Older adults who get involved in their community benefit from this interaction. But it’s not only the individuals who stand to gain; the benefit extends to organizations that host volunteers and the community as a whole.

This data is the Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease among Adults in Travis County from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) for the years 2015-2019.
Data entered is prevalence of cardiovascular disease, measured annually.
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The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a telephone survey conducted annually by Texas Department of State Health Services to assess a variety of health measures within the state. The survey data assesses whether participants have health insurance coverage and uses that data to provide an estimate of insurance coverage across Travis County residents. The measure used refers to residents who are between 18-64 years of age.

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Data set description: Data demonstrates the percent of Austin Public Clients that receive a preventative health screening and are referred to a health care provided or community based resources and subsequently follow up on that referral.

This data set supports measure HE.B.5 of SD23.

Data Source is Austin Public Health Department Program Data.

Measure HE.B.5 Calculation:
Numerator Number of Austin Public Health Clients that followed up with a community based resource or health care provider referral.
Denominator, Number of Austin Public Health Clients receiving a preventative care screening that were referred to a community based resource or healthcare provider.

Measure time period Annually (Fiscal Year)

Automated: No

Date of last description update: 3/5/2020

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Data set of Number and Percent of case-managed households that transition from homelessness into housing. Data is from the PartnerGrants software used for Social Services contracts, and also compiled with additional case-management data located with Downtown Austin Community Court. This data contains quarterly level data of clients served.

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This data is a summary of the prevalence of residents in Travis County whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is categorized as overweight or obese. The data is calculated from self reported measures of height and weight from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey from the CDC.

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A Mighty Good Time

Provides the number of cases of over 70 notifiable or reportable conditions in Travis County by year of report. Blank cells note the condition was not reportable for that year. The number of cases is obtained from the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System managed by staff in the Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit, Austin Public Health.

Data set description: Data demonstrates the percent of Austin Public Clients that receive a preventative health screening and are referred to a health care provided or community based resources and subsequently follow up on that referral.

This data set supports measure HE.B.5 of SD23.

Data Source is Austin Public Health Department Program Data.

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