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Health Insurance and Coverage Programs Health Care Delivery Systems Health Care Financing Health Status and Issues Death Rates Maternal and Child Health Communicable Diseases Chronic Conditions Health Behaviors Vulnerable Populations and Health Disparities Governance	Death Rates Comparing death rates over time provides one measure of health status. In the past 10 years, L.A. County has successfully decreased death rates among the leading causes, with two notable exceptions. First, the increase in deaths due to Alzheimer’s disease may be related to increased recognition and inclusion of the diagnosis in death certificates, or to the demographic shift due to an aging population. Second, the increasing rate diabetes deaths may be attributed to the growing Latino population, who has a higher incidence of the disease, and the increase in obesity, which is directly linked to the incidence of diabetes. Publications and Documents Aug 15 2010 Jennifer Joynt, California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) Quality of Care Facts and Figures Jul 15 2010 Claire Kim, Lisa Smith, Matthew Redelings, Aida Angelescu, Heena Hameed, Alex Ho, David Kwan, Loren Lieb and Louise Rollin-Alamillo, L.A. County Dpartment of Public Health (DPH), Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology Life Expectancy In Los Angeles County: How Long Do We Live and Why? Jun 10 2010 Omar Hasan, E. John Orav and LeRoi Hicks, Journal of Hospital Medicine Insurance Status and Hospital Care for Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, and Pneumonia May 29 2010 David Phillips and Gwendolyn Barker, Journal of General Internal Medicine A July Spike in Fatal Medication Errors: A Possible Effect of New Medical Residents Apr 15 2010 California Department of Public Health and California Conference of Local Health Leaders County Health Status Profiles 2010 Feb 26 2010 L.A. County Department of Public Health, Office of Women’s Health and Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology Health Indicators for Women in Los Angeles County: Highlighting Disparities by Ethnicity and Poverty Dec 17 2009 Michael Martinez and Robin Cohen, Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the Nat'l Health Interview Survey Nov 30 2009 L.A. County Department of Public Health (DPH), Office of Data Collection and Analysis Mortality in Los Angeles County 2006 Jul 09 2009 California Center for Public Health Advocacy The Economic Costs of Overweight, Obesity and Physical Inactivity Among California Adults - 2006 Jun 17 2009 L.A. County Department of Public Health Key Indicators of Health by Service Planning Area Page 1 of 5 pages 1 2 3 > Last »	Search the Library Advanced Search RSS Subscribe to Death Rates

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