Minnesota County-level Indicators for Community Health Assessment
Indicators Sorted by Statewide Health Assessment Theme
Updated 3/4/14
Introduction
The County-level Indicators for Community Health Assessment is a listing of measures across multiple public health categories and from various data
sources. Links to these indicators have been gathered together in this document to assist Minnesota’s local health departments (LHD) and community
health boards (CHB) in their community health assessment and community health improvement planning processes. However, LHD/CHBs are not
required to use these specific measures, nor are these measures intended to represent the only indicators that LHD/CHB might want or need to
examine to do a thorough community health assessment and plan. They should be considered as “first round” data sources, potentially leading to second,
third, and even more rounds of data collection and analysis on specific issues on an “as needed basis.” Through this process, the LHD/CHB will not only
identify but better understand community health issues and develop an effective community health improvement plan.
“Round One” Data Gathering and Analysis
According to the national standards for local health departments (PHAB Standard 1.1.2 T/L), a community health assessment must include
descriptions of community demographics, health issues, and contributing causes of community health issues, based on an analysis of community health
data. This document directs local health departments to initial sets of county-level data under the following six themes:
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People and Place
Opportunity for Health
Healthy Living
Chronic Disease and Conditions
Infectious Disease
Injury and Violence
These six themes reflect the organization of The Health of Minnesota: 2012 Statewide Health Assessment (SHA). The county-level indicators also
reflect the data described in the SHA, to the extent possible (i.e. not every indicator used in the SHA is collected at the county level). The State
Community Health Services Advisory Committee/Performance Improvement Steering Committee has recommended that, as much as possible, all Minnesota
community health boards use the same organization and indicators as the SHA so that comparisons eventually can more readily be made between
counties and with the state.
This document is organized by the six themes of the SHA. There are six tables in this document: one for each SHA theme. Each table specifies in
which theme of the Statewide Health Assessment the indicator may fit, describes the indicators, provides the original source of the data, and
indicates where the data are located within the main data source.
Example: The first table contains all the indicators that may fit in the SHA theme “People and Place”. Column 1 indicates the SHA theme. There are
some indicators in which two SHA themes are listed; thus those indicators are repeated in another table. One of the first indicators in this table is
“Population by age and sex” (Column 2). These data are originally from the Census (Column 3) and can be found in the MCHT Demographic Table
1 (Column 4).
The list of indicators is also available in a separate document that is sorted by main data source. It contains the exact same information but is
sorted differently. This document is located on the Minnesota County-level Indicators for Community Health Assessment website.
Data Sources
The indicators come from five main data sources:
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Minnesota County Health Tables (MCHT): a compilation of public health data for Minnesota and its 87 counties.
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Minnesota Student Survey Selected Single Year Results (MSS SY): The Minnesota Student Survey (MSS) has been administered every three
years to 6th, 9th, and 12th grade students in regular public elementary and secondary schools, charter schools, and tribal schools since
1989. The MSS includes questions about a wide variety of youth behaviors, including risk behaviors such as alcohol, tobacco and other drug
(ATOD) use, violence and sexual activity, as well as positive behaviors and connection to family, school and community. The results found in
this document are single year results that are also found in the state and county standard MSS tables. This document differs from the report
Minnesota Student Survey 1992-2010 Trends. The statewide results found in the Trends report include only those school districts that
participated in each of the last seven administrations of the survey. While this data restriction is useful at the state level when examining
results over time, restricting results at the county level to consistently participating schools districts results in too much missing data. Because
this restriction is not in place, users of the Single Year Results document should be aware that apparent changes over time at may be at
least partly due to the differing participation of school districts between survey years. Users are urged to review the list of participating
school districts by year found at the end of each county’s report to determine if district participation has changed over time in that county.
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Minnesota Vital Statistics State, County and Community Health Board Trends (VS Trends): The Minnesota Vital Statistics State and County
Trend Report contains demographic, natality and mortality on four blocks of 5-year trends for Minnesota, its 87 counties and Community
Health Boards. This report provides information on several indicators including poverty, school drop outs, low birth weight, prenatal care,
and selected causes of death.
