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County health in Delaware

Delaware had 3 counties in CDC’s model-based county estimates for 2023, according to CDC’s PLACES.

Delaware’s counties on each measure

Age-adjusted, as counties are compared, with each end’s 95% interval. The median is one of the published values: at least half the counties are at or below it. Each measure links to Delaware’s counties ranked on it.

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Each PLACES measure across Delaware's counties: the median, highest and lowest age-adjusted estimate
MeasureMedian countyHighest
Any disability among adults27.8%Kent 33.1% (28.8% to 37.7%)
Cognitive disability among adults13.8%Kent 15.1% (13.1% to 17.3%)
Hearing disability among adults5.8%Sussex 6.0% (5.2% to 6.9%)
Independent living disability among adults7.8%Kent 8.7% (7.5% to 10.0%)
Mobility disability among adults11.8%Kent 14.4% (12.5% to 16.5%)
Self-care disability among adults3.3%Kent 3.7% (3.3% to 4.3%)
Vision disability among adults4.5%Kent 5.1% (4.5% to 5.8%)
All teeth lost among adults aged ≥65 years13.1%Sussex 14.7% (12.3% to 17.2%)
Arthritis among adults23.7%Kent 25.5% (22.6% to 28.4%)
Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults6.9%Sussex 7.3% (6.6% to 7.9%)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults6.3%Kent 6.6% (5.6% to 7.6%)
Coronary heart disease among adults5.5%Sussex 5.6% (4.9% to 6.4%)
Current asthma among adults10.7%Kent 12.6% (11.1% to 14.2%)
Depression among adults22.4%Kent 23.3% (19.8% to 26.9%)
Diagnosed diabetes among adults10.7%Kent 12.4% (10.8% to 14.0%)
High blood pressure among adults32.8%Kent 36.0% (32.3% to 39.6%)
High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened34.4%Sussex 37.4% (33.6% to 41.2%)
Obesity among adults34.2%Kent 43.9% (37.1% to 50.6%)
Stroke among adults2.9%Kent 3.3% (2.9% to 3.6%)
Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults17.7%Kent 20.2% (17.3% to 23.2%)
Frequent mental distress among adults16.5%Kent 18.7% (16.4% to 21.1%)
Frequent physical distress among adults12.7%Kent 13.7% (11.9% to 15.6%)
Cholesterol screening among adults85.3%New Castle 86.2% (83.9% to 88.0%)
Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years60.7%New Castle 60.9% (56.6% to 65.4%)
Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years9.8%Sussex 10.5% (8.3% to 13.1%)
Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years78.1%Sussex 80.4% (75.0% to 85.2%)
Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure60.1%Kent 60.5% (55.9% to 64.6%)
Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults61.9%New Castle 62.3% (58.9% to 66.0%)
Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults78.6%Kent 80.8% (77.2% to 83.8%)
Binge drinking among adults16.3%Sussex 16.9% (14.3% to 19.7%)
Current cigarette smoking among adults14.0%Sussex 14.6% (11.9% to 17.8%)
No leisure-time physical activity among adults25.2%Kent 30.7% (25.8% to 35.7%)
Short sleep duration among adults36.5%Kent 40.9% (35.6% to 46.3%)
Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adults14.6%Kent 16.6% (13.9% to 19.7%)
Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adults12.9%Kent 15.1% (12.9% to 17.7%)
Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adults8.3%Kent 9.1% (7.9% to 10.6%)
Lack of social and emotional support among adults22.9%Kent 23.6% (20.5% to 27.2%)
Loneliness among adults32.8%Kent 35.8% (31.9% to 40.1%)
Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adults11.9%Kent 15.1% (12.4% to 18.3%)
Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adults8.2%Kent 9.4% (8.0% to 11.1%)

Every county in Delaware

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Every county CDC served in Delaware, with how many measures it has a published estimate for
CountyMeasures published
Kent40 of 40
New Castle40 of 40
Sussex40 of 40

Delaware elsewhere on the Factbook

  • Reported crime Crime and justice

    Offenses reported to police by type, the trend, and the reporting coverage.

  • Most dangerous cities in Delaware Crime and justice

    What each agency serving 25,000 or more reported, ranked. Agency populations overlap, so these do not add up to the state.

  • Prison population Crime and justice

    People held under the state’s correctional authority, and the imprisonment rate. A different publisher counting a different thing.

  • Arrests by race, sex and age Crime and justice

    Arrests as the FBI’s participating agencies reported them, with what the figures can and cannot support at the top.

  • Hate crime Crime and justice

    Incidents reported to the FBI by bias motivation, as counts — the collection publishes no participation share, so there is no rate to compare states on.

  • Federal obligations Federal spending

    What federal agencies obligated against a place of performance in the state, per resident and by agency.

  • Registered nonprofits Nonprofits

    How many organizations the IRS lists in the state, what they report as revenue, and which kinds of work they do.

  • Payments to doctors Health

    What drug and device companies reported paying doctors with a practice address in the state, and the largest recipients.

  • Farm program payments Farm subsidies

    What the Farm Service Agency paid through the state’s county offices, by program and by recipient. The offices that administered the payments, not a count of farms: a recipient addressed elsewhere is counted where they were paid.

  • Paycheck Protection Program loans PPP loans

    The PPP loans SBA guaranteed to businesses operating in the state, by county, with how many carry a forgiveness amount and how many were charged off. Loans, not businesses: a business with two draws is two loans.

  • Population, age, income and origin Demographics

    The Census Bureau's population estimates year by year, with births, deaths and migration, and age, income, poverty, housing and origin from the American Community Survey, each with its margin of error.

  • Public schools Schools

    Pupils, schools and teachers, the largest districts, what districts spend per pupil and where the money comes from, and the colleges that take federal student aid.

  • Banks and credit unions Banks and credit unions

    The FDIC-insured banks headquartered in the state and their offices, and the credit unions based there and their sites, each per resident and against every other state.

  • Housing Housing

    The homes under HUD’s rental assistance programs in the state, by program and county, and its tax-credit housing, each per resident and against every other state.

  • Mortgage lending Mortgage lending

    The mortgage applications, loans and denials lenders reported in the state under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and its largest lenders and counties.

  • Cost of living Cost of living

    BEA’s price level for the state against the nation, for goods, rents, utilities and other services, and its metro areas beside it.

  • College athletics Sports

    Every college in the state that reported to the Equity in Athletics survey, ranked by its athletics revenue, with its expenses, athletes and athletic aid.

  • Federal civilian workforce Federal salaries

    Federal civilian employees stationed in the state by agency and occupation, with the pay OPM publishes and the share it withholds.

  • The Delaware Factbook entry Across the Factbook

    Every measure the Factbook publishes for this state in one place, each with where it ranks among the others and the record it came from.

The immigration hub has no page for this state: EOIR runs no immigration court here, and CBP publishes by sector and field office, which are its own areas of responsibility rather than a geography. Immigration and the border.

Sources

Compiled automatically from PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data, 2025 release by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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