Data and reports

Providing regular, updated data on the health of King County's population is a core function of Public Health – Seattle & King County. Data is intended to inform the community, including policy makers, medical personnel, researchers, community-based organizations, government agencies and individuals to understand and respond to diseases, threats and underlying conditions impacting our health.

Current interest Health Data Newsletter, February 2013 Data Watches Highlight Ongoing Inequities QuickStat: Did You Know that Your Life Expectancy May be Determined by Where You Live? The Health of Your City or Neighborhood Countywide Report Features Interactive Data Gun Violence in King County More than 31,000 people in the U.S. are killed by gun violence each year. In King County, the death toll from guns is more than 125 people a year. More people in King County die from gun violence than motor vehicle crashes. The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Uninsured Adults in King County The Affordable Care Act will significantly improve peoples’ ability to access health insurance in King County when insurance expansions take effect on Jan. 1, 2014. If expansion happened today, 85% of King County’s uninsured adults—or 183,800 people—would become eligible for public or subsidized health insurance. Uninsured adults by King County city City Health Profiles City health profiles provide information on health and determinants of health about the people living in an area. Each one has a section on demographics, general health status, leading cause of death, health risk factors and chronic disease, injury and violence-related death, maternal and infant health and access to care and medical preventive services.

Publication highlights Maps for visual display of relevant population health data Data Watch Report: Youth Consumption of Sugary Drinks in King County (September 2012) Sugary drinks are the largest single source of calories in the U.S. diet and account for almost half of all added sugars that Americans consume. The consumption of sugary drinks has been linked to risks for obesity, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and hypertension. Because one in five youth in King County is overweight or obese, reducing the amount of sugary drinks young people consume is a key strategy for improving health. Intersecting Infections of Public Health Significance: The Epidemiology of HIV, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Tuberculosis in King County, 2008 (PDF, 2 Mb) Communities Count (external site) Communities Count is a public-private partnership that tracks social, economic, health, environmental, and cultural conditions important to King County residents. Charitable organizations, local and state government, service providers, and the public use the site’s qualitative and quantitative data to inform decisions in support of healthier King County communities. Community health data A set of indicators measuring the health of King County residents. It provides a broad array of comprehensive, population-based data with the emphasis on relying on data about the entire community to look at multiple determinants of health.

Browse by category or alphabetical order Reports and publications from A - Z Access to care/insurance HIV/AIDS reports and other publications Cancer and the environment Maternal and child health Chronic diseases Oral health Smile Survey, 2010 (PDF) Communicable diseases Periodical publications Data Watch Report STD data and statistical resources Ethnicity and health Violence and injury Environmental Health Services Youth health General/crosscutting topics

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