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Minnesota Public Health Data Access System (MPHDA): The Minnesota Public Health Data Access (MPHDA) website is an electronic gateway
to Minnesota health and environment data. This Web-based information system provides a "one stop shop" for data about health, the
environment, and other risk factors that may affect public health in Minnesota. Local public health professionals, the public and others may
use MNPH Data Access to gather information about health and environment trends over time, and to conduct queries of state and countylevel data in Minnesota about diseases and conditions, such as asthma, cancer and heart attacks. Once on the site to get to county-level
data, click either “query the data” or “map the data”.
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Local Surveys: Some Minnesota Counties have conducted local surveys that may provide data for these indicators. Listed below are the
local surveys that were most recently conducted along with the counties for which results are available.
Local Survey Websites
Bridge to Health 2005 and 2010
Results for Aitkin County, Carlton County, Cook County, City of Duluth, Itasca County, Koochiching County, Lake County, Pine County, St. Louis
County, St. Louis County without Duluth
Southwest South Central Adult Health Survey 2010
Results for Big Stone County, Blue Earth County, Brown County, Chippewa County ,Cottonwood County ,Jackson County, Kandiyohi County,
Lac qui Parle County, Le Sueur County, Lincoln County, Lyon County, Murray County, Nicollet County, Pipestone County, Redwood County,
Renville County, Swift County, Waseca County, Yellow Medicine County
Metro Adult Health Survey 2010
Results for Anoka County, Carver County, Dakota County, Ramsey County, Scott County, Washington County
Survey of the Health of All the Population and the Environment (SHAPE) 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010
Results for Hennepin County
For Other Counties: 2010 MCHT, Morbidity and Utilization Tables 11 and 12
If your county is not listed, you can go to the Minnesota County Health Tables (MCHT) website listed above for synthetic estimates of
selected risk behaviors. Note that synthetic estimates are statewide estimates (percentages) from the BRFSS that are statistically adjusted
using the age and sex distributions for each county. These estimates indicate the percentage of adults at risk for a particular health
behavioral risk factor in a county given 1) the statewide percentage for that behavior and 2) that county’s age and sex composition. These
estimates do not indicate the percentage of adults in that county who actually engage in the risk behavior.
Round Two (and more) Data Gathering and Analysis
A wealth of additional data is available throughout the MDH website in virtually every program area, for conducting second, third and more
“rounds” of data gathering and analysis to take a more in-depth look at specific issues. Each LHD/CHB should check the MDH website and feel free
to contact MDH programs as desired for more information. The MDH public health nurse consultants can help LHD/CHBs make these connections;
technical assistance with data is also available from MDH Center for Health Statistics staff Kim Edelman (kim.edelman@state.mn.us) and Ann Kinney
(ann.kinney@state.mn.us).
Table of Contents
People and Place ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................1
Opportunity for Health ....................................................................................................................................................................................................3
Healthy Living ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................6
Chronic Diseases and Conditions ................................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Infectious Disease ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Injury and Violence ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 14
Acronyms.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
People and Place
Statewide Health
Assessment
Theme Name
Indicator
Original
Source
Link to Data
Location within Link
People and Place
Total population
Census
VS Trends
Demographic Section
People and Place
Population by age and sex
Census
MCHT
Demographics Table 1
People and Place
Number of females aged 15-44
Census
MCHT
Demographics Table 3
People and Place
Number of births
MDH MCHS
VS Trends
Natality Section
People and Place
