Health Profile of Kane County, Illinois
Kane County Health Score
The Map AI Health Index is a score that reflects local life expectancy, disease rates, healthcare access, and physical environment to help you quickly compare the overall health and well-being of different areas.
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B
Kane County Around averageHealthier than 80% of counties in Illinois
Source: Map AI Methodology
General Health Overview
| Metric | Kane County | Illinois Avg | US Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Expectancy (years) | 80.2 | 77.9 | 78.3 |
| Uninsured Population (%) | 7.8% | 6.9% | 8.4% |
| Self-Rated Poor Health | 14.5% | 15.6% | 16.3% |
Life expectancy in Kane County is 80.2 years, about 2.3 years longer than the Illinois average of 77.9 years. The uninsured rate is 7.8%, higher than the Illinois average of 6.9%. Self-rated poor health is reported by 14.5% of residents, lower than the Illinois average of 15.6%.
Population by Age
Older residents
171,362 residents in Kane County are age 50 or older.
- 85+ 7,748 2,674 men · 5,074 women
- 75–84 20,596 8,906 men · 11,690 women
- 65–74 41,584 19,600 men · 21,983 women
- 50–64 101,435 50,949 men · 50,486 women
Younger residents
123,269 residents in Kane County are age 17 or younger.
- 12–17 38,871 20,125 boys · 18,746 girls
- 7–12 36,666 18,725 boys · 17,941 girls
- 3–7 27,719 14,079 boys · 13,640 girls
- 0–3 20,013 10,225 boys · 9,788 girls
About 15,755 residents in Kane County (3.0% of the population) are older than the area's life expectancy of 80.2 years.
The highlighted slice of the age axis is the share of residents older than the life-expectancy mark.
Disease Prevalence
| Disease / Condition | Kane County | Illinois Avg | US Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes | 9.6% | 10.7% | 11.3% |
| Cancer | 5.3% | 7.1% | 6.9% |
| Heart Diseases | 5.0% | 7.1% | 7.1% |
| Adult Obesity | 36.3% | 36.1% | 34.3% |
The rate of heart disease in Kane County is about 29% lower than in Illinois. The rate of cancer in Kane County is about 26% lower than in Illinois.
Health Behaviors
| Behavior | Kane County | Illinois Avg | US Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokers | 15.7% | 19.2% | 19.0% |
| Binge Drinking | 14.9% | 14.9% | 16.5% |
| Sedentary Lifestyle | 25.6% | 26.3% | 25.1% |
The rate of smoking in Kane County is about 18% lower than in Illinois.
Assuming each smoker smokes 10 cigarettes a day, that's about 619,107 cigarettes a day, 18.6 million a month, or 226.0 million a year! At 11 minutes* of life lost per cigarette, that's about 6.8 million minutes a day and 2.5 billion a year lost to smoking overall - and since life expectancy in Kane County is 80.2 years, that's roughly equivalent to 0.16 lifetimes a day, or 59 lifetimes a year.
* Source: Shaw M, Mitchell R, Dorling D. "Time for a smoke? One cigarette reduces your life by 11 minutes." BMJ. 2000;320:53.
Illustrative only. This is not an estimate of how many people actually die from smoking each day or year - it's a rough, order-of-magnitude comparison meant to help grasp the scale of smoking in this area. We take no responsibility for any decisions made based on this figure.
Air Quality
| Metric | Kane County | Illinois Avg | US Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Pollution (μg/m³) | 8.21 | 7.63 | 6.09 |
With an annual average of 8.2 µg/m³ of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), air quality in Kane County is good — generally safe air quality for the vast majority of residents.
Kane County, IL Health Compared With Nearby Counties
Kane County, IL is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 517,214 residents against a local median of 137,674. Kane County, IL's uninsured, at 7.8%, runs 52% above the 5.1% typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves sit within 1.6% of each other on uninsured, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Kane County, IL, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Kane County, IL has the 6th lowest uninsured of the 6 areas compared here.
| Area | Population | Life expectancy | Uninsured | Obesity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kane County, IL | 517,214 | 80.2 yrs #3/6 | 7.8% #6/6 | 36.3% #5/6 |
| DeKalb County, IL | 100,702 | 80.2 yrs | 5.1% | 33.7% |
| Kendall County, IL | 137,674 | 80.0 yrs | 4.0% | 35.8% |
| DuPage County, IL | 929,812 | 81.3 yrs | 5.2% | 28.3% |
| McHenry County, IL | 312,591 | 79.6 yrs | 4.5% | 35.4% |
| Boone County, IL | 53,226 | 78.3 yrs | 5.6% | 37.1% |
Conclusion
Considering all these factors, Kane County, Illinois has an overall health index grade of B, making it somewhat better than Illinois, and somewhat better than the country as a whole.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about health in Kane County, Illinois.
What is the health grade for Kane County, Illinois?
Kane County, Illinois has a Map AI Health Index grade of B, based on life expectancy, disease rates, healthcare access, and the physical environment; a B grade means residents are somewhat healthier than the U.S. average.
Is Kane County, Illinois one of the healthiest counties in Illinois?
Kane County ranks 21st healthiest out of 102 counties in Illinois by the Map AI Health Index, which measures life expectancy, disease rates, healthcare access, and the physical environment.
What is the average lifespan in Kane County, Illinois?
People in Kane County, Illinois can expect to live 80.2 years on average, 2.3 years longer than the Illinois average of 77.9.
What is the uninsured rate in Kane County, Illinois?
7.8% of residents in Kane County, Illinois have no health insurance, about 1 in 13 people, 0.9 points above the Illinois rate of 6.9%.
What is the obesity rate in Kane County, Illinois?
36.3% of adults in Kane County, Illinois are classified as obese, about 1 in 3, about the same as the Illinois rate of 36.1%.
How many cigarettes do smokers in Kane County, Illinois go through, and how much life does that cost?
Assuming each smoker smokes 10 cigarettes a day, that's about 619,107 cigarettes a day, 18.6 million a month, or 226.0 million a year! At 11 minutes* of life lost per cigarette, that's about 6.8 million minutes a day and 2.5 billion a year lost to smoking overall - and since life expectancy in Kane County is 80.2 years, that's roughly equivalent to 0.16 lifetimes a day, or 59 lifetimes a year.
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