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	Compare by Region: The colored gauge gives a visual representation of how your community is doing in comparison to other communities. The three-colored dial represents the distribution of values from the reporting regions (e.g. counties in the state) ordered from those doing the best to those doing the worst (sometimes lower values are better and in other cases higher values are better). From that distribution, the green represents the top 50th percentile, the yellow represents the 25th to 50th percentile, and the red represents the "worst" quartile.
	Compare by Average: This gauge shows how the Marin County value compares with the median or mean value for all counties in the state (or all US counties). The gauge is blue and white when being higher (or lower) is not necessarily good or bad and is multi-colored when being higher (or lower) is good or bad.
	Compare by Time Period: This gauge shows whether the Marin County value is increasing or decreasing over time. A green arrow means the value is improving and a red arrow means the value is getting worse. The = (equal) sign means that there is not a significant increase or decrease since the last measurement.
	Target: This gauge shows whether or not the Marin County value meets a specific target. The Marin County value is represented by the left bar and the target value by the right bar.
	Target: This gauge shows whether or not a specific target is met. A green check means the target is met and a red "X" means the target is not met.

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7.91

15.23

Red > 15.23
Green <= 7.91
In-between = Yellow
Unit: outlets/100,000 population
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Alcohol Outlets

Value:	9.31 outlets/100,000 population
Measurement Period:	2005
Location:	County : Marin
Categories:	Health / Substance Abuse

What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the number of beer, wine, and liquor stores per 100,000 population.

Why this is important: Research suggests that availability of alcohol, as measured by density of alcohol outlets, is closely related to the level of crime, domestic violence, and sexual assault in a community. Areas with a higher density of alcohol outlets also tend to have higher rates of vehicular accidents and fatalities, underage drinking, and adult alcohol and drug use.

Technical note: This data is based on a distribution of 3,064 US counties.

Source: Center for Disease Control (CDC)

URL of Source: http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.htm

URL of Data: http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/technical_infodata/surveydata/20...

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