CHARTing Health Information: Chronic Disease Data

Reports & Publications

• Chronic Disease Surveillance
• Alzheimer's
• Asthma
• Diabetes

Preventable Hospitalizations 
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage: County and state level
Dates of coverage: 2008

• Bacterial Pneumonia
• Dehydration
• Urinary Tract Infection
• Perforated Appendix
• Low Birth Weight
• Angina (without procedures)
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Hypertension (high blood pressure)
• Adult Asthma
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Diabetes Short-Term Complications
• Diabetes Long-Term Complications
• Uncontrolled Diabetes
• Lower-Extremity Amputation Among Patients With
• Diabetes

Preventable Hospitalizations 
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage: County and state level
Dates of coverage: 2005

• Angina (without procedures)
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Hypertension (high blood pressure)
• Adult Asthma
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Diabetes Short-Term Complications
• Diabetes Long-Term Complications
• Uncontrolled Diabetes
• Lower-Extremity Amputation Among Patients With Diabetes

Preventable Hospitalizations 
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage: County and state level
Dates of coverage: 2002

• Angina (without procedures)
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Hypertension (high blood pressure)
• Adult Asthma Hospitalizations, 2002
• Pediatric Asthma Hospitalizations, 2002
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Diabetes Short-Term Complications
• Diabetes Long-Term Complications
• Uncontrolled Diabetes
• Lower-Extremity Amputation Among Patients With Diabetes

Preventable Hospitalizations (pdf) 
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage: County and state level
Dates of coverage: 2001

Select: Choose the report covering the chronic disease in which you are interested.

Includes: Map showing number of admissions by county and a table providing actual data.

Other Information: Each report is 8 pages and are pdf documents. See also Hospitalizations in Texas, 2001 for additional state level information.

Texas BRFSS: Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage: State, Public Health Region, and MSA (Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso, Houston, McAllen, San Antonio), non-MSAs, border counties, non-border counties
Dates of coverage: 2002-2008

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Includes: Sample data for alcohol use, smoking, physical activity, BMI, cancer screening, hypertension knowledge, diabetes diagnosis, cardiovascular disease, immunizations, and much more.

Other Information: MSAs are selected on the basis of having had 500 or more respondents to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Metropolitan statistical areas are a group of counties that contain at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more inhabitants. Metropolitan divisions are a smaller group of counties within a metropolitan statistical area of 2.5 million or more inhabitants.

SMART: BRFSS City and County Data and Documentation
Produced by: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Geographic coverage: City & County level

Select: Chronic Disease Indicators

These are data sets only; interactive maps are at the state level.

United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) 
Produced by: United Network for Organ Sharting
Geographic coverage: Transplant facility level
Dates of coverage: 1995 to current

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Includes: race/ethnicity, blood type, age, and diagnosis of those on waiting lists or who have registered for organ transplants.

Other Information: Information is specific to the facilities that perform organ transplants.

Indicators of Inpatient Care in Texas Hospitals, 2003 
Produced by: TX Health Care Information Collection
Geographic coverage: Hospital level
Dates of coverage: 2003

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Includes: Carotid Endarterectomy Volume and Mortality; Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Mortality; Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Mortality; Acute Stroke Mortality; Bilateral Cardiac Catheterization Rate; Pediatric Heart Surgery Volume and Mortality; Carotid Endarterectomy Volume and Mortality

Other Information: These are pdf documents.

Select: This page has some statistics and the name of a person at the state level to contact for more information.

Includes:

Other Information:

• All fact sheets (13 pages)
• Asthma Health Facts (State level)
• Region 1 (PDF)
• Region 2 (PDF)
• Region 3 (PDF)
• Region 4 (PDF)
• Region 5 (PDF)
• Region 6 (PDF)
• Region 7 (PDF)
• Region 8 (PDF)
• Region 9 (PDF)
• Region 10 (PDF)
• Region 11 (PDF)

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Includes: Asthma mortality rates 2001-2005.

Other Information: Prevalence data from BRFSS.

Preventable Hospitalizations 
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage: County and state level
Dates of coverage: 2005

• Adult Asthma

Preventable Hospitalizations 
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage: County and state level
Dates of coverage: 2002

• Adult Asthma Hospitalizations, 2002
• Pediatric Asthma Hospitalizations, 2002

Preventable Hospitalizations 
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage: County and state level
Dates of coverage: 2001

Select: Choose the report covering the chronic disease in which you are interested.

Includes: Map showing number of admissions by county and a table providing actual data.

Other Information: Each report is 8 pages and are pdf documents. See also Hospitalizations in Texas, 2001 for additional state level information.

Assessing the Burden of Asthma 
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage: State level with one table at the county level
Dates of coverage: 1980 to 2002

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Includes:

Other Information:

Texas BRFSS: Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 
Produced by: Texas Department of State Health Services
Geographic coverage: State, Public Health Region, and MSA (Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso, Houston, McAllen, San Antonio), non-MSAs, border counties, non-border counties
Dates of coverage: 2002-2008

Select:

Includes: Sample data for asthma diagnosis

Other Information: MSAs are selected on the basis of having had 500 or more respondents to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Metropolitan statistical areas are a group of counties that contain at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more inhabitants. Metropolitan divisions are a smaller group of counties within a metropolitan statistical area of 2.5 million or more inhabitants.

SMART: BRFSS City and County Data and Documentation
Produced by: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Geographic coverage: City & County level

Select: Chronic Disease Indicators

These are data sets only; interactive maps are at the state level.