A Community Assessment for the Fox Cities of Wisconsin

A Healthy LIFE

"Excellence" for the Fox Cities is defined as: 

Community leadership proactively makes decisions that are in the best interests of citizens in the long run. Citizens of all ages, religions, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, genders, and income levels…

  • Experience a sense of community and belonging
  • Do not experience discrimination
  • Have full access to services
  • Are informed on community issues
  • Have the opportunity to participate fully in community life through civic involvement/voting, volunteer work, and faith communities
  • Experience a community infrastructure and amenities promoting a good quality of life

                                     


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A Healthy LIFE (pdf file, 539 KB)

Access to dental care
Access to medical care
Health status of residents
Healthy start for infants and children
Mental health status
Prevention efforts
Quality of medical care
Risk behavior, adults
Risk behavior, children
  

Download the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BFRSS) Reports

  

BRFSS Report, 2006 (pdf, 369 KB)

Powerpoint Presentation of State and US Comparisons to Fox Cities Results (pdf file, 206 KB)

  

Links to more information

  

A Healthy LIFE Appendix

Dentist workforce statistics

Birth statistics

2005 County Health Rankings, UW Population Health Institute

Cancer statistics from Centers for Disease Control

National Center for Health Statistics 

Medicaid caseload statistics and other data

Searchable site on quality of local health providers

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System national CDC site

Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) statistics, Wisconsin

  
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