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For Individuals
Family Health History Tool
The US Department of Health and Human Services offers the Surgeon General's internet-based family health history tool. The tool makes it easier for patients to assemble and share family health history and can also help practitioners make better use of health history information.
National Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System
National Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a state-based system of health surveys that collects information on health risk behaviors, preventive health practices, and health care access primarily related to chronic disease and injury. For many states, the BRFSS is the only available source of timely, accurate data on health-related behaviors.
Illinois Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Illinois Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a state-based program that gathers information on risk factors among Illinois adults 18 years of age and older through monthly telephone surveys. Established in 1984 as a collaboration between the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state health departments, the BRFSS has grown to be the primary source of information on behaviors and conditions related to the leading causes of death for adults in the general population.
The Illinois County Behavioral Risk Factor Surveys (ICBRFS) are conducted for individual counties employing the same procedures and questions as the BRFSS.
2008 Report on Illinois Poverty
2008 Report on Illinois Poverty
The Illinois Poverty Summit is a project of the Mid-America
Institute on Poverty of Heartland Alliance for Human Needs &
Human Rights. Heartland Alliance is a service-based human
rights organization that provides housing, health care, human
services, and human rights protections to the most poor and
vulnerable people in our society.
Health Status Indicators Report
Health Status Indicators Report
The goal of Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) is to provide an overview of key health indicators for local communities.
Choose a state and county to display demographic and health statistics about that county. The report also indicates how the county statistics compare to similar counties in the United States.
