Clark County ranks 6th healthiest in Nevada, report says

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Clark County ranks because the sixth healthiest Nevada county, in accordance with annual County Well being Rankings introduced by the Southern Nevada Well being District (SNHD).

The County Rankings present a snapshot of native well being information to display that the place folks reside influences their well being and lifespan. Seven new accountable measures had been launched for communities to think about within the rankings this yr, together with COVID-19 age-adjusted mortality, residing wages, childcare price burden, childcare facilities, gender pay hole, college functioning adequacy, and college segregation.

One discovering of the rankings reveals that in Clark County, a household with two kids spends a mean of 30% of its common family earnings on childcare, and that childcare prices pose an much more vital burden when contemplating racial and ethnic disparities.

In Clark County, a Black household has a median family earnings of $41,900, in comparison with the median family earnings of $69,000 for a white household.

It was additionally famous within the Neighborhood Well being Evaluation (CHA) that the median family earnings in Clark County was decrease than Nevada and the USA medians, which is mirrored within the well being rankings.

In response to the CHA, areas with decrease family earnings could be related to unfavourable well being results, together with decrease life expectancy, elevated charges of illness, and fewer entry to wholesome meals.

The rankings are compiled and launched annually utilizing information from the College of Wisconsin Inhabitants Well being Institute (UWPHI). You could find the complete well being rankings report and influencing components by means of this hyperlink.