Data Resources for Community Health Assessment

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Data Resources for Community Health Assessment

• Sid Evans, Statistician
• State Center for Health Statistics
• Community Health Assessment Institute
• Greensboro, NC - February 6, 2007

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The State Center for Health Statistics Web Page

• http//www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/
• Under HEALTH DATA, click County-level Data

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The County Health Data Book

• Not what it used to be
• Scaled back from previous versions in 2003
• Data from other agencies not compiled
• But, there ARE links to other sources

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The County Health Data Book contains sections on

• Population
• Pregnancy and Live Births
• Mortality
• Morbidity

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At the bottom of County Level Data page
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The following queries are currently available

• Birth Data
• Birth Defect Data
• Mortality Data
• Leading Causes of Death
• Detailed Mortality Statistics
• Population Estimates
• ICD-10 Code Lookup

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Small Numbers Beware!

• Rates based on a small number of events (less
  than 20) are unstable
• Aggregating data for a 5-year period helps but
  does not always solve the problem
• Numbers should be looked at as well as rates

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Infant Mortality Rate for Mecklotank County
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Adjusting Death Rates for Age

• Allows comparison of death rates between
  populations with different age distributions
• Must be adjusted to the same standard population
  for comparison
• DO NOT compare adjusted to unadjusted (crude)
  rates
• Age-adjusted and Age-specific are not the same

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New Hanford has a younger population than Edgeberg
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Thank you! For working to improve the health of
North Carolinas children and adults.