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Health Information for Texas-->Sociodemographic
& Community Characteristics
-->County Overviews
This page lists several quick guides to the health of a county
or community, i.e. the "one-stop-shopping" sources of information.
Texas
Health Facts (formerly County Fact Sheets; Texas Department of State
Health Services; 1995 to 2004)
Good 2 page overview of the health of a county that includes:
Demography, Socioeconomic Indicators, Medicaid, Natality, Communicable
Diseases, Mortality, Health Professionals, Health Facilities, and Texas
Department of State Health Services Program Summaries. Scroll down for
earlier fact sheets.
County
Rankings by Selected Demographic and Public Health Measures (Texas
Department of State Health Services; 1998 - 2000; county
level data)
Covers a wide variety of details including: average population; average
percent minority; average mortality from cancer, heart disease, stroke,
accidents, and diabetes; STD average annual rates; and more.
The Landscape
Project (Texas Institute for Health Policy Research; 1990 to
2002; county level data and Metropolitan Statistical
Area level data)
The Landscape Project creates reports based on 14 indicators: Communicable
Diseases, Crime, Environmental Health, Government Finance, the Health
Care Sector, Health Insurance, Household Information, Infant and Maternal
Health, Mortality Statistics, Needs Based Programs, Population Projections,
Population Distribution, Social Security, and Socioeconomic Characteristics.
Texas
Strategic Health Status Indicators: 2001 (Texas Department of State
Health Services; county level data)
This interactive site allows you to create reports for data on: Maternal
& child health (Infant Mortality, Child Mortality, Prenatal
Care in First Trimester, Low Birth Weight, Teen Pregnancy, Neural Tube
Defects), demographic & socioeconomic measures (Population
by Age, Gender and Race/Ethicity, Socioeconomic Status, Educational Attainment,
Mortality, Limited English Proficiency, Linguistic Isolation, Single Parent
Households), health resources (Local Public Health Services,
Health Care Professionals, HPSA/MUA Designations, Medicaid Eligibles,
Certified EMS Providers (rural counties only), infectious diseases
& sentinel events (Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Body Fluid-Borne
Pathogens, Mortality from Injuries, Tuberculosis), environmental
measures (Key Food-borne Pathogens, Hepatitis A), and quality
of life (Years of Potential Life Lost), chronic diseases
(Age Adjusted Mortality Rates), social & mental health
(Suicide Rate, Substance Abuse, Child Abuse, Violent Crime, Divorce).
Demographic
& Socioecomonic Statistics/Indicators (Texas Health and Human
Services Commission; dates of coverage vary; county level
data)
Research,
Planning, and Evaluation Monthly Program Statistics Reports (Texas
Health and Human Services Commission; October 2002-August 2003; county
level data)
These statistical reports provide monthly data showing: basic demographics;
employment/unemployment; cost of living indices; population living in
poverty; uninsured by age; Medicaid enrollment; Medicaid enrollment for
children; Medicaid-covered births; and CHIP enrollment and renewal.
Community
Health Information System (CHIS) Community Information (St. Luke's
Episcopal Health Charities;57 counties in SE Texas )
CHIS contains maps that allow you to "drill down", as far as
to the census tract level in some cases but at least
to the county level in all cases, and obtain statistics
on the population of that area. Click on the link to the information you
need-- birth, death, or population-- to pull up maps and reports.
County/Community
Profiles (St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities;57 counties
in SE Texas)
These profiles rank each county by quartiles for areas such as child health,
general living conditions, birth weights, etc.
Portal
to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries)
The Portal to Texas History offers students and lifelong learners a digital
gateway to the rich collections held in Texas libraries, museums, archives,
historical societies, and private collections. The Portal team at the
University of North Texas provides strong leadership by supporting collaborative
efforts with its partners, while pursuing the goals of accessibility,
best practices, and preservation of historical material.
About
Counties (National Association of Counties; county level
data; dates of coverage vary)
NACo maintains a comprehensive database of information on counties, including
a listing of county officials, and links to Capitolimpact.com, which provides
nationwide county statistics such as economic and demographic data. Includes:
Healthy
People 2000: Health Status Indicators by Texas Public Health Regions and
Race/Ethnicity, 1990-2000 (Texas Deparment of State Health Services;
Public Health Region level data; 2000; pdf documents)
"This report provides a subset of 19 natality, morbidity, mortality,
socioeconomic, and environmental health status indicators used in the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy People 2000
series. Comparisons are presented for each of Texas’ 11 public health
regions and by race/ethnicity."
Texas:
At-A-Glance (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation; state
level; years of coverage vary)
Even though this is at the state level, the amount of information included
is varied and extensive. It is certainly worth looking at for a "Texas"
point of view!
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