Birth rate
MDH MCHS
VS Trends
Natality Section
People and Place
School enrollment for prekindergarten –
12th grade
Census
VS Trends
Education Section
People and Place
Number and percent of children under
age 5
Census
MCHT
Demographics Table 3
People and Place
Number and percent of children aged
0-19
Census
MCHT
Demographics Table 3
People and Place
Child (under 15 years) dependency
ratio (per 100 population 15-64)
Census
VS Trends
Demographic Section
People and Place
Number of households
Census
VS Trends
Demographic Section
People and Place
Number of deaths
MDH MCHS
VS Trends
Mortality Section
People and Place
Total population by race and ethnicity
Census
VS Trends
Demographic Section
County-level Indicators Sorted by Statewide Health Assessment Theme
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Statewide Health
Assessment
Theme Name
Indicator
Original
Source
Link to Data
Location within Link
People and Place
Number of prekindergarten – 12th
grade students by race/ethnicity
MDE
MCHT
Demographics Table 9
People and Place
Percent of prekindergarten – 12th grade
students with limited English proficiency
MDE
VS Trends
Education Section
People and Place
Number and percent of people aged
65 years and older
Census
MCHT
Demographics Table 4
People and Place
Elderly (65+ years) dependency ratio
(per 100 population 15-64)
Census
VS Trends
Demographic Section
People and
Place/Opportunity for
Health
Percent of households in which the
resident is 65 and over and living alone
Census
MCHT 2011
Demographics Table 4
People and Place
Arsenic levels in MN
Arsenic MDH
MDH Arsenic
Arsenic Groundwater Map
People and Place
Radon levels by zone (low, moderate,
high)
US EPA
US
Environmental Map is located halfway
Protection
down website
Agency
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Opportunity for Health
Statewide Health
Assessment
Theme Name
Indicator
Original
Source
Link to Data
Location within Link
Opportunity for Health
Four year high school graduation rate
MDE
VS Trends
Education Section
Opportunity for Health
High school dropout rate
MDE
VS Trends
Education Section
Census
MCHT
Demographics Table 6
MDE
VS Trends
Education Section
Opportunity for Health
Opportunity for Health
Percent of population aged 25 years
and older with less than or equal to high
school education or equivalent (e.g.
GED)
Percent of prekindergarten – 12th
grade students receiving special
education
Opportunity for Health
Unemployed rate - annual average
MN DEED
VS Trends
Socioeconomic Section
Opportunity for Health
Total per capita income
Census
VS Trends
Socioeconomic Section
MDE
VS Trends
Education Section
Census
VS Trends
Socioeconomic Section
Opportunity for Health
Opportunity for Health
Percent of prekindergarten – 12th
grade students eligible for free and
reduced meals
Percent of people under 18 years living
in poverty
Opportunity for Health
Percent of all ages living in poverty
Census
VS Trends
Socioeconomic Section
Opportunity for Health
Percent of people of all ages living at
or below 200% of poverty
Census 5 yr
ACS
MCHT
Demographics Table 6
Opportunity for Health
Percent of housing occupied by owner
Census 5 yr
ACS
MCHT
Demographics Table 6
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Statewide Health
Assessment
Theme Name
Indicator
Original
Source
Link to Data
Location within Link
Opportunity for Health
Percent of births to unmarried mothers
MDH MCHS
VS Trends
Natality Section
Opportunity for Health
Carbon monoxide poisoning
(hospitalizations and ED visits age
adjusted rates per 100,000)
MNHDD
MPHDA –
CO Poisoning
or
MCHT 2012
Morbidity
Table 15
Opportunity for Health
Percent of dwellings built before 1979
Census ACS
MCHT
Demographics Table 12,
2012 MCHT
MPHDA –
Blood Lead
or
MCHT 2012
Morbidity
Table 15
MPHDACOPD
or
MCHT 2012
Morbidity
Table 15
Opportunity for Health
Percent of birth cohort tested with
elevated blood lead levels
MDH Lead
Opportunity for Health
COPD hospitalizations (age adjusted
rate per 10,000)
MNHDD
Opportunity for Health
Percent of children under 18 living in
single parent-headed households
Census 5 yr
ACS
MCHT
Demographics Table 6
Opportunity for
Health/People and
Place
Percent of households in which the
resident is 65 and over and living alone
Census
MCHT
Demographics Table 4
Opportunity for Health
Percent of 9th graders who have
changed schools at least once since the
beginning of the school year
MSS SY
Section 1: Academics,
School Connectedness,
School Safety and Time
Use
MSS
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Statewide Health
