Reports

Provided below are reports for various health topics produced and published by Community Health Statistics. These reports are periodically updated and include information on prevention as well as links to other resources.

Disease & Injury Reports
Healthy People 2020: How Does San Diego County Measure Up? This report provides an update on the progress San Diego County has made in achieving the goals set forth by Healthy People 2020, a science based, ten-year national agenda for improving the health of all Americans.
The Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in San Diego County Report: This report, a collaborative project with Aging & Independence Services, addresses the impact of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias in San Diego County. Topics include overall prevalence, the number of caregivers and the costs of that care, as well as projections out to 2030 for all data.
The San Diego County Senior Cost of Living by Subregional Area Report: This document was created to highlight economic issues facing the aging population in San Diego County. The purpose of this analysis was to determine the actual basic costs of living for older adults (those aged 65 years and over).
The Identifying Health Disparities to Achieve Health Equity in San Diego County Executive Summary Report -This report Series documents health disparities across the five lenses of health equity: Age, Gender, Geography, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status.
The Identifying Health Disparities to Achieve Health Equity in San Diego County Gender Report -This report documents health disparities between males and females.
The Identifying Health Disparities to Achieve Health Equity in San Diego County Race/Ethnicity Report -This report documents health disparities across four different race/ethnicities: white, black, Hispanic, and Asian/Pacific Islanders.
The 2015 Senior Health Report Executive Summary - This executive summary is part of the Senior Health Report, a collaborative project with Aging & Independence Services, addressing various topics affecting the health of San Diego County senior residents.
The Economic Burden of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias in San Diego County - This report, a collaborative project with Aging & Independence Services, addresses the various lenses of the economic burden of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias in San Diego County.
San Diego County Senior Health Report Card - This 4-page report card, a collaborative project with Aging & Independence Services, gives an update on senior health indicators in the County and State.
Senior Falls Report - collaborative project with Aging & Independence Services describing the devastating impacts of falls in San Diego County for residents aged 65 years and over.
Suicide in San Diego County 2000-2009 - a detailed report summarizing data collected by the County of San Diego Medical Examiner's Office on all suicides that occurred in the County between 2000 and 2009.
The Economic Burden of Chronic Disease in San Diego County - looks at estimates of direct costs for several chronic diseases in San Diego County, including cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, respiratory diseases, hypertension and mental disorders.
The Economic Burden of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in San Diego Report: This report, a collaborative project with Aging & Independence Services, addresses the various lenses of the economic burden of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias in San Diego County. Topics include community costs, lifetime costs, long-term care costs, caregiver costs, as well as hospitalization charges.
The Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) in San Diego County Map Atlas: This document was created to give a visual representation of the data related to Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias. Topics include population estimates, disability and health insurance coverage among seniors, and ADRD prevalence and medical encounters.
The 2016 Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias in San Diego County Report - This report, a collaborative project with Aging & Independence Services, addresses the impact of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias in San Diego County.
The Identifying Health Disparities to Achieve Health Equity in San Diego County Age Report -This report documents health disparities across five different age groups; 0-14, 15-24, 25-44, 45-64, and 65 and over.
The Identifying Health Disparities to Achieve Health Equity in San Diego County Geography Report -This report documents health disparities across five different geographic groups. Geography in this report is measured as urbanicity, or how densely populated a community is.
The Identifying Health Disparities to Achieve Health Equity in San Diego County Socioeconomic Status Report -This report documents health disparities across our six categories of socioeconomic status (SES). SES is measured by median household income.
The 2015 Senior Health Report - This report, a collaborative project with Aging & Independence Services, is the full report detailing various topics affecting the health and well-being of San Diego County senior residents.
Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias in San Diego County - This report, a collaborative project with Aging & Independence Services, addresses the impact of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias in San Diego County.
San Diego Senior Health Report - collaborative project with Aging & Independence Services addressing health issues for seniors.
Unintentional Injury in San Diego County- a collaboration by the County of San Diego's Community Health Statistics Unit, Safe Kids San Diego, and the Trauma Research & Education Foundation detailing death, hospitalization, and emergency department discharge data on all unintentional injuries in San Diego County.
See also:
San Diego County Motor Vehicle Crashes: 2011 Data Tables - Data Tables for 2011 for Motor Vehicle Crashes.
3-4-50: Chronic Disease in San Diego County Report
This document takes an in-depth look into the concept of 3-4-50 locally.
Critical Pathways - describes a pathway of disease based on different types of risk factors. They also display data for risk factors in the general population and medical encounter data for the disease. This document includes pathways for these diseases: Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, Diabetes, Asthma, HIV/AIDS, Infant Mortality, and Obesity (to access a single page for a specific disease rather than the entire report, visit the Disease Information section).

Regional Health Status Reports - reports highlighting and summarizing demographic, health, and behavioral data for the six HHSA Regions and the rural area of San Diego County.