Nursing 40020: Finding Statistics for Community Assessment

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Nursing 40020 Finding Statistics for Community
Assessment

• Barbara Schloman
• Libraries Media Services
• bschloma_at_kent.edu

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Session Objectives

• Finding two main categories of statistics
  Demographic, Vital/health
• Caveats
• Varying currency
• Levels of detail
• yes country, state, county
• sometimes city, community

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Demographic U.S. Bureau of the Census
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Demographic Statistics American FactFinder
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Getting there http//factfinder.census.gov
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1. Identifying Geographical Units
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Census Block
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Block Group
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Census Tract
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2. The Fact Sheet city/town, county, state
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Getting there http//factfinder.census.gov
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American Factfinder Types of Information
through the Fact Sheet

• General characteristics (population, age,
  ethnicity, race)
• Social characteristics (education, ancestry)
• Economic characteristics (income, poverty)
• Housing characteristics

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Example Stow, Ohio
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1. Choose map for graphical presentation of data
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Map Total Population by Census Tract
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Map Persons 65 years by Census Tract
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2. Choose show more for greater detail
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General Characteristics Show More

• Total
• Age
• Race
• Ethnicity
• Homeless

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Race Categories

• The Census 2000 data on race were taken from
  answers to the question on race that was asked of
  all people. The race data yield seven basic
  categories
• White alone
• Black or African American alone
• American Indian and Alaska Native alone
• Asian alone
• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone
• Some Other Race alone
• Two or more races
• The two or more races category includes all
  respondents who reported two or more races, such
  as "White and Asian" and "White and Asian and
  Black or African American".

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Ethnic Groups

• For Census 2000 there are two minimum categories
  for ethnicity Hispanic or Latino and Not
  Hispanic or Latino.
• The federal government considers race and
  Hispanic origin to be two separate and distinct
  concepts. Hispanics and Latinos may be of any
  race.

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Homeless
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Group Quarters
Getting there http//factfinder.census.gov/servl
et/GCTGeoSearchByListServlet?_langen_ts23844943
6384
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Noninstitutionalized Population
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American FactFinder Fact Sheet for City/Town,
County, State
Demographic Characteristicsshow more --Age
(p.16) --Race (p.16,24) --Ethnicity (p.24) Social
Characteristicsshow more --Educational
attainment (p.20) --Ancestry (p.16) Economic
Characteristicsshow more --median family income
(p.16,22) --families/individuals below poverty
level (p.16,22,24)
Page numbers relate to assignment in syllabus.
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Uniform Crime Reports Offenses (Table
8)http//www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
Getting there Go to http//www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.ht
m and select year/Go to Offense Tables/Browse
by Links (state, county agency, city agency) ?
table 8
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Uniform Crime Reports Arrests by StateTable 69

• Offenses against the family and children
• Driving under the influence

Getting there Go to http//www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.ht
m and select year/Go to Arrest Tables? table 69
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Ohio and U.S. Crime Statistics Crime by County
and by Law Enforcement Jurisdiction
Getting there go to http//www.crimestats.ohio.go
v/ and choose year
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Vital/Health Statistics(Reported at State and
county levels)

• National Center for Health Statistics
• http//www.cdc.gov/nchs
• Includes data on vital events, health status,
  lifestyle, exposure to unhealthy events, the
  onset and diagnosis of illness and disability,
  and the use of health care.
• Ohio Department of Health - Health Statistics
• http//www.odh.ohio.gov/healthstats/healthstatsmai
  npage.aspx
• Health and vital statistics from the Ohio
  Department of Health. Links also include data on
  cancer incidence and infectious diseases.

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Ohio Department of Health Vital
Statisticshttp//www.odh.ohio.gov/healthstats/hea
lthstatsmainpage.aspx

• Vital Statistics
• Births by State, County
• --Crude birth rate
• --Unwed births
• Deaths by State, County
• --Heart Disease
• --Cancer
• --Stroke
• --Unintentional Injury
• --Diabetes
• Fetal Deaths by State, County

• Health Statistics
• Disease - Information about cancer,
  cardiovascular AIDS/HIV, chronic, infectious, and
  sexually transmitted diseases. 
• Health Disparities - Analysis of racial and
  ethnic differences in health insurance coverage,
  health status, health risk factors, health care
  utilization, and access to care. 
• Health Care Providers and Services - Health Care
  Provider/Health Care Service data Health Care
  Provider Reports include demographic, bed and
  facility counts for all provider types such as
  Nursing Homes, Hospitals and Home Health
  agencies. Hospital Based Service Reports include
  both volume and outcome data for services such as
  obstetric and newborn care services, cardiac
  catheterization services, open heart services,
  transplantation services and pediatric services. 
  
• Local Data -  Health information for regions and
  counties in Ohio. 

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Ohio Department of Health Information Warehouse
http//dwhouse.odh.ohio.gov
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Example Chlamydia in Summit County, 2005
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Ohio Dept. of Health Health Information
Warehouse
Births by State, County --Live Births Deaths by
State, County --Cancer --Diabetes --Infant
Mortality STDs by State, County --Gonorrhea --Syph
ilis Tuberculosis by State, County

• --Selected Injuries, Unintentional Injuries
• --Suicide
• --Leading Causes (including Heart)

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Remember

• Data is presented differently by date, unit of
  measure
• Health data below the county level is not
  available through these sources. Check with your
  clinical instructor to see what might be
  available for your area.

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Accessing these slides
The presentation is available at http//www.libr
ary.kent.edu/community_health Good luck!
Barbara Schloman, Ph.D. bschloma_at_kent.edu
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Please complete this evaluation

• at http//www.library.kent.edu/sis
• Librarian Schloman
• Course Nurs 40020
• Instructor Jones
• Thank you!