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FITNESS AND HEALTH The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index is an analysis that focuses on longitudinal data of Americans’ perceptions of their well-being. The overall index score is based on an analysis of life evaluation, emotional health, work environment, physical health, healthy behaviors and basic access indicators. On this composite measure, the Nashville MSA ranks 72th out of 189 MSAs in 2013, down from 48th in 2011. Our region received its highest ratings in life evaluation indicators, which are based on respondents’ evaluations of their current life situation and their anticipated future life situation, ranking in the second quintile. However, the region still ranks in the third quintile or worse in five out KEY TAKEAWAY Compared to other key metros, the Nashville MSA falls short with regard to physical activity and other behaviors that promote healthy lifestyles. People on the lower end of the income distribution are overrepresented among poor health outcomes. of the six indicator categories, receiving its lowest ranking in the healthy behaviors category at 145th. Using this index, our region lags behind all but three of its peer regions in overall well-being. FITNESS INDEX RANK OUT OF TOP 50 LARGEST MSAs SOURCE: AMERICAN FITNESS INDEX, 2014 Denver 4 16% overweight 67% overweight 31% obese 16% obese Raleigh Austin Atlanta Charlotte Tampa Kansas City Nashville MSA Indianapolis 13 14 16 27 31 34 46 47 Tennessee is among the top 10 most obese states in the nation (2012), with more than 31 percent of adults and 16 percent of children obese and 67 percent of adults and 16 percent of children overweight. Louisville Memphis 49 50 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SOURCE: CDC, 2012 WEIGHT CLASSIFICATION SOURCE: CDC, 2012 REGIONAL POLL RESULT Denver Percent participating in exercise in the past month 82.9% Denver Percent obese 20.1% Twenty-seven percent of respondents earning less Atlanta 81.0% Raleigh 24.3% than $50,000 said they experience fair or poor Austin 80.2% Tampa 25.1% health. Only 11 percent of respondents making Raleigh 80.2% Austin 25.5% between $50,000 and $100,000, and four Kansas City 79.5% Atlanta 26.5% percent of respondents making more than Charlotte 78.6% Charlotte 27.9% $100,000, said the same. Indianapolis 75.9% Kansas City 28.3% Tampa 75.5% Nashville MSA 29.1% Nashville MSA 74.3% Indianapolis 30.1% Louisville 73.7% Louisville 31.8% Memphis 71.9% Memphis 35.1% 39
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE SOURCE: CDC, 2012 HEALTH CARE COVERAGE SOURCE: COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS, 2014 Percent uninsured Percent uninsured Percent uninsured Austin Atlanta Charlotte Memphis Raleigh Tampa Denver Louisville Nashville MSA Indianapolis 24.5% 22.4% 20.2% 19.3% 18.9% 18.4% 17.9% 16.7% 15.7% 14.7% Macon Davidson Hickman Trigg* Dickson Robertson Trousdale Cannon Rutherford 21% (3,981) 19% (105,807) 19% (3,635) 19% (2,199) 18% (7,573) 18% (10,326) 18% (1,208) 17% (1,933) 17% (39,817) Smith Christian* Maury Montgomery* Cheatham Sumner Wilson Williamson 17% (2,737) 17% (10,378) 16% (10,998) 16% (25,444) 15% (5,235) 15% (21,253) 14% (13,860) 9% (15,370) *Clarksville area Kansas City 13.9% WALK SCORE CITY COMPARISON SOURCE: WALKSCORE.COM, 2014 Nashville Murfreesboro Franklin Columbia 26 23 22 21 REGIONAL POLL RESULT One-third of respondents earning less than $50,000 described their overall diet The Nashville area remains relatively unfavorable for walk- Gallatin 21 as fair or poor. ability compared to other cities in the U.S., which range Clarksville 16 from a high of 87.6 in New York to a low of 18 in Smyrna 16 Fayetteville, N.C. However, older, urbanized areas in the core Hendersonville 15 of the Nashville region have much more favorable walkability Spring Hill 13 scores compared to more suburban areas. La Vergne 9 Brentwood 5 NASHVILLE MSA AREAS IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTH 8.2% above the target goal for obesity 10% above the target goal for smokers 12% below the target goal for eating vegetables 16.3% below the target goal for eating fruits 40
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Page 4 and 5: 2014 VITAL SIGNS ACTION TEAM: REPOR
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Page 10 and 11: 15-MINUTE DRIVE FROM SELECTED COUNT
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Page 14 and 15: COMMUTE TIME (PERCENT OF WORKERS 16
Page 16 and 17: Fourteen percent of Nashville-area
Page 18 and 19: KEY TAKEAWAY 2013 lane miles per ca
Page 20 and 21: HOUSEHOLDS WITH SELF-EMPLOYMENT INC
Page 22 and 23: ENTREPRENEURSHIP BY INDUSTRY SOURCE
Page 24 and 25: SMALL BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS
Page 26 and 27: COMPONENTS OF EMPLOYMENT CHANGE IN
Page 28 and 29: TAX BURDEN COMPARISON SOURCE: DISTR
Page 30 and 31: POVERTY THRESHOLDS SOURCE: U.S. CEN
Page 32 and 33: TOP 50 OCCUPATIONS IN THE NASHVILLE
Page 34 and 35: HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION COST SOU
Page 38 and 39: POPULATION 65+ WITH LOW ACCESS TO S
Page 40 and 41: JOINT METRO REGION MIGRATION SOURCE
Page 42 and 43: N A S H V I L L E P A R 50TH PERCEN
Page 44 and 45: VOTER TURNOUT COMPARISON IN 2012 PR
Page 46 and 47: GREEN TECHNOLOGY METRO INDEX RANKIN
Page 48 and 49: ACT 21+, GRADUATION RATE AND COLLEG
Page 50 and 51: STUDENTS IN DUAL-ENROLLMENT PROGRAM
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