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According to the NC Immunization Registry 37 of children are immunized age <br />appropriately the state rate is 44 <br />In 2005 426of the uninsured NC population were minorities 24 of the <br />uninsured were African American <br />Orange County has the highest rate of breast cancer in women for the state <br />Service Trends <br />Since July 1 the number of confirmed tuberculosis TB cases is double that of the <br />entire previous year and the number of latent TB cases exceeds the entire year <br />107 Karin refugees have been referred for communicable disease screening since <br />July 1 In previous years the Department may have received 1215 for the entire <br />year Best estimates give us an additional 100 before the end of the fiscal year <br />Since July 1 15 new cases of Hepatitis B referred to us for followup <br />Rising rates of HIV cases but fewer residents presenting for testing and counseling <br />Dental service provision is limited by staff and facilities Compared to the last five <br />years there was a 2 drop in overall number of visits the percentage of lowincome <br />clients below 80 pay rose by 7 Emergency visits continue to rise <br />Since 2002 patient visits for sexually transmitted infections have increased by 14 <br />in each clinical location in 20062007 more than 1200 persons presented for testing <br />Patient visits for immunizations have increased by 20 Chapel Hill and 10 <br />Hillsborough <br />Maternal Health prenatal visits increased 47 in Hillsborough and 39 in Chapel <br />Hill Approximately 70 of these patients have a substance abuse or mental health <br />need <br />Well Child visits increased 112 Hillsborough and 51 Chapel Hill <br />Family Planning visits have remained steady with small variations from year to year <br />Primary care in Hillsborough more than doubled in 18 months from 126 patients to <br />291 Chapel Hill primary case without any marketing had 51 patients at years end <br />Commissioner Gordon arrived at 631 pm <br />Rosemary Summers said that another 100 refugees from the Karin community will be <br />coming to the Triangle area <br />Facilities Dr Matt Vizithum Chair <br />Facilities <br />Orange County Health Department <br />November 13 2007 <br />The Orange County Health Department OCHD provides services from four primary locations in <br />the county Carr Building Carr Mill Mall Southern Human Services Center and the Whitted <br />Human Services Center <br />Statistics and Projections for Orange County <br />Orange County has a mediumhigh poverty rate compared to similar US communities <br />Extrapolating for modest population growth estimate the number of patients served by <br />medical services to yield another 41 increase in visits by 2020