Timely, accurate health information and data are a foundation to public health improvements.
To help increase access to local health data, Lorain County Public Health now publishes data briefs on its website, LorainCountyHealth.com/data, according to a news release.
“We serve and support a healthy community by making data-driven decisions,” said Lorain County Public Health Commissioner Mark Adams in the release. “We’re constantly looking at data to help us decide what to do next.
“We want other organizations to be able to do that too. Now, we can publish data more regularly to help community decision-makers and health advocates.”
In the past, Lorain County Public Health published health data once every three years through the Lorain County Community Health Assessment, according to the release.
Moving forward, Lorain County Public Health said it will publish data briefs on a rolling basis, according to the release.
View the Community Health Assessment as well as the following data briefs online.
• Emergency department visits for fall-related injuries in older adults – aged 65 years and older: Lorain County, 2018-2022
• Emergency department visits for ‘self-harm’ among adolescents – aged 13–17 years: Lorain County, 2019-2022
• Self-reported mental health for students in grades 7, 9, 11: Lorain County, Fall 2021
Data briefs will help people understand and respond to diseases, threats and underlying conditions impacting the health of Lorain County, the release said.
