State Report Ranks Orange County on Health Indicators
For
Immediate Release: September 4, 2008
Contact: Howard
Sutter (714) 834-2178
(Santa Ana) - The 2008 County Health Status Profiles report from the California Department of Public Health and the California Conference of Local Health Officers shows Orange County has already met several of the national Healthy People 2010 objectives.
The report, using data for the period of 2004-2006, shows that the Orange County death rate is lower than the Healthy People 2010 objective for:
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Deaths due to all cancers (per 100,000 population, age adjusted)
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Deaths due to lung cancer (per 100,000 population, age adjusted)
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Deaths due to female breast cancer (per 100,000 population, age adjusted)
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Deaths due to prostate cancer (per 100,000 population, age adjusted)
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Deaths due to coronary heart disease (per 100,000 population, age adjusted), and
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Deaths due to cerebrovascular disease (per 100,000 population, age adjusted)
“While these are important achievements, there is still room for improvement. Orange County’s death rate due to Alzheimer’s disease, as well as deaths attributed to influenza/pneumonia, exceeded the statewide average for the three year period,” said Dr. Eric Handler, County Health Officer and Deputy Agency
Director for Public Health Services. “Working with community health care providers, the Health Care Agency will continue its efforts to encourage Orange County residents to lead healthier lifestyles.”
The County Health Status Profiles report can be downloaded from the California Department of Public Health website at
www.cdph.ca.gov/pubsforms/Pubs/OHIRProfiles2008.pdf. Healthy People 2010 is a comprehensive set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives for America. The national health objectives were designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to our health and to establish national goals to reduce those threats. More information is available at
www.healthypeople.gov
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