Number of ballots cast for population over age of 18 for November elections

The Air Quality Index is an indicator of overall air quality that takes into account all of the criteria air pollutants measured within a geographic area.

Percent of adults age 18 or older who have body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or more

Percent of adults age 18 or older who smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and are current smokers

Average number of days a county’s adult respondents report that their mental health was not good in past 30 days (age-adjusted - Adjusting for age removes the effect of age as a risk factor on poor mental health days since aging is not preventable)

Premature death measures the risk of dying before age 75, uses Years of Potential Life Lost as its measure of Premature Death, per 100,000.

Percentage of total population within a designated area that is identified as both “low income” and having “low access” to healthy food. Note that there are many ways to measure food access for individuals and for neighborhoods, and many ways to define which areas are food deserts (neighborhoods that lack healthy food sources).

Key population health variables from the County Health Rankings. Includes results on
premature death, general mental health, adult smoking, and adult obesity. More information on the County Health Rankings
available at: http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/

Percent of children living below the federally defined poverty line from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey. Data is provided for the City of Everett, Snohomish County, Washington State, and US, as well as all census tracts within Everett.