Discover the State of Health in Your Community!

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Wonder what health looks like in your community?

Select your county name and get a customized Health Report Card from Salud America! at UT Health San Antonio, which shows your area stacks up in housing, transit, poverty, health care, food, and other health issues compared to your state and nation.

The Health Report Card auto-generates local data with interactive maps and comparative gauges, which can help you visualize and explore health issues.

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“People can easily email their local Health Report Card to decision-makers, share it on social media, and use it to make the case for community change to boost health,” said Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez, director of the Salud America! Latino health equity program, based at the Institute for Health Promotion Research in the Department of Population Health Sciences at UT Health San Antonio.

Salud America!‘s Health Report Card uses databases from the University of Missouri’s Center for Applied Research and Engagement Systems.

Each report card includes local data, maps, and gauