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  HEALTH            
               
  County Level Data   See information below        
               
  Children   National Survey of Children's Health:  Data Resource Center       http://www.nschdata.org/content/default.aspx
               
      Health and Well-being of Children:  A Portrait of States and the Nation (2005)       http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/thechild/index.html
               
  Oral Health   Access to dental health services       http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/oralhealth/about_us.shtml 
               
  Prenatal Care            
               
      Oregon Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS): survey of about 2000 Oregon resident women about 3 months after they have had a baby.             
                   Overview       http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/pnh/prams/index.shtml
                   List of Topics (State estimates are posted for each year, county estimates are not available)       http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/pnh/prams/topics.shtml
               
      Access to folic acid supplementation before and during pregnancy.        www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/folicacid
               
      Prenatal Health Care Indicators       http://www.indicators.nwaf.org/DrawRegion.aspx?RegionID=41000&IndicatorID=28.
               
  Breastfeeding   Access to community and employer resources to support breastfeeding to increase breastfeeding initiation and duration rates.        http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/bf/policy.shtml and http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/bf/working.shtml  
               
  Immunizations   Oregon ranked 47th – near the bottom of the scale – in the CDC’s 2005 National Immunization Survey.  While improving slowly, Oregon’s rates remain unacceptably low. Counties with rates below 75% are encouraged to identify this significant health gap.  The State Immunization Program can assist counties choosing to address it.    Contact Martha Skiles 971-673-0304    
             
Healthy teens   Oregon Healthy Teens (OHT) Survey - Positive Youth Development   Renee K Boyd   Website: http://www.orgeon.gov/DHS/ph/chs/youthsurvey/ohtdata/shtml  
        renee.k.boyd@state.or.us http://www.dhs.state.or.us/dhs/ph/chs/youthsurvey/index.shtml    
        (971) 673-1145      
               
    Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)       http://www.dhs.state.or.us/dhs/ph/chs/brfs/index.shtml
             
County level data available on-line via the Oregon Health Division            
             
    Vital Statistics birth certificate data by county        http://www.dhs.state.or.us/dhs/ph/chs/data/birth/trends.shtml
    This contains data by county and by year for 2001-2005 for:         
    • Live Births by County       http://www.dhs.state.or.us/dhs/ph/chs/data/birth/lb.shtml 
    • First Births       http://www.dhs.state.or.us/dhs/ph/chs/data/birth/fbbc.shtml 
    • Births to Teen Mothers       http://www.dhs.state.or.us/dhs/ph/chs/data/birth/lbtm.shtml 
    • First Trimester Prenatal Care       http://www.dhs.state.or.us/dhs/ph/chs/data/birth/lbft.shtml 
    • Inadequate Prenatal Care       http://www.dhs.state.or.us/dhs/ph/chs/data/birth/lbip.shtml 
    • Low Birthweight       http://www.dhs.state.or.us/dhs/ph/chs/data/birth/lblb.shtml
    • Very Low Birthweight        
    • Maternal Alcohol       http://www.dhs.state.or.us/dhs/ph/chs/data/birth/lbma.shtml 
    • Maternal Tobacco       http://www.dhs.state.or.us/dhs/ph/chs/data/birth/lbtu.shtml 
    • Maternal Illicit Drug Use       http://www.dhs.state.or.us/dhs/ph/chs/data/birth/lbdu.shtml
    • Infant Mortality by County (2001-2004)       http://www.dhs.state.or.us/dhs/ph/chs/data/birth/im.shtml 
               
             
    Family Planning: Statewide data report:   Kenneth D. Rosenberg, MD, MPH   http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/fp/docs/updates/PlanningReport.pdf  
    County-level data summaries are available by calling Ken Roseberg     971-673-0355.    
        Maternal & Child Health Epidemiologist    
        ken.d.rosenberg@state.or.us    

 
Page updated: April 13, 2007

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