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• Acknowledgements
• The People's Health (Booklet Version)
• The People's Health   (Full Version)

Indicators

• A Typical Week in Shasta County
• Maternal and Child Health
• Communicable Disease
• Chronic Disease
• Environmental Health
• Injury
• Violence
• Births & Deaths/Vital Statistics
• Broad Determinants of Health

Maternal and Child Health

• Births to Teens updated 2/06
• Births to Teens Who Already Have Children updated 3/06
• Breastfeeding Inititation updated 12/06
• Breastfeeding Duration Among Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Clients updated 8/06
• Caesarean Section Deliveries updated 7/06
• Contraception Use and Pregnancy Among Adolescents
• Timing and Adequacy of Prenatal Care updated 3/06
• Infant Mortality updated 8/06
• Low Birth Weight Infantsupdated 6/06
• Preterm Births updated 8/06
• Perinatal Drug Abuse
• Smoking During Pregnancy updated 6/09

Communicable Disease

• Chlamydia
• Persons with HIV/AIDS
• Pneumonia & Influenza Deaths
• Gonorrhea
• Tuberculosis
• Viral (aseptic) Meningitis
• Childhood Immunizations
• Adult Immunizations
• Animal Rabies
• Table of Selected Communicable Diseases updated 7/07

Chronic Disease

• Breast Cancer Deaths updated 12/07
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Deaths updated 2/07
• Colorectal Cancer Deaths
• Coronary Heart Disease Deaths updated 5/09
• Lung Cancer Deaths updated 6/09
• Stroke Deaths
• Smoking Among Adults updated 4/09
• Smoking Among Adolescents updated 6/09
• Smokeless Tobacco Use updated 6/09
• Adolescent Drinking
• Drug-Related Deaths updated 6/07
• Overweight, Physical Activity & Nutrition
• Overweight & Physical Activity Among Children and Youth

Environmental Health

• Air Quality
• Hazardous Waste Sites
• Childhood Asthma Hospitalizations updated 5/09
• Childhood Lead Poisoning
• Environmental Tobacco Smoke updated 6/09
• Fecal Contamination of Public Water Systems

Injury

• Motor Vehicle Crash Injury Deaths
• Child Safety Seat and Seat Belt Use Among Youth
• Bicycle Injuries and Helmet Use
• Unintentional Injury and Hospitalizations
• Falls & Hip Fractures Among Seniors

Violence

• Child Abuse and Neglect updated 4/09
• Elder Abuse updated 4/09
• Firearm-Related Injury updated 4/09
• Homicide updated 4/09
• Intimate Partner Violence updated 3/09
• Suicides updated 04/09

Births & Death/Vital Statistics

• Births updated 10/06
• Births by Race/Ethnicity updated 12/06
• Medical Conditions Leading to Death updated 11/09
• Actual Causes of Premature Death updated 11/09
• Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) updated 1/10
• Medical Conditions Leading to Hospitalization updated 11/09

Broad Determinants of Health

• Education updated 10/09
• Population by Age and Gender updated 8/09
• Population by Age and Race/Ethnicity updated 8/09
• Total Population updated 12/09
• Economic Trends updated 8/09
• Population Living in Poverty updated 5/09
• Housing
• High School Completion updated 5/09
• High School Drop-Out
• Migrant Education Students
• Medi-Cal Population updated 5/09

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