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CHARTing Health Information for Texas-->Other Resources-->Texas Regional Web Sites

Below are listed sites that cover specific regions or parts of Texas. Individual statistics reports are, or will be, included on the appropriate pages of the CHARTing site.

Region 1: Lubbock Area

Public Health Region 1

Region 2/3: Dallas/Ft. Worth Area

Public Health Region 2/3 (Arlington)

Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance Survey (Centers for Disease Control; data for selected cities; 1991 - 2001)
Behaviors covered include: Unintentional Injuries and Violence Dietary Behaviors; Tobacco Use; Physical Activity; Alcohol and Other Drug Use; and Sexual Behaviors. Cities surveyed include: Dallas and Houston.

Dallas Ft. Worth Hospital Council

• Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Johnson, and Denton Counties Checkup (2002, 2004, 2005)
  • There are 5 reports, one for each county
• Community Healthcare Reports (1997 to 2002 data; Scroll down to link to the reports)
  These provide data from hospitals in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area and provide data on:
  • Top 25 diagnoses
  • Top 25 principal diagnoses
  • Top 25 procedures
  • Top 25 principle procedures
  • Top 25 DRG's (Diagnosis Related Groups)
  • Top 25 APR-DRG's (All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Groups)

AnalyzeDallas (Foundation for Community Empowerment; council district, school board district, and north/south sectors level data )
This site has brought together an extensive collection of resources in an easy-to-use mapping system that provides a detailed outlook of the communities of Dallas.

Region 4/5: North: East Texas Area

Public Health Region 4/5 North (Tyler)

Region 6/5: South Houston/Southeast Texas Area

Public Health Region 6/5 South (Houston)

Community Health Information System (CHIS) Data (St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities; county and some Census tract level data; 57 counties in SE Texas )
Retrieve extensive data on the counties of SE Texas at the CHIS site, including: birth & maternal health data, mortality data, county/community profiles, community reports, and more.

Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance Survey (Centers for Disease Control; data for selected cities; 1991 - 2001)
Behaviors covered include: Unintentional Injuries and Violence Dietary Behaviors; Tobacco Use; Physical Activity; Alcohol and Other Drug Use; and Sexual Behaviors. Cities surveyed include: Dallas and Houston.

Ambulatory Care for the Urban Poor: Structure, Financing, and System Stability (Urban Institute; 2001 report)
This report looks at the state of ambulatory care in 3 cities: Houston, Denver and LA. It provides good background information. This is a report, not just a collection of data.

Region 7: Austin Area

Public Health Region 7

Central Texas Health Data Collaborative (Hosted by St. David's Community Health Foundation)
"The Central Texas Health Data Collaborative supports the sharing of diverse data sources and perspectives. Hence, members of the Health Data Collaborative link data and post reports without auditing or clearing them with other members. The Health Data Collaborative and its members cannot guarantee the technical correctness of a publication or dataset, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information. "

Developing Affordable Access to Effective Healthcare in Central Texas (ICC of Central Texas; 2000 and 2002 reports)
Reports on use of primary care services for indigent health care among Travis County safety net providers, emergency department use in Travis, Hays, and Williamson counties, and the current availability of and public expenditures for health care services in the 5-county Austin–San Marcos SMSA, which includes Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Williamson, and Travis counties.

Region 8: San Antonio Area

Public Health Region 8 (San Antonio)

Bexar County Health Assessment (Bexar County Community Health Collaborative)

Region 9/10: El Paso/West Texas

Public Health Region 9/10 (El Paso)

El Paso County Health Data Book 2000 (UT School of Public Health, El Paso Campus)
Everything you could possibly want or need to know about El Paso County in one, easy to use Web sites. Covers: economy, history, environmental health, population, immunization, mortality, chronic diseases, and much more.

Diabetes Research Center (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso)
Includes diabetes mortality and prevalence cumulative totals for El Paso as well as migrant farmworkers study results.

Region 11: Brownsville/Harlingen/Border Area

Public Health Region 11 (Harlingen)

Corpus Christi-Nueces County Public Health District Biennial Report (2000-2001) (City of Corpus Christi; pdf)

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Last update 6/29/2006