Week 6-Module 6: (Statistics) Analyzing and interpreting Community Health Data and Prioritizing Health Issues
Discussion Description:
In this discussion assignment you will be conducting part of what is performed in Step 4 for the Community Health Assessment, which is to analyze and interpret the date. You will be conducting a comparison of 2 counties.
Discussion Activity:
Please answering both questions please label answer as 1 and 2 and 3
1. Decide which state and county you have an interest in.
2. Pull up that website. This might take a little searching on your end. The site for Illinois is: Cancer in Illinois-Statistics-Illinois Department of public health.
http://www.idph.state.il.us/cancer/statistics.htm
Now you need to really scroll through all the material the site provides to actually get to the statistics part.
3. Compare your chosen county to another one. What can you advise or recommend based on these statistics?
Your discussion should be detailed and provide us with as much information as possible. Be sure to provide us with the link to the site for which you obtained the information and properly cite the information.