Healthcare & Safety — Knox County, Tennessee
Health Infrastructure
| Hospitals | 49 |
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| EMS Stations | 21 |
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| Fire Stations | 21 |
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Health Outcomes (County Health Rankings)
| Premature Death Rate | 10,384 |
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| Poor/Fair Health | 16.2% |
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| Poor Physical Health Days | 3.85 |
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| Poor Mental Health Days | 5.88 |
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| Adult Smoking | 17.3% |
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| Adult Obesity | 36.4% |
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| Physical Inactivity | 25.3% |
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Overdose Deaths
| Death Rate per 100k | 70.63 |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Urban/Rural Class | Medium Metro |
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| Trend | rising |
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Air Quality
| Good Days | 205 |
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| Moderate Days | 160 |
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| Unhealthy for Sensitive | 1 |
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| Max AQI | 105 |
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| Median AQI | 48 |
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| Year | 2,024 |
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Crime (most recent year)
| Violent Crime | 555 |
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| Murder | 2 |
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| Rape | 69 |
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| Robbery | 18 |
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| Aggravated Assault | 466 |
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| Property Crime | 2,126 |
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| Burglary | 250 |
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| Larceny | N/A |
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Data provenance: aggregated from town-level sources, county.json. Rebuilt 2026-04-13T15:43:30.550510+00:00; aggregated 2026-04-13T16:08:25.654141+00:00.
