Healthcare Admin

SMART: BRFSS City and County Data

http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/BRFSS-SMART/SelMMSAPrevData.asp

1. From the pull-down menu, select the criteria for the desired health risk data, select MMSA: AL- Tuscaloosa, Year: 2012, and Category: Chronic Health Indicators.

2. Now, click on the questions below to view the prevalence of each chronic disease.

3. For example, to view the prevalence rate of heart attacks among Tuscaloosa residents, click on Ever told you had a heart attack (myocardial infarction)? Of residents of Tuscaloosa, 3.6% report ever having suffered from a heart attack.

4. After viewing the data for each of the Chronic Health Indicators, scroll down and click on Overweight and Obesity (BMI) and then Weight classification by Body Mass Index (BMI) to view obesity rates for Tuscaloosa.

5. Now, compare the prevalence of each chronic disease in Tuscaloosa to the prevalence in Alabama.

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