LOU K. BREWER, RN, MPH HEALTH DIRECTOR TARRANT COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH 6 th Annual East and Southeast...

LOU K. BREWER, RN, MPHHEALTH DIRECTOR

TARRANT COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH

6th Annual East and Southeast Fort Worth Economic Development Summit

Return on Investment

If we invested $10 per person in strategic community-based disease prevention programs aimed at improving physical activity and nutrition and preventing smoking and other tobacco use, the state savings after 5 years is estimated to be over one billion dollars. – Trust for America’s Health

Tarrant County Public Health Programs

Vision North Texas Health Research TeamWIC – food packages, education regarding

selection, preparation and storage of nutritious foods

Farmers’ marketsFood stamp pilot projectLive a More Colorful Life

Tarrant County Public Health Programs

Community gardensFood advisory councilFood desertsBuilding Equitable Communities – Health

Impact Assessment (HIA)Prevention, prevention, preventionPolicy, policy, policy

Overweight/Obesity (BMI ≥ 25.0) among adults 18 years and older, Tarrant County, Texas, and the United States, 2004

Texas†

§Data source: 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Tarrant County Public Health†Data source: 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Texas Department of State Health Services‡Data source: 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionEstimates weighted to population characteristics

64.0 62.960.2

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20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

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Overweight estimate(BMI 25.0 – 29.9) by ZIP Code, Tarrant County, 2004

Source: 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Tarrant County Public Health

Obesity estimate (BMI ≥ 30.0) by ZIP Code, Tarrant County, 2004


Heart disease among adults 18 years and older, Tarrant County, Texas, and the United States

5.5

7.56.5

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2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

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Heart disease estimate byZIP Code, Tarrant County, 2004


Heart disease death rate, Tarrant County, Texas, and the United States, 2007

Rate per 100,000 population age-adjusted to 2000 standard population†Data source: Texas Department of State Health Services‡Data source: National Center for Vital Statistics

190.9202.7209.8

0.0

75.0

150.0

225.0

Tarrant County† Texas† United States‡

Rate

Heart disease death rate byZIP Code, Tarrant County, 2005

Data source: Texas Department of State Health Services

All site cancer incidence, Tarrant County, Texas, and the United States

Rate per 100,000 population age-adjusted to 2000 standard population†Data source: Texas Cancer Registry‡Data source: National Program of Cancer Registries

466.8444.2

461.8

0.0

100.0

200.0

300.0

400.0

500.0

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2007Texas†

2007United States‡

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All site cancer death rate, Tarrant County, Texas, and the United States, 2007


180.8 173.7

178.4

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100.0

150.0

200.0


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All site cancer death rate byZIP Code, Tarrant County, 2005


Diabetes among adults 18 years and older, Tarrant County, Texas, and the United States, 2004


5.9

7.7 7.2

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2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

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Diabetes estimates byZIP Code, Tarrant County, 2004


Diabetes death rate, Tarrant County, Texas, and the United States, 2007


25.4 25.522.5

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10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0


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Diabetes death rate byZIP Code, Tarrant County, 2005


“Without health there is no happiness” -

Thomas Jefferson

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