Environmental Health
The Carbon Monoxide-Related Poison Center Calls dashboard compiles data from a network of six regional poison centers that provide emergency treatment information to citizens in Texas.
Surveys & Profiles
The Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), initiated in 1987, is a federally supported landline and cellular telephone survey that collects data about Texas residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services.
Chronic diseases are defined broadly as conditions that last 1 year or more and require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living or both. Chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. They are also leading drivers of the nation’s $3.8 trillion in annual health care costs.
The Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), initiated in 1987, is a federally supported landline and cellular telephone survey that collects data about Texas residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services.
The Texas Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), initiated in 1991, is a federally funded, classroom-based survey conducted every two years on odd years to monitor priority health risk behaviors that contribute substantially to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems among youth and adults in the United States.
Health Facts Profiles
Many of the top causes for death and disease can be connected to unhealthy behaviors. In this dashboard we have divided health behavior data into two main groups: preventative and risk.
Access to health services can aid in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of diseases and other conditions. In this dashboard you will find information on where Texans stand with basic health care.
Population Profiles is a snapshot of the people of Texas. Some of the subjects presented have a direct connection to health and well-being. One example is reflected on the Education and Employment page. People with higher levels of education are more likely to be in better health and live longer.
The Health Facts Profile (2014-2015) explores data such as demography, socioeconomic indicators, births, deaths, and communicable disease.
The Health Facts Profile (2012-2013) explores data such as demography, socioeconomic indicators, births, deaths, and communicable disease.