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DALLAS, TX(Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA)

Ranking: Total Score = 35.1; Rank = 47

Areas of Excellence (at or better than target goal): Higher percent of city land area as parkland

More acres of parkland per capita

More tennis courts per capita

Higher park-related expenditures per capita

Higher level of state requirement for physical education classes

Improvement Priority Areas (worse than 20% of target goal):

Lower percentage eating 5+ servings of fruits/vegetables per day

Higher percent obese

Higher percent with asthma

Higher percent with angina or coronary heart disease

Higher percent with diabetes Fewer farmers markets per capita

Lower percent using public transportation to work

Lower percent bicycling or walking to work

Fewer ball diamonds per capita

Fewer dog parks per capita

Fewer park playgrounds per capita

Fewer golf courses per capita

Fewer park units per capita

Fewer recreation centers per capita

Fewer swimming pools per capita

Lower number of primary health care providers per capita

Description of Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

Population 6,447,615

Percent less than 18 years old 27.8%

Percent 18 to 64 years old 63.4%

Percent 65 years old and older 8.8%

Percent male 49.3%

Percent high school graduate or higher 83.6%

Percent White 68.4%

Percent Black or Arican American 14.8%

Percent Asian 5.3%

Percent Other Race 11.4%

Percent Hispanic/Latino 27.6%

Percent unemployed 9.1%

Median household income $54,449

Percent o households below poverty level 11.2%

Violent crime rate/100,000* 372.6

Percent with disability 9.2%

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Personal Health Indicators -- Score = 34.0 Rank = 42

ACSM American Fitness Index Components

Community/Environmental Indicators -- Score = 36.0; Rank = 41(note: most o these data were available only or the main city in the MSA)

Dallas Target Goa

Dallas Target Goa

Note: The target goal or the Personal Health Indicators is the 90th percentile or MSAs during 2008-2012. The target goal or the Community/EnvironmentalIndicators is the MSA average or 2008 to 2012.

Health Behaviors

Health Care

Chronic Health Problems

Percentobese

Any days when physicalhealth was not good

during the past 30 days

Percent in excellentor very good health

Any days when mentalhealth was not good

during the past 30 days

Percentwith asthma

Percent with angina orcoronary heart disease

Percent withdiabetes

Death rate/100,000 forcardiovascular disease

Death rate/100,000for diabetes

21.3%

31.4%

61.0%

53.9%

35.2%

30.4%

34.1%

29.2%

8.9%

6.5%

4.3%

2.8%

8.6%

6.4%

19.6

17.0

200.4

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Percent anyphysical activity

or exercise inthe last 30 days

Percentphysically

active at leastmoderately

Percent eating5+ servings of

fruits/vegetablesper day

Percentcurrentlysmoking

75.1%

82.6%

44.7%

54.4%

22.7%

29.0%

14.0%

13.1%

Percent with

health insurance

91.2%

81.4%

Built Environment Recreational Facilities

Policy or School P.E.

Availability o Primary Care

Parkland as a percentof city land area

Acres of parkland/1,000

Farmers markets/1,000,000

Park-relatedexpenditures

per capita

Percent bicycling

or walking to work

Percent usingpublic transportation

to work

13.4%

10.6%

22.6

18.6

3.4

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$101.80

1.4%

2.8%

1.4%

4.3%

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Ball diamonds/10,000

Dog parks/100,000

Park playgrounds/10,000

Golf courses/100,000

Park units/10,000

Recreational centers/20,000

Swimming pools/100,000

Tennis courts/10,000

Level of staterequirement for

Physical Education

32.5

Number of primaryhealth care providers

per 100,000

66.9105.6