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Public Health Dashboard Companion Document May 2018 1 | Page Public Health Dashboards: Purpose: To provide an executive level view of how the county is performing on indicators in major public health content areas as compared to the state, nation, peers, and available targets or goals. Icons provide quick reference to indicators of note, and how Orange County compares to these benchmarks. Content Areas: Access to Care; Chronic Disease; Injury and Violence; Maternal and Infant Health; Physical Activity and Nutrition; Poverty Mitigation; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Substance Use and Mental Health; Tobacco and Respiratory Disease; Data Disclaimer: These dashboards are intended to be a starting point for collecting a number of related indicators in one place. However, because these data come from a variety of different data sources, each indicator will have its own set of limitations and considerations based on the collection and analysis methodology for that data source. It is important to understand the methodology utilized for the indicators you may be interested in and incorporate corresponding limitations into any of your own reporting. References and/or more detailed information on the sources for particular data points are provided in summary at the end of this document, and additional information may be provided on request. FAQs: Q: What sources do you use for your data? These dashboards use the most recent and available data and statistics from a variety of different sources. Some of these data sources include: American Community Survey (ACS) from the Census Bureau; Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS); The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research (Sheps Center); Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and Statistics (MMWR); National Center for Education Statistics (NCES); NC Controlled Substance Reporting System (CSRS); North Carolina Disease Event Tracking and Epidemiologic Collection Tool (NC DETECT); North Carolina Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NC EDSS); North Carolina Public Schools; North Carolina State Department of Public Safety (NC DPS) and Bureau of Investigation (NCSBI); North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics (NC SCHS); North Carolina Department of Transportation (NC DOT) Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System (PedNSS); Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE); Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER) through The National Cancer Institute; UNC School of Government Hunger Research; Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS);