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Local coalitions, expert panel members and others need access to uptodate data on infant mortality, prematurity, low birth weight and other variables. The hcph priority public health issues for 202018 selected for the magnitude of the issue and our ability to make progress in harris county. Texas department of state health services, healthy texas. Or to find data for counties, school or congressional districts and more, select. Texas department of state health services, healthy texas babies. Metrics range from air quality, crime and unemployment rate to. Join other professionals on npins new social community to connect, share, and collaborate. Study ranks texas counties by health williamson county is home to texas healthiest residents, and marion county is the least healthy in the state, according to. We invite planners, policy makers, and community members to use the site as a tool for community assessment, strategic planning, identifying best practice for improvement, collaboration and advocacy. We also post complete data sets to the texas open data portal what do you think. The mission of the texas department of family and protective services dfps is to protect the unprotected children, elderly, and people with disabilities from abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
Comal county public health ccph is guided by a vision. This includes disclosing how accurately and efficiently applications are processed so that benefits are received by those who qualify. Starting with fiscal year 2016, dfps is no longer producing a static data book. We are very flexible and schedule our program around what works best for you. For a quick snapshot of our statistics, download the data cardpdf document. You will find here public data and statistics on various health topics in addition to a list of definitions commonly used throughout this site. Texans can dial 211 option 6 for information on covid19 and local community resources on health care, utilities, food, housing and more. View the results of the indicators related to the healthy austin priority program of imagine austin. The data in the 2020 county health data book are considered current for community health assessments and state of the county s health reports due the first monday of march, 2020.
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