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Community Health Statistics

Provided the following services during 1998:

INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY CONTACTS
Home Visits
Office Visits
Telephone Counseling and Referral
9,457
11,108
l5,305
AIDS PROGRAM
Number of Individuals Counseled
Number of Individuals Tested
5,895
4,446
CLINICS
Flu Vaccine Program
Number of Individuals Served
Immunization Clinics:
Number of Individuals Served
Number of Immunizations
Well Child/School Age/Adolescent Clinics:
Number of Children Served
Number of Visits
9,837
 
23,711
38,243
 
4,054
7,826
FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC
Number of Individuals Served
Number of Visits
4,530
8,542
NUTRITION UNIT
Women, Infants, Children Food Program (WIC):
Number of Individuals Served
Number of Visits
Nutrition Education Sessions
Number of Individuals Served
10,217
13,693
399
4,550
PRENATAL CLINIC
Number of New Clients
1,567
SCHOOL HEALTH (School Year 1997/98)
Adolescent Health Promotion
Project-Contacts
Part-time Nursing Services -
Children Served
Spinal Screening Program -
Children Served
Full-time Nursing Services –
Children Served
Preschool/Daycare Program -
Children Served

Vision & Hearing Programs:
Vision Screening Tests
Hearing Screening Tests
600
 
20,755
 
1,304
 
130
 
15,649


42,554
57,771
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE PROGRAM (STD)
Number of Visits
2,852
TB CLINIC:
Number of Clinic Visits
Number of New Cases
10,170
46
HEALTH EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS

SINGLE PRESENTATIONS
PROGRAMS PEOPLE
Total 1,482 37,740
AIDS 980 24,565
Cancer 67 2,494
Cardiovascular 159 5,080
Family Planning 146 1,630
General Public Health 17 286
Nutrition 31 517
Sexually Transmitted Diseases 82 3,168
HEALTH FAIRS
FAIRS INTERACTIONS
Cancer Prevention 33 2,165
Cardiovascular 43 7,456
General Public Health 11 3,822
Nutrition 22 3,421
Dental 20 11,546
COMMUNITY CLASSES
NUMBERS OF CLASSES PARTICIPANTS
Smoking Cessation 10 34
EPIDEMIOLOGY - The following communicable diseases were reported to the Health Department during 1998:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Amebiasis
Blastomycosis
Brucellosis
Cryptosporidiosis
E-Coli 0157:H7
Encephalitis
Giardiasis
Histoplasmosis
Hepatitis (Total)
   A
   B
   B Carrier
Kawasaki
Legionellosis
Leptospirosis
Listeriosis
Malaria
Meningitis (Total)
   Aseptic
   Bacterial
Mumps
Pertussis
Rocky Mt. Spotted Fever
Salmonellosis
Shigellosis
Streptococcal Infections (Total)
   Scarlet Fever
   Strep Throat
   Group A Diseases
Toxic Shock
Tuberculosis
Typhoid
Varicella (Chicken Pox)
12
4
2
1
1
7
4
94
2
187
40
7
140
3
6
1
1
10
134
106
28
3
6
1
112
45
4,242
165
4,065
12
3
46
2
1,348
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Chlamydia
Gonorrhea
Syphilis
492
134
11
The following immunizations were given in the travel clinic in 1998:
Yellow Fever
Cholera
Tetanus/Diphtheria
Measles/Mumps/Rubella
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Influenza
Rabies
Immune Globulin
Typhoid
Menomune
Polio
717
60
784
111
2,252
1,047
197
62
75
882
202
135


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