Toward a Community Health
Report Card - Electronic Version

APEXPH -- Part II -- The Community Process -- Health Data

Demographic profile: age and sex

Male, Female, Total
Age less than 1, 1-14, 15-24, 25- 44, 45- 64, 65- 74, 75& older, Total

Demographic profile: race/ethnic distribution

Socioeconomic profile

Percent of population below poverty level
Percent of population unemployed
Number of Food Stamp redplents
Number of persons in the WIC program
Number of Medicaid recipients
Estimated number of homeless persons
Percent with less than a high school education
Percent with less than a college education
Percent with a college or higher level of education

Years of potential life lost (YPLL)

Access to primary health care profile

Private providers
Community and migrant health care centers
Local health department
Other sources
Uninsured/underinsured

 

Other health indices:

  Occupational health and safety

Work-related Injuries - Deaths
Work-related Injuries - Nonfatal
Cumulative Trauma Disorders
Occupational Skin Disorders
Occupational Disease (e.g., Hepatitis B)

  Substance abuse

Alcohol-related Accidents - Deaths
Alcohol-related Accidents - Nonfatal
Cirrhosis Deaths
Drug-related Deaths
Drug Abuse Emergency Room Visits
Lung Cancer Deaths
Current Smokers

  Mental health/ mental retardation

Suicides
Teenage Suicides
Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders
Adult Mental Disorders
Stress-related Health Effects
Serious Mental Retardation - School-aged Children
Serious Mental Retardation - Noninstitutionalized Population

  Other risk factors

Not Using Seat Belt
Overweight
Sedentary Lifestyle
Ever Had Cholesterol Checked
Diagnosed with Diabetes
Being Treated for Hypertension
Current Smokers

Perinatal indicators

Live Births

All ages
Maternal age <18 years

Prenatal Care of Women

First care in 3rd trimester
Fewer than seven prenatal visits

Low Body Weight Live Births

<2500 grams (low birth weight)
<1500 grams (very low birth weight)

Live Births with Mortality or Birth Defects

Perinatal mortality
Fetal mortality
Neonatal mortality
Congenftal anomalies

Leading causes of mortality

Estimated prevalence of disease

Leading causes of hospitalization

Environmental Profile

Air Pollutants
Water Contaminants
Food Contaminants
Land Pollution [human and industrial waste, pesticides, etc.]
Other environmental hazards including work environment or conditions, radiation, climate, etc.