Assessment
Theme Name
Opportunity for Health
Opportunity for Health
Opportunity for Health
Opportunity for Health
Opportunity for
Health/Healthy Living
Indicator
Number of children under 18 years
arrested for violent crimes (Part 1) per
1,000 population 10 - 17 years old
Percent of 9th graders who skipped
school one or more days in the last 30
days due to feeling unsafe at or on the
way to school
Percent of 9th graders who report that
a student kicked, bit, or hit them on
school property in the last 12 months
Percent of 9th graders who report that
they have hit or beat up another person
one or more times in the last 12 months
Rate of children in out of home care per
1,000 (aged 0-17)
Original
Source
Link to Data
Location within Link
MN DPS
MCHT
Morbidity Table 5
Section 1: Academics,
School Connectedness,
School Safety and Time
Use
Section 1: Academics,
School Connectedness,
School Safety and Time
Use
MSS
MSS SY
MSS
MSS SY
MSS
MSS SY
Section 2: Violent and AntiSocial Behavior
MN DHS
MCHT
Demographics Table 11
Opportunity for Health
Number of physicians per 10,000
population
MDH ORHPC
Atlas Online
Go to “atlas online, then
Health”
Opportunity for Health
Number of dentists per 10,000
population
MDH ORHPC
Atlas Online
Go to “atlas online, then
Health”
Opportunity for Health
Percent currently uninsured (under age
65)
Census SAHIE
MCHT
MPHDA –
Health
Insurance
Morbidity Table 17 (2012
only)
Opportunity for
Health/Healthy Living
Percent of mothers who initiated
prenatal care in the 1st trimester
MDH MCHS
VS Trends
Natality Section
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Healthy Living
Statewide Health
Assessment
Theme Name
Indicator
Original
Source
Link to Data
Location within Link
Healthy Living
Birth rate per 1,000 population
MDH MCHS
VS Trends
Natality Section
Healthy Living
Number of births
MDH MCHS
VS Trends
Natality Section
Healthy Living
Percent of births by race/ethnicity of
mother
MDH MCHS
VS Trends
Natality Section
Healthy Living
Percent of mothers who smoked during
pregnancy
MDH MCHS
VS Trends
Natality Section
Healthy Living
Percent of births to unmarried mothers
MDH MCHS
VS Trends
Natality Section
Healthy
Living/Opportunity for
Health
Percent of mothers who initiated
prenatal care in the 1st trimester
MDH MCHS
VS Trends
Natality Section
MDH MCHS
VS Trends
Natality Section
MDH MCHS
VS Trends
Natality Section
MDH MCHS
VS Trends
Natality Section
Healthy Living
Healthy Living
Percent of births that were born
premature, less than 37 weeks gestation
(singleton births)
Percent of birth born low birth weight,
less than 2,500 grams (singleton births)
Healthy Living
Number of infant deaths
Healthy Living
Percent of 9th and 12th graders who
participate in religious activities one or
more times per week
MSS
MSS SY
Section 1: Academics,
School Connectedness,
School Safety and Time
Use
Healthy Living
Teen birth rate per 1,000 females aged
15-19 years
MDH MCHS
VS Trends
Natality Section
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Statewide Health
Assessment
Theme Name
Healthy
Living/Opportunity for
Health
Healthy Living
Healthy Living
Healthy Living
Indicator
Original
Source
Link to Data
Location within Link
Rate of children in out of home care per
1,000 (aged 0-17)
MN DHS
MCHT
Demographics Table 11
MSS
MSS SY
Section 7: Other Health
Behaviors
MSS
MSS SY
Section 7: Other Health
Behaviors
Percent of 9th graders who ate five or
more servings of fruit, fruit juice, or and
vegetables yesterday
Percent of 9th graders who drank three
or more glasses of pop or soda
yesterday
Percent of adults who consumed five or
more servings of fruits and vegetables
per yesterday
Local Surveys
Local Surveys
Local Surveys
Healthy Living
Healthy Living
Healthy Living
Healthy Living
Percent of adults who reported 30+
minutes of moderate physical activity on
five or more days per week
Percent of 9th graders who were
physically active for 30 minutes or more
on at least five of the last seven days
Percent of 9th graders who engaged in
strenuous exercise for at least 20
minutes on at least three of the last
seven days
Percent of 9th graders who spend six or
more hours per week watching TV, DVDs
or videos
MCHT data should be used
only if local survey data
are NOT available
Local Surveys
or MCHT
2012 Table
19
MSS
MSS SY
Section 7: Other Health
Behaviors
MSS
MSS SY
Section 7: Other Health
Behaviors
MSS SY
Section 1: Academics,
School Connectedness,
School Safety and Time
Use
MSS
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Statewide Health
