Kansas Health Statistics Report The Kansas Department of Health & Environment’s Center for Health and Environmental Statistics publishes Kansas Health Statistics Report quarterly to inform policy makers and the public of the latest information on health data and research using health information. These reports review research findings from KDHE and other agencies. Click here to view the Kansas Health Statistics Report. The United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association (APHA) and Partnership for Prevention, regularly assesses the level of national "healthiness" and the opportunities for optimizing the health of individuals, families and the communities in which they live. Click here to view America's Health: State Health Rankings. In general, national successes stem from improvements in the reduction of infant mortality, infectious disease, prevalence of smoking, cardiovascular deaths, motor vehicle deaths and violent crime. However, there are other measures in which success has eluded the population as a whole, including a rapid increase in the prevalence of obesity, a decline in high school graduation rates and an increase in the rate of uninsured population. The 2004 edition of America's Health: State Health Rankings represents the 15th comprehensive and comparative state-by-state analysis of health status. This year's report is based on a methodology and data sources reviewed by a panel of public health experts commissioned through the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
