County Resource Rankings

Author : David Garoogian
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781592376070
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Comparative Guide to Health in America written by David Garoogian and published by . This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy-to-use handbook provides immediate access to health statistics within each county along with comparative rankings of all 3,100 counties, both by state and nationwide. Profiles include a wide variety of health data from infant mortality to air quality, children in poverty to access to healthcare. This important new reference will offer a comprehensive look at the health of America, from the county level, with detailed profiles, ratings and rankings. Features include: State Health Summary provides an important overview of health care statistics within the state; County Health Star Ratings an easy to use index of all counties with their star rating, (1 to 5 stars) based on the overall health of its residents; County Maps in full color, provides a visual snapshot of the counties by their star rating; County Profiles arranged in alphabetical order for easy location of data. Each profile includes location and 15 data points. These data points include infant mortality, death rates, air quality, housing with increased lead risk, hospital beds and primary care physicians per capita, number of health care providers, hospital utilization data, unemployment and high school diploma rates, smoking among pregnant women, food stamp recipients and more; County Rankings include ranking charts for each of the 15 data points, provide immediate access to the best and worst health statistics within each state. Ranking data also appears in each Profile, so researchers can quickly see how each county compares to others in the state; National Rankings - provides national rankings for all 3,100 counties; National Health Maps in full color, for each of the 15 data points, illustrates health trends across the nation; and Population Group Ranking Charts allows the user to see the healthiest counties, and least healthiest, within similar population ranges. The Comparative Guide to Health in America provides one-stop access to health statistics across the country, with easy to use data profiles, star ratings and comparative rankings. This new resource will be widely used in all health care collections along with public library and university library reference collections.