Maternal and Child Health Care Data Readily Available

Lawndale News Chicago's Bilingual Newspaper - Health

Lawndale News Chicago's Bilingual Newspaper - Health

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) proudly announces the addition of maternal and child health data to its Illinois Public Health Community Map.  The Community Map features information about the quality of and access to health care in communities throughout Illinois, as well as highlights socioeconomic, geographic, and racial/ethnic disparities.  Other new data elements to the Community Map include alcohol-impaired driving deaths, uninsured individuals younger than 65 years, unemployed individuals 16 years and older who are looking for work, and children younger than 18 years living in poverty. IDPH is also updating asthma, behavioral health, cardiovascular, diabetes, emergency department visits, heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and readmission data. Data presented in the Community Map can be used to increase awareness of health issues in communities and determine health care resource needs.  The Illinois Public Health Community Map can be found on the IDPH website at http://www.healthcarereportcard.illinois.gov/map.

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