Assessment
Theme Name
Indicator
Original
Source
Link to Data
Location within Link
Local Surveys
or 2012
MCHT Table
Morbidity
Table 18
MCHT data should be used
only if local survey data
are NOT available
Healthy Living
Percent of adults who are binge drinkers
Local Surveys
Healthy Living
Percent of 9th graders who engaged in
binge drinking in the last two weeks
MSS
MSS SY
Section 6: Alcohol, Tobacco
and Other Drugs
Healthy Living
Percent of 9th graders who used alcohol
one or more times in the last 12 months
MSS
MSS SY
Section 6: Alcohol, Tobacco
and Other Drugs
MSS
MSS SY
Section 6: Alcohol, Tobacco
and Other Drugs
MSS
MSS SY
Section 6: Alcohol, Tobacco
and Other Drugs
MSS
MSS SY
Section 6: Alcohol, Tobacco
and Other Drugs
MSS
MSS SY
Section 6: Alcohol, Tobacco
and Other Drugs
Healthy Living
Healthy Living
Healthy Living
Healthy Living
Percent of 9th graders who used alcohol
one or more times in the 30 days
Percent of 9th and 12th graders who
drove a motor vehicle after using
alcohol or drugs one or more times in the
last 12 months
Percent of 9th graders who rarely or
often ride with friends after those
friends have been using alcohol or drugs
Percent of 9th graders who smoked
cigarettes during the last 30 days
Local Surveys
Healthy Living
Percent of adults who are current
smokers
Healthy Living
Percent of 9th graders who used
chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip during the MSS
last 30 days
Local Surveys
or 2012
MCHT Table
Morbidity
Table 18
MSS SY
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MCHT data should be used
only if local survey data
are NOT available
Section 6: Alcohol, Tobacco
and Other Drugs
Statewide Health
Assessment
Theme Name
Indicator
Original
Source
Link to Data
Healthy Living
Exposure to second hand smoke
Local Surveys
Local Surveys
MSS
MSS SY
Section 6: Alcohol, Tobacco
and Other Drugs
MSS
MSS SY
Section 6: Alcohol, Tobacco
and Other Drugs
Healthy Living
Healthy Living
Percent of 9th graders who used
marijuana one or more times in the last
12 months
Percent of 9th graders who used
marijuana one or more times in the last
30 days
Location within Link
Healthy Living
Colorectal cancer screening
Local Surveys
Local Surveys
Healthy Living
Breast cancer screening
Local Surveys
Local Surveys
MDH MIIC
MCHT
Morbidity Table 2
MSS
MSS SY
Section 9: Sexual Behavior
MSS
MSS SY
Section 9: Sexual Behavior
MSS
MSS SY
Section 7: Other Health
Behaviors
MSS
MSS SY
Section 4: Mental Health
Healthy Living
Healthy Living
Healthy Living
Healthy Living
Healthy Living
Percent of children age 24-35 months
up to date with immunizations (vaccine
series)
Percent of 9th and 12th graders who
have ever had sexual intercourse
Among sexually active students: percent
reporting always using a condom
Percent of 9th graders who report
always wearing a seatbelt when riding
in a car
Percent of 9th graders who have felt
nervous, worried, or upset all or most of
the time during the last 30 days
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Statewide Health
Assessment
Theme Name
Healthy Living
Healthy Living
Indicator
Percent of 9th graders who feel that
people care about them very much or
quite a bit (parents, other adult
relatives, teacher/other adults, religious
or spiritual leaders, other adults in the
community, friends)
Percent of 9th graders who felt sad all
or most of the time in the last month
Original
Source
Link to Data
Location within Link
MSS
MSS SY
Section 8: Families and
Social Connections
MSS
MSS SY
Section 4: Mental Health
Section 1: Academics,
School Connectedness,
School Safety and Time
Use
Section 1: Academics,
School Connectedness,
School Safety and Time
Use
Section 1: Academics,
School Connectedness,
School Safety and Time
Use
Healthy Living
Percent of 9th graders who report that
a student/students have made fun of or
teased them in the last 30 days
MSS
MSS SY
Healthy Living
Percent of 9th graders who report that
a student pushed, shoved, or grabbed
them on school property in the last 12
months
MSS
MSS SY
Healthy Living
Percent of 9th graders who report that
they have made fun of or teased
another student in the last 30 days
MSS
MSS SY
Healthy Living
Percent of 9th graders who had suicidal
thoughts in last year
MSS
MSS SY
Section 4: Mental Health
Healthy Living
Percent of 9th graders who tried to kill
themselves in the last year
MSS
MSS SY
Section 4: Mental Health
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
Statewide Health
Assessment
Theme Name
Indicator
Original
Source
Link to Data
Chronic Dis. and Cond.
