PUBLIC HEALTH DATA

BENTON-FRANKLIN COUNTIES

Links below are organized around several key areas of public health data. Each link will lead to a variety of resources, including: selected county data, published reports, and/or additional sources of information at the county, state and national level.

 

Population Demographics

As a public health agency we strive to affect health on a population level. In our work it is essential that we understand the characteristics of the Benton-Franklin Counties population and its communities, as well as how each changes over time. Such population characteristics are often referred to as demographics.

 

BFHD Annual Reports 06●07●08

BFHD Annual Report Executive Summaries 06●07

Demographics & Social Characteristics 08 - 09

Benton County Community Health Status Report 08

Franklin County Community Health Status Report 08

Key Health Indicator Report 03

Communicable Disease Fact Sheets report pending

 

Behavioral Health Data

Personal behavior with its associated risks or benefits to health is an important factor in determining individual health status. Two key sources of data used to monitor the health-related behaviors of Benton County and Franklin County adults and youth are the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and the Healthy Youth Survey (HYS).

 

Survey of the Adult Population 06

BRFSS findings summary 03

Healthy Youth Survey Fact Sheets 2002-2008 report pending

 

Maternal Child Health

Evidence continues to mount in support of connections between health status and risk exposure in early life and health-related outcomes throughout the life-course. Measures of maternal and child health remain as key indicators of overall population health status.

 

Safe Kids Benton-Franklin Fact Sheet 08

Smile Survey 2005

Benton-Franklin County PRAMS Data report pending

Infant Mortality report pending

Birth Rates report pending

Pregnancy Rates report pending

Benton County CSHCN Fact Sheets report pending

Franklin County CSHCN Fact Sheets report pending

Child Care Health Fact Sheet  report pending

Women Infant and &Childhood Nutrition Program (WIC) report pending

Immunization Rates report pending

 

Death Data

Death rates (mortality) in the population as a whole help us to monitor the health of Benton and Franklin Counties overall. Monitoring mortality rates among major subgroups allows us to better identify communities at increased risk of death.

 

Death Rates Benton-Franklin Counties report pending

Leading Causes of Death Fact Sheet 07 report pending

Suicide Fact Sheet 2003-2007 report pending

Child Death Review report pending

 

Learn More (Links to Other Data)

 

Washington State Department of Health

CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

National Center for Health Statistics

National Institutes of Health                   

Washington State Office of Financial Management

Washington State Public Health Improvement Plan Partnership

Healthy Youth Survey Data            

U.S. Census Bureau

2007 SMART BRFSS Data and Prevalence Tables       

Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Source