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Community Health Assessment

The resources below lead are starting points for finding local, State, or national health statistics, as well as other information about a community--population, housing, employment, education, and crime.

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Health Statistics

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Health, United States
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm
Core reference source for government-compiled health statistics. Provides trend tables that are updated as new data becomes available.

Healthy People 2010
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS4217
Healthy People 2010 is a statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats. Baseline data is provided. Print copies of this and related documents are also available in the Main Library. Check KentLINK for availability.

HHS Data Council Gateway to Data and Statistics
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/statinfo/index.htm
Produced by the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, this resource provides links to key health and human services data and statistics. This includes coverage of Federal, state, and local government-sponsored information.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
Contains statistics on selected diseases reported to the Center for Disease Control by state health departments.

National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs
Includes data on vital events, health status, lifestyle, exposure to unhealthy events, the onset and diagnosis of illness and disability, and the use of health care.

State Health Facts Online
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/
This site from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation contains the latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation.
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Trust for America's Health
http://healthyamericans.org/
This site is created by a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the nation's health. It includes extensive state data for various public health indicators and compares them with the national average.

Health Statistics -- Ohio

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Annual Report to District Advisory Council of Portage County
Available at Kent Main Library only
Annual compilation of public health statistics for Portage County, Ohio. Latest edition, Main Library, Reference index table. Earlier issues on 4th floor, under RA132.B1P6x.

Ohio Department of Health - Health Statistics
http://www.odh.ohio.gov/healthstats/healthstatsmainpage.aspx
Index page for health and vital statistics from the Ohio Department of Health. Links also include data on cancer incidence and infectious diseases.

Ohio Department of Health Information Warehouse
http://dwhouse.odh.ohio.gov/
Provides easy access to state and county summary level Ohio Vital Statistics data. Selected statistics include data for calendar years 1990 through the most current year available. Various options are available to view data.

Ohio Health Plans: Ohio's Medicaid Program
http://jfs.ohio.gov/Ohp/
Site provides reports and publications, as well as information for both consumers and providers.

Demographic, Housing, Education, etc.

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American FactFinder (1990 - Current)
http://factfinder.census.gov
This is an excellent gateway to economic and population census data. Data are available for download, in customizable tables or in thematic mapped. The site provides access data from the Decennial Censuses, the Economic Censuses, and the American Community Survey.

County and City Data Book
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/ccdb/
This resource from the Geostat Center at the University of Virginia provides Web access to the electronic versions of the 1988, 1994, and 2000 County and City Data Books. This provides the opportunity to create custom printouts and/or customized data subsets.
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Ohio County Profiles
http://www.odod.state.oh.us/research/files/s0.htm
Provides up-to-date information on each of Ohio's counties from over 50 sources. Includes data on population, housing, economic conditions, labor.

Labor Supply

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Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment (Ohio)
http://lmi.state.oh.us/LAUS/LAUS.html
State of Ohio site provides both current and historical civilian labor force data. Estimated labor force, employment, unemployment and unemployment rates are available for the U.S., metropolitan areas, counties, and selected Ohio cities.

Occupational Employment Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/oes/
This U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics site provides employment and wage estimates for over 700 occupations. Estimates are available for the nation, by state, and by metropolitan area, as well as for specific industries.

Crime and Selected Accident Statistics

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FARS Encyclopedia
http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov
The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) contains data on all vehicle crashes in the United States that occur on a public roadway and involve a fatality. This FARS Query System provides interactive public access to fatality data through this web interface.

Ohio and U.S. Crime Statistics
http://www.crimestats.ohio.gov/
This site provides crime-by-county statistics for Ohio.

Uniform Crime Reports
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
This standard data set from the Federal Bureau of Investigation provides annual data on the volume and rate of crime offenses nationally and by state, as well as various special reports.