Percent of 9th graders who are overweight but not
obese according to BMI
MSS
MSS SY
Chronic Dis. and Cond.
Percent of 9th graders who are obese according to BMI
MSS
MSS SY
Percent of adults who are overweight according to BMI
Local
Surveys
Local Surveys
or 2012 MCHT
Table Morbidity
Table 18
Chronic Dis. and Cond.
Percent of adults who are obese according to BMI
Local
Surveys
Local Surveys
or 2012 MCHT
Table Morbidity
Table 18
Chronic Dis. and Cond.
Percent of WIC children under aged 2-5 years who are
obese according to BMI
MDH WIC
MCHT
Chronic Dis. and Cond.
Leading causes of death - age adjusted rates per
100,000 (e.g. cancer, heart disease, stroke)
MDH MCHS
VS Trends
Chronic Dis. and Cond.
Chronic Dis. and Cond.
Asthma hospitalizations (age adjusted rate per 10,000)
MNHDD
Chronic Dis. and Cond.
Cancer incidence per 100,000 (all cancer types
combined, age adjusted rate per 100,000)
MDH MCSS
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MPHDA Asthma or
MCHT 2012
Morbidity Table
15
MPHDA - Cancer
or
MCHT 2012
Morbidity Table
15
Location within
Link
Section 7: Other
Health Behaviors
Section 7: Other
Health Behaviors
MCHT data
should be used
only if local
survey data are
NOT available
MCHT data
should be used
only if local
survey data are
NOT available
Morbidity Table
10
Mortality Section
Statewide Health
Assessment
Theme Name
Indicator
Original
Source
Chronic Dis. and Cond.
Breast cancer incidence (age adjusted rate per
100,000)
MDH MCSS
Chronic Dis. and Cond.
Heart attack hospitalizations (age adjusted rate per
10,000)
MNHDD
Chronic Dis. and Cond.
Heart disease prevalence
Chronic Dis. and Cond.
Stroke prevalence
Chronic Dis. and Cond.
Diabetes prevalence
Local
Surveys
Local
Surveys
Local
Surveys
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Link to Data
Location within
Link
MPHDA - Cancer
or
MCHT 2012
Morbidity Table
15
MPHDA - Heart
Attacks or
MCHT 2012
Morbidity Table
15
Local Surveys
Local Surveys
Local Surveys
or MCHT 2012
Morbidity Table
12, MCHT data
should be used
only if local
survey data are
NOT available
Infectious Disease
Statewide Health
Assessment
Theme Name
Indicator
Original
Source
Link to Data
Location within Link
Infectious Disease
STD numbers (e.g. chlamydia,
gonorrhea)
MDH IDEPC
MCHT
Morbidity Table 3
Infectious Disease
Number of tuberculosis cases
MDH IDEPC
MCHT
Morbidity Table 4
Infectious Disease
Vector borne diseases (e.g. Lyme
disease, West Nile virus)
MDH IDEPC
MCHT
Morbidity Table 4
It is recommended that you contact your field services epidemiologist to review additional data related to STI, infectious diseases and
vector borne diseases. Contact information on these MDH staff can be found at MDH Field Services Epidemiologists.
