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

See also: Cardiovascular Disease
See also: Cancer
See also: Chronic Diseases
See also: Environmental/Occupational Exposure Information
See also: Regional Web Sites

Morbidity (Incidence)

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

Select:

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 level

Texas Diabetes Fact Sheet, 2006

Diabetes Prevalence by County, 2001

Hospital Discharge Data-- Diabetes as a Diagnosis (2000)

Diabetes in Texas: A Risk Factor Report, 1999-2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data

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Includes: Hospital discharge data includes data by PHR and race/ethnicity (by crude rate and age adjusted rate), and for short term complications, long term complications, lower extremity amputations, and uncontrolled diabetes.

Other Information: PDF documents.

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:

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: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
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.

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)

CDC Wonder Underlying Cause of Death
Produced by: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Geographic coverage: County level

Mortality [ICD-10]
Dates of coverage: 1999 to 2004


Mortality [ICD-9]
Dates of coverage: 1979 to 1998

Select: Choose the ICD code that is appropriate by clicking on the Finder icon. Disease categories can be expanded by clicking on the category, then clicking the Expand or Expand Fully button. Be sure to Add it to the selections, then click Select.

Includes: Mortality from underlying cause of death

Other Information: Interactive database; report variables include gender, race/ethnicity, county, or age as well as by disease and year; age-adjusted standards for 2000 only.

Death Data (Texas Health Data)
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage: County level

Deaths of TX Residents [ICD-10]
Dates of coverage: 1999 to 2003


Deaths of TX Residents [ICD-9]
Dates of coverage: 1990 to 1998


Death Maps [ICD-9]
Dates of coverage:
1990 to 1998

Select: Top link to go to page with all 3 databases.

Includes: Mortality from underlying cause of death

Other Information: Interactive database; report variables include gender, race/ethnicity, or age as well as by disease and year; age-adjusted standards include 1940, 1970, and 2000.

Texas Data from VitalWeb
Produced by: Expert Health Data Programming
Geographic coverage: County level

Texas ICD-10 Deaths
Dates of coverage: 1999 to 2003


Texas ICD-9 Underlying Cause of Death - Standard Interface
Texas ICD-9 Underlying Cause of Death - Wizard Interface
Dates of coverage: 1980 to 1998


Texas Multiple Cause of Deaths [ICD-9]
Dates of coverage: 1995 to 1998

Select: Link at the top or choose the database you need from the list at the left.

Includes: Mortality from underlying cause as well as multiple causes of death.

Other Information: Interactive database; report variables include gender, race/ethnicity, or age as well as by disease and year.

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:

Vital Statistics Annual Reports (Texas Health Data)
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage: County level
Dates of coverage: 2001 - 2006

Geographic coverage: State level data
Dates of coverage: 2001 - 2006

2006 Report (Preliminary)
2005 Report (Preliminary)
2004 Report
2003 Report
2002 Report
2001 Report

Select: See table #23 for county data

Includes:

Other Information:

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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 9/19/2007

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