Published Report: Health Indicators for Selected Cities and Places in Contra Costa County 2004

Summary: This report describes community health indicators and population trends for Contra Costa County, California. Highlighted throughout the report is data describing national benchmarks, health disparities, and the size & scope of important local health concerns.

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Cover (81k PDF, 1p.)

Title page & cover letter (55k PDF, 2pp.)

How to use data to make decisions (61k PDF, 4pp.)

Population Trends & Totals (Download all 6 sections: 198k PDF, 18pp.)

Map of Contra Costa Cities & Places (44k PDF, 1p.)
Population Growth (41k PDF, 2pp.)
Residents without Health Insurance (47k PDF, 2pp.)
Poverty (42k PDF, 1p.)
Education (57k PDF, 2pp.)
Census 2000 Summary Table (72k PDF, 6pp.) (Includes: Race, age, gender, income, linguistic isolation, and disability status)

Common Causes of Death

Contra Costa & California (59k PDF, 3pp.)
Adults and Young People (75k PDF, 3pp.)
Race/Ethnicity (68k PDF, 4pp.)

Health Concerns

AIDS (81k PDF, 5pp.)
Childhood Asthma - Prevalence (68k PDF, 3pp.)
Childhood Asthma - Hospitalizations (67k PDF, 4pp.)
Low Birth Weight Infants (61k PDF, 3pp.)
Births - Teen (73k PDF, 3pp.)
Cancer - All Types (80k PDF, 5pp.)
Cancer - Breast (75k PDF, 4pp.)
Cancer - Colorectal (74k PDF, 4pp.)
Cancer - Lung (77k PDF, 4pp.)
Cancer - Prostate (72k PDF, 4pp.)
Diabetes - Deaths (82k PDF, 5pp.)
Diabetes - Diagnosed Cases (67k PDF, 4pp.)
Heart Disease (73k PDF, 5pp.)
Homicide (85k PDF, 5pp.)
Childhood Immunizations & Vaccine Preventable Diseases (91k PDF, 3pp.)
Unintentional Injury - Overview (71k PDF, 4pp.)
Unintentional Injury - Causes (86k PDF, 4pp.)
Mental Disorders - Hospitalizations (67k PDF, 4pp.)
Obesity in Adults (58k PDF, 3pp.)
Overweight Children (55k PDF, 3pp.)
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) (78k PDF, 4pp.)
Stroke (120k PDF, 4pp.)
Substance Abuse - Hospitalizations (84k PDF, 5pp.)

Where to Find More Data (45k PDF, 2pp.)

Statistical Methods (Download all sections: 145k PDF, 14pp.)

Why Do We Use Rates? (46k PDF, 2pp.)
Why are Age-adjusted Rates Important? (40k PDF, 2pp.)
What is Statistical Significance? (51k PDF, 2pp.)
How to Calculate Relative Risk (RR) (40k PDF, 2pp.)
Why Don't Our Rates Match the Others? (57k PDF, 4pp.)

Acknowledgments (63k PDF, 4pp.)

Appendix Tables: Calculated Rates and 95% Confidence Intervals (1.2M PDF, 92pp.)

Poverty (49k PDF, 2pp.)
Education (50k PDF, 1p.)

AIDS (46k PDF, 1p.)
Births - Low birth weight (51k PDF, 2pp.)
Births - Teens (50k PDF, 2pp.)
Cancer - All Types (77k PDF, 10pp.)
Cancer - Breast (67k PDF, 7pp.)
Cancer - Colorectal (69k PDF, 8pp.)
Cancer - Lung (76k PDF, 10pp.)
Cancer - Prostate (59k PDF, 4pp.)
Diabetes - Deaths (70k PDF, 8pp.)
Diabetes - Diagnosed Cases (51k PDF, 1p.)
Heart Disease (77k PDF, 10pp.)
Homicide (47k PDF, 1p.)
Injuries - Unintentional (Overview) (50k PDF, 1p.)
Injuries - Unintentional (Causes) (53k PDF, 4pp.)
Mental Health/Disorders - Hospitalizations (49k PDF, 2pp.)
Overweight/Obesity - Adults (53k PDF, 1p.)
Overweight/Obesity - Kids (48k PDF, 1p.)
Sexually Transmitted Infections (63k PDF, 4pp.)
Stroke (76k PDF, 10pp.)
Substance Abuse (51k PDF, 2pp.)

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