Resources - Los Angeles County Department of Public Health



Built Environment, Chronic Disease and Public Health Data Sources

LA County Department of Public Health (LADPH)

• The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health regularly conducts a County Health Survey. Survey data are used for assessing health-related needs of the population, for program planning and policy development, and for program evaluation. The relatively large sample size allows users to obtain health indicator data for large demographic subgroups and across geographic regions of the County, including Service Planning Areas and Health Districts.  For more information about the survey:



• For links to LA County Health Survey reports, how to subscribe to publications, and a list of topics from the most recent and past surveys: .

• Disease prevalence by various sub-county geographic levels (e.g. city and SPA) may be found at:

(interactive: select SPA and health data

indicator)

• Data sources generated and used by Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention (DCDIP) of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health:

Other Data Sources

• Additional service planning area (SPA) level data for health conditions, health behaviors, and social characteristics can be found through Health Snapshots and AskCHIS at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research: healthpolicy.ucla.edu/

• Local level data for health conditions, health behaviors, social and neighborhood characteristics—including fear of crime and frequency of physical activity— are also available through the Healthy City website:

• Commuter statistics by geographic levels may be found at the Bureau of Transportation Statistics: .

Key publications produced by DPH:

|Publication Title |Year |Link |Available Sub-County Data |

|Reducing Alcohol-Related Harms in Los Angeles County|2011 |, City, Communities |

| | |inal%20print%20secured.pdf | |

|LA Health Data Snapshot: Physical Activity Among |2011 |, Health District |

|Adults in Los Angeles County | |s/Vol_1/Snapshot_v1_final_s.pdf | |

|LA Health: Trends in Depression Shedding Light on |2011 | |

|the Darkness | |efs/2007/Depression/Depression_2011S.pdf | |

|Cigarette Smoking in Los Angeles County: Local Data |2010 |, City, SPA, |

|to Inform Tobacco Policy | |efs/2007/Cigarette_Smoking_Cities_finalS.pdf |Communities |

|Trends in Diabetes: A Reversible Public Health |2010 |, City, Communities |

|Crisis | |efs/2007/diabetes/Diabetes_Secure/Diabetes_2010_6| |

| | |pg_Sfinal.pdf | |

|Key Indicators of Health by Service Planning Area |2009 |, SPA |

| | |cators.pdf | |

|Los Angeles County Injury Hospitalization Report |2008 |, SPA |

| | |/hosp_report_2008/hosp_home.htm | |

|Childhood Obesity: Tipping the Balance Toward |2008 |, SPA |

|Healthy, Active Children   | |H_BREIFS_2008/Childhood_Obesity_final.pdf | |

|Preventing Childhood Obesity: the need to create |2007 | |County, City, Communities |

|healthy places. A Cities and Communities Health | | | |

|Report | | | |

|Diabetes on the Rise in Los Angeles County Adults |2007 | |

| | |betesTrends05.pdf | |

|Health Indicators for Women in Los Angeles County |2007 | |

| | |rt/final%20data%20report%20pdf.pdf | |

|Mortality in Los Angeles County 2004: Leading causes|2007 | |

|of death and premature death | |tyReport2004.pdf | |

| | | | |

|Premature Deaths from Heart Disease and Stroke in |2006 |, City, Communities |

|Los Angeles County: A City and Communities Health | |f | |

|Report | | | |

|The Obesity Epidemic in Los Angeles County Adults, |2006 | |

|LA Health Trends | |ity05.pdf | |

| | | | |

|Physical Activity Among Adults in Los Angeles County|2000 |, City |

| | |2_phys/physact.pdf | |

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