In healthy communities, people live longer, experience fewer illnessess, and enjoy a higher quality of life with less suffering. Addressing the root cause of disease through prevention, education, and access to care lessens the strain on individuals, families, healthcare systems, and the economy.
Chronic Diseases
In a representative survey of EIPH residents, respondents were asked if they had ever been diagnosed with a list of chronic diseases. This list includes stroke, cancers, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, heart disease, and liver disease. Details can be found in the linked dashboard.
Communicable Diseases
Disease data is collected by the Centers for Disease Control and reported by EIPH. The dashboard is updated monthly and includes data on gastrointestinal diseases, hepatitis, respiratory infections, sexually transmitted diseases and any other diseases with regularly reported data.
Alcohol and Tobacco Use
In a representative survey of EIPH residents, respondents were asked about their alcohol consumption and tobacco use. The answers to the questions asked are found in the linked dashboard.
Risk Factors
Risk factors includes data on behaviors and situations that may indicate risks for greater health problems. Most of the data in the linked dashboard comes from the County Health Rankings with the exception of high blood pressure, which is from the EIPH survey, and opioid dispensing rates, reported by the Centers for Disease Control.
- Percent insured adults is collected by the US Census Bureau.
- Percent vaccinated data is the percent of medicare enrollees who had a flu vaccination during the year and is collected by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
- Percent obese adults is the percentage of the adult population reporting a BMI greater than or equal to 30kg/m2. This is based on self report during the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey.
- Teen birth rate is collected by the National Center for Health Statistics. It is the number of births per 1,000 female population ages 15-19.
- Child mortality rate is the number of deaths among residents under age 20 per 100,000 population. Child mortality rate can have a large impact on years of potential life lost. Data is collected by the National Center for Health Statistics.
- Preventable hospital stays is the measure of the rate of hospital stays for ambulatory care sensitive conditions per 100,000 Medicare enrollees. Data is collected by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
- Primary care doctor ratio is the ratio of population to the number of primary care physicians. Data on the number of primary care physicians from comes from the Area Health Resource File which includes American Medical Association Data.
- High blood pressure data was collected in a representative survey of EIPH residents who were asked if they had ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure.
- Drug overdose deaths is the number of drug poisoning deaths per 100,000 population. The data comes from the National Center for Health Statistics. Data is found on the second page of the dashboard.
- Opioid dispensing rates is collected and reported by the Centers for Disease Control. The number reported is the rate of retail pharmacy dispensed opioid prescriptions per 100 persons per year. Data is found on the second page of the dashboard.
All of the above data is found in the linked dashboard. If there is a place where data is blank, the locations did not have enough data to be reported.
Doctor and Dentist Visits
In a representative survey of EIPH residents, respondents were asked how long since their last doctor and dentist visit, their main reasons for not visiting a doctor, and how they feel their physical health is. Their responses can be found in the linked dashboard.