Need a quick snapshot of health in your county?
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research now has easy-to-read and printable county-based Health Profiles on topics ranging from health insurance, obesity, exercise and more!
“Health Profiles is an easy way to obtain reliable public health data on such important topics as how many people in a county have diabetes or suffer from severe psychological distress,” said E. Richard Brown, principal investigator of the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), the Profiles’ data source. “These snapshots contain key health data that is readily accessible to policy makers, government officials, and community members." Health Profiles contain information for the state’s 58 counties. Specifically, the state’s 41 most populated counties each have their own Health Profile. The remaining 17 counties are grouped into three different Health Profiles. Sub-county profiles are also available for Los Angeles County’s eight Service Planning Areas and six Human Service Agency Regions in San Diego County. A Statewide Health Profile examining data from CHIS 2001-2009 is also included. CHIS, the nation’s largest state health survey, is conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and provides a detailed picture of the health and health care needs of California's large and diverse population.
These Health Profiles were created using data from the 2009 CHIS and supported by a grant from The California Endowment.
View the Health Profiles here.
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