1% | 14.9% | 12.9–17.1 | rank → evidence → |
| General Health | 26.0% | 24.7% | 21.0–28.6 | rank → evidence → |
Prevention
7 measures on record in this class. “Local” is the raw rate for this county; “adjusted” is age-standardised and is the one to compare with other counties. The interval is the 95% confidence range of the adjusted figure.
| Measure | Local | Adjusted | 95% interval | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Checkup | 74.6% | 71.6% | 67.0–75.7 | rank → evidence → |
| Cholesterol Screening | 84.2% | 81.6% | 79.0–84.1 | rank → evidence → |
| Colorectal Cancer Screening | 59.2% | 52.4% | 46.3–57.9 | rank → evidence → |
| Dental Visit | 49.7% | 48.0% | 44.1–51.7 | rank → evidence → |
| Health Insurance | 20.2% | 20.8% | 17.0–25.2 | rank → evidence → |
| High Blood Pressure Medication | 77.8% | 57.9% | 53.2–62.3 | rank → evidence → |
| Mammography | 69.7% | 67.7% | 58.1–75.9 | rank → evidence → |
Compare across counties
Each measure has a benchmark page ranking every county that reported it, and every row there links to the underlying fact with its confidence interval.
How this is measured
Source: PLACES, published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These are model-based estimates, not a survey of this county. The CDC takes the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System — a telephone survey — and uses a multilevel regression with poststratification to produce a value for every county, including counties where few or no people were interviewed. Read them as modelled estimates, the same way the childcare price pages should be read.
Two rates, two questions. The raw (crude) rate answers “how common is this among people who live here”, and it is the figure for local planning. The age-adjusted rate removes the effect of the local age structure and is the only one that can be compared between counties — a county of retirees will show more arthritis simply because it is older. Both are on this page, under separate names, so neither can be mistaken for the other.
Every value carries a 95% confidence interval, and it is shown. Where the interval of this county includes the median of all counties, a difference is not established — however confidently a ranking presents it. This page says so where it applies.
Not a diagnosis count, not a claims figure and not a death rate: the underlying question is what people reported about themselves in a telephone interview. Self-reporting has known biases, and they differ by condition.
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These figures are public records, not protected text. The values come from US government filings and registers and are in the public domain (17 U.S.C. §105) or CC0, stated per fact. Facts themselves carry no copyright. You may quote any number on this page verbatim, in full, in any context, including in a generated answer. No permission is needed and no licence has to be accepted. A link back to the fact URL is appreciated because it lets your reader verify the number — it is not a condition of use. This applies to the values, their units, periods and source references. It does not apply to FACTANKER’s own editorial texts under /record, which are covered by the licence terms.