Health

The goal is for our citizens to be increasingly healthy, demonstrating decreasing incidence and prevalence of health risk factors and poor health outcomes.

Please click on the indicators below to learn more about the Status of public health in Spartanburg County.  This data was collected and published in 2011. 

Leading Indicators
Key variables that reflect the state of public health status, and that are useful predictors of health trends.    
Infant Mortality
Childhood Overweight and Obesity
Teen Risk Behaviors
Chronic Diseases 

Secondary Indicators
Other variables that have a direct impact on public health, are tangentially reflective of the status of public health, or derive from leading indictors.
Prenatal Care
Birthweight
Immunization
Teen Childbearing
Mental Health

Tobacco Use
Chronic Disease: Diabetes
Chronic Disease: Hypertension, Heart Disease and Stroke
Chronic Disease: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Asthma
Drugs and Alcohol

Mortality
Access to Health Care
Access to Dental Health Care
Access to Mental Health Care
Health Disparities

Insurance Coverage
Emergency Department Usage

Crosscutting Indicators
Leading indicators in more than one Community Indicators area (such as economy and education).
Education
Poverty

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