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CHARTing Health Information for Texas-->Data for Cause of Illness or Death-->Chronic Disease

See also: Cardiovascular Disease
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See also: Chronic Diseases
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Morbidity (Incidence)

Chronic Disease in Texas
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage: County level
Dates of coverage: Varies

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Includes: Estimates of chronic disease prevalence throughout Texas with maps of prevalence and incidence of a variety of diseases.

Other Information: PDF document.

Diabetes Data: Surveillance and Evaluation
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage: County, region, and state level

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Includes: Data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and hospital discharge data.

Other Information: PDF documents.

HCUP Hospitalizations
Produced by: US Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
Geographic coverage: State level
Dates of coverage: 2007

Select: Choose the State Statistics on All Stays for TX data, then select Researcher, Medical Professional.

Includes: Statistics by specific diagnoses (you will need to know the ICD-9 code; see section 4 for codes); statistics on all hospital stays; trends; rank order by diagnosis or procedure.

Other Information: See the description of the State Inpatient Database to learn more about data elements in the SID as well as how the SID can be used.

Preventable Hospitalizations
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage: County and state level
Dates of coverage: 2005

Preventable Hospitalizations
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage: County and state level
Dates of coverage: 2002

Preventable Hospitalizations
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage: County and state level
Dates of coverage: 2001

Select: Choose the report covering the chronic disease in which you are interested.

Includes: Map showing number of admissions by county and a table providing actual data.

Other Information: Each report is 8 pages and are pdf documents. See also Hospitalizations in Texas, 2001 for additional state level information.

Assessing the Burden of Asthma
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage: State level with one table at the county level
Dates of coverage: 1980 to 2002

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Includes:

Other Information:

Texas BRFSS: Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage:
State, Public Health Region, and MSA (Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso, Houston, McAllen, San Antonio), non-MSAs, border counties, non-border counties
Dates of coverage: 2002-2008

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Includes: Sample data for alcohol use, smoking, physical activity, BMI, cancer screening, hypertension knowledge, diabetes diagnosis, cardiovascular disease, immunizations, and much more.

Other Information: MSAs are selected on the basis of having had 500 or more respondents to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Metropolitan statistical areas are a group of counties that contain at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more inhabitants. Metropolitan divisions are a smaller group of counties within a metropolitan statistical area of 2.5 million or more inhabitants.

SMART: Selected Metropolitan/Micropolitan Area Risk Trends
Produced by: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Geographic coverage:
currently only Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division and Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land Metropolitan Statistical Area; Harris County and Dallas County
Dates of coverage: 2002

Select: Local Area Health Risk Data or Local Area Quick-View Charts.

Includes:

Other Information: MMSAs are selected on the basis of having had 500 or more respondents to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Metropolitan statistical areas are a group of counties that contain at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more inhabitants. Metropolitan divisions are a smaller group of counties within a metropolitan statistical area of 2.5 million or more inhabitants. Includes asthma, diabetes, and obesity.

Organ Transplant Lists
Produced by: United Network for Organ Sharting
Geographic coverage:
Transplant facility level
Dates of coverage: 1995 to current

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Includes: race/ethnicity, blood type, age, and diagnosis of those on waiting lists or who have registered for organ transplants.

Other Information: Information is specific to the facilities that perform organ transplants.

Asthma Fact Sheets
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Dates of coverage: 2006

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Includes:

Other Information: Prevalence data from BRFSS.

Indicators of Inpatient Care in Texas Hospitals, 2003
Produced by: TX Health Care Information Collection
Geographic coverage:
Hospital level
Dates of coverage: 2003

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Includes: Carotid Endarterectomy Volume and Mortality; Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Mortality; Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Mortality; Acute Stroke Mortality; Bilateral Cardiac Catheterization Rate; Pediatric Heart Surgery Volume and Mortality; Carotid Endarterectomy Volume and Mortality

Other Information: These are pdf documents.

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Mortality (Deaths)

See also Mortality Links for interactive sites to create tables by sex, race/ethnicity, age, and geography.

Texas Strategic Health Status Indicators: 2001
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage: County level
Dates of coverage: 2001

Select: Quality of Life.

Includes: Age-adjusted (2000 standard) mortality rates for cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, chronic lower respiratory disease, and lung cancer.

Other Information:

Asthma Fact Sheets
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Dates of coverage: 2006

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Includes: Asthma mortality rates 2001-2005.

Other Information: Prevalence data from BRFSS.

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Other links to Resources on Obesity and Diabetes (State or Federal level)

Sources of Obesity and Overweight Data in Texas (Texas Department of State Health Services)

Burden of Chronic Disease (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; State level; dates of data vary)
This site creates a nice overview with basic statistics on mortality from a variety of choronic conditions. A comparison between Texas and the US is also provided.

Centers for Disease Control (CDC): Obesity & Overweight

American Diabetes Association

National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Disease of the National Institutes of Health

The Surgeon General’s Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity

Finkelstein E, Fiebelkorn I, Wang G, National Medical Expenditures Attributable To Overweight and Obesity: How Much, and Who’s Paying. Health Affairs Web Exclusive, July/August 2003.

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Last updated 6/30/2008