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Injury and Violence
Statewide Health
Assessment
Theme Name
Injury and Violence
Injury and Violence
Injury and Violence
Injury and Violence
Injury and Violence
Injury and Violence
Indicator
Premature Death Rate per 100,000
Age Adjusted (e.g. due to injury or
violence)
Unintentional injury death - age
adjusted rate per 100,000
Percent of motor vehicle injuries and
deaths that are related to alcohol
Percent of 9th graders who report that
someone they were going out with has
ever hit, hurt, threatened or forced them
to have sex
Rate of children maltreatment per 1,000
children aged 0-17
Suicide deaths
Original
Source
Link to Data
Location within Link
MDH MCHS
MCHT
Mortality Tables 5, MCHT
2012
MDH MCHS
VS Trends
Mortality
MN DPS
MCHT
Injury Table 5, MCHT 2012
MSS
MSS SY
Section 3: Experiencing
Violence
MN DHS
MCHT
Demographics Table 10
MDH MCHS
MCHT
Mortality Tables 4 and 5,
MCHT 2012
County-level Indicators Sorted by Statewide Health Assessment Theme
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Local Surveys
Some Minnesota Counties have conducted local surveys that may provide data for these indicators. Listed below are the local surveys that were
most recently conducted along with the counties in which results are available.
Local Survey Websites
Bridge to Health 2005 and 2010
Results for Aitkin County, Carlton County, Cook County, City of Duluth, Itasca County, Koochiching County, Lake County, Pine County, St. Louis
County, St. Louis County without Duluth
Southwest South Central Adult Health Survey 2010
Results for Big Stone County, Blue Earth County, Brown County, Chippewa County ,Cottonwood County ,Jackson County, Kandiyohi County,
Lac qui Parle County, Le Sueur County, Lincoln County, Lyon County, Murray County, Nicollet County, Pipestone County, Redwood County,
Renville County, Swift County, Waseca County, Yellow Medicine County
Metro Adult Health Survey 2010
Results for Anoka County, Carver County, Dakota County, Ramsey County, Scott County, Washington County
Survey of the Health of All the Population and the Environment (SHAPE) 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010
Results for Hennepin County
For Other Counties: 2010 MCHT, Morbidity and Utilization Tables 11 and 12
If your county is not listed, you can go to the Minnesota County Health Tables (MCHT) website listed above for synthetic estimates of
selected risk behaviors. Note that synthetic estimates are statewide estimates (percentages) from the BRFSS that are statistically adjusted
using the age and sex distributions for each county. These estimates indicate the percentage of adults at risk for a particular health
behavioral risk factor in a county given 1) the statewide percentage for that behavior and 2) that county’s age and sex composition. These
estimates do not indicate the percentage of adults in that county who actually engage in the risk behavior.
County-level Indicators Sorted by Statewide Health Assessment Theme
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Acronyms
Atlas Online - Minnesota Center for Rural Policy and Development
Census 5 yr ACS - Census 2005-2009 American Community Survey Results
Census SAHIE – Census Small Area Health Insurance Estimates
MCHT - Minnesota County Health Tables
MDE - Minnesota Department of Education Data Center
MDH Arsenic - Minnesota Department of Health, Well Management
MDH HEP - Minnesota Department of Health, Health Economics Program
MDH IDEPC - Minnesota Department of Health, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control
MDH Lead - Minnesota Department of Health, Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
MDH MCHS - Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Center for Health Statistics
MDH MCSS - Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System
MDH MIIC - Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Immunization Information Connection
MDH ORHPC - Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
MDH WIC - Minnesota Department of Health, Women, Infants and Children
MN DEED - Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Local Area Unemployment Statistics
MN DHS - Minnesota Department of Human Services
MN DPS - Minnesota Department of Public Safety
County-level Indicators Sorted by Statewide Health Assessment Theme
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MNHDD - Minnesota Hospital Discharge Data maintained by the Minnesota Hospital Association
MPHDA - Minnesota Public Health Data Access
MSS - Minnesota Student Survey
MSS SY - Minnesota Student Survey Selected Single Year Results by State, County and CHB, 1998-2010
US EPA - US Environmental Protection Agency
VS Trends – Minnesota Vital Statistics State, County and Community Health Board Trend Report
County-level Indicators Sorted by Statewide Health Assessment Theme
Minnesota Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics, Updated November 2013
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The Minnesota Center for Health Statistics collects, analyzes and
disseminates data on the health of Minnesotans to help develop public
health policies and programs.
For more information, contact the Center for Health Statistics at (651) 2013504 or healthstats@state.mn.us. This issue, as well as other Center for
Health Statistics publications, can be found on our website:
www.health.state.mn.us/divs/chs
Minnesota Department of Health
Center for Health Statistics
PO Box 64882
St. Paul, MN 55164-0882