Other North Carolina Health-Related Statistics
Additional Health Statistics can be found at these web sites:
Administrative, Local, and Community Support
- North Carolina 2010 Health Objectives - The objectives outline a comprehensive statewide health promotion in concert with the national effort, Healthy People 2010.
Epidemiology
- Communicable Disease Control - Annual statewide summary report and quarterly updates for reportable communicable diseases which include, but are not limited to, Campylobacter, E. coli O157:H7, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B acute and chronic, Lyme disease, Measles, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Salmonellosis, Shingellosis, Strepto. A invasive, Tuberculosis (TB) and Vanco. Resistant Enterococci.
- HIV/STD/AIDS Surveillance - Reportable STDs include human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and others. Quarterly and annual reports, as well as topical fact sheets, provide information on statewide trends and summary information for each county.
- Influenza Sentinel Surveillance Program - Two tables are updated weekly throughout the influenza season: Influenza-Like Illnesses Reported by NC Sentinel Sites and Influenza Virus Isolates Identified by the State Laboratory of Public Health.
- Animal Rabies around the state - Tables and maps showing the spread of rabies in land-based animals since 1990.
- Tuberculosis Data from the North Carolina Tuberculosis Control Program - Annual NC Tuberculosis Statistical Summary includes county specific number of cases and rates. Additional reports focus on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Cases and Reported Tuberculosis Cases in Foreign Born Persons.
Health Promotion and Disease Control
- Cardiovascular Disease Data - Includes Special Surveys, Publications, Data Tables, and Graphs and Charts from the NC Cardiovascular Health Data Unit.
- Fact & Figures from the Diabetes Prevention and Control Unit - National, State, and County Data on the prevalence of diabetes.
- Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch - Includes results from several years of the North Carolina Youth Tobacco Surveys.
Women's and Children's Health
- Asthma Program Office Surveillance - Asthma Epidemiology Updates as well as the Burden of Asthma in North Carolina report. Also has links to presentations made by Asthma Program staff.
- The North Carolina Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System (PNSS) supports the efforts of the Women’s Health and WIC programs providing accurate and timely information on pregnancy risk factors and outcomes of low-income women. Through annual reports, PNSS data is made available for use by public health professionals and other interested groups in evaluating the health status of pregnant women, targeting high-risk groups, and planning interventions - both community and statewide.
- NC Healthy Weight Initiative - Results from the NC Nutrition and Physical Activity Surveillance System (NC-NPASS) on child health indicators of nutritional status including the prevalence of underweight, healthy weight, at-risk for overweight and overweight for North Carolina counties.
Environmental Health
- Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) - Annual Report summarizing the number of children screened for elevated blood lead levels.
- West Nile Virus - The Public Health Pest Management web site includes the number of laboratory confirmed cases of West Nile Virus and maps illustrating the location of cases.
Other Health Statistics
- Division of Medical Assistance Publications and Reports - Includes North Carolina Medicaid and Health Choice Data
- Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services Annual Statistical Reports
- Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS) - YRBSS monitors six categories of priority health-risk behaviors among youth and young adults; these behaviors contribute to physical inactivity and other serious health risks.
Public-use Vital Statistics Data Files are available from the Institute for Research in Social Science at UNC-CH.
Page last updated December 09, 2008
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