:: Spokane Counts - A Summary of Selected Public Health Indicators ::

How does the site work?
Select a category from the top bar to see the indicators in that category. Select the indicator of interest to see information about that indicator. You may then navigate to other indicators using the list in the bar on the right side or by selecting another category from the top bar.

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The chart below provides an indicator list that depicts how Spokane County is doing with each indicator. By clicking on the name of the indicator in this list you will be taken to the indicator information page.

Welcome to Spokane Counts 2007
Spokane Counts provides information about selected public health indicators that can be impacted by public health and community partners. Information about the selected health indicators gives the community an easily accessible tool to determine priority health issues and identify populations impacted. It may help direct health interventions to areas of greatest need and garner support for health policies. Additionally, this information will educate the public, community organizations, and policymakers on the community’s health.

Spokane Counts 2007 reports on 44 indicators that are grouped into 7 categories. When available, information about each indicator is examined for Spokane County over a period of time, in comparison to Washington State and the United States, and by various demographic groups.

↑Rates are up/Spokane County higher	↔ No difference/no change	Blank= Not able to avaluate, not available /applicable		Geographic Comparison:		Spokane County Group Comparisons
↓Rates are down/Spokane County lower	Δ Difference /disparity		Trend	State	National	Age	Sex	Race	Education	Income
Communicable Disease
Chronic hepatitis C			↔			Δ	Δ
Sexually transmitted diseases			↑	↓	↓	Δ	Δ	Δ
Tuberculosis			↔	↓	↓	Δ	↔
Vaccine preventable diseases			↑	↓	↓	Δ	↔
Environmental Health
Food or waterborne diseases			↔	↔		Δ	↔
Vector-borne diseases
Health Behaviors
Alcohol related motor vehicle crash fatalities				↔	↔
Binge drinking (adult)			↔	↔	↔	Δ	Δ	↔	↔	↔
Binge drinking (youth)			↔	↔	↓	Δ	↔	↔
Fruit and vegetable intake (adult)			↔	↔		↔	Δ	↔	↔	↔
Fruit and vegetable intake (youth)			↑	↔	↑	Δ	Δ	Δ
Illicit drug use (adult)			↔	↔
Illicit drug use (youth)			↑	↑		Δ	↔	Δ
Maternal smoking			↔	↑	↑	Δ		Δ	Δ	Δ
Physical activity (adult)			↔	↔	↓	↔	↔	↔	↔	↔
Physical activity (youth)				↔	↑	Δ	Δ	↔
Smokeless tobacco use (adult)			↔	↔
Smokeless tobacco use (youth)			↔	↔	↓	Δ	Δ	Δ
Smokers (adult)			↔	↑	↔	Δ	↔	↔	Δ	Δ
Smokers (youth)			↔	↔	↓	Δ	Δ	↔
Health Status
Cancer			↔	↔	↑	Δ	↔	Δ
Food insecurity (youth)			↑	↑		↔	Δ	Δ
Health status (adult)			↔	↑	↔	Δ	↔	↔	Δ	↔
Hospitalization			↑	↑		Δ	Δ
Obesity (adult)			↔	↔	↓	Δ	↔	↔	↔	↔
Oral health (children)			↑	↔				↔		Δ
Overweight (youth)			↑	↔	↓	↔	Δ	↔
Unintentional injury			↓	↑		Δ	↔
Mortality
Death			↓	↔	↔	Δ	↔	Δ
Homicide			↔	↔	↓	↔	↔	Δ
Infant mortality			↔	↔	↔	↔	↔	Δ	↔	↔
Life expectancy			↑	↔	↔		Δ	Δ
Suicide			↔	↔	↑	Δ	Δ	↔
Reproductive Health
Abortion			↓	↓		Δ		↔
Pregnancy			↔	↓		Δ		Δ
Preterm birth			↔	↔	↓	Δ		Δ	Δ	Δ
Unintended pregnancy			↔	↔		Δ		Δ	Δ	Δ
Very low birth weight			↓	↔	↔	↔			↔	↔
Social and Mental Health
Child abuse			↑	↑	↑
Depression (youth)			↔	↔	↔	Δ	Δ	Δ
Domestic violence			↔	↑
Hope for the future (adult)			↓			Δ	↔	↔	↔	Δ
Mental health (adult)			↔	↔		↔	↔	↔	Δ	Δ
Vulnerable adult abuse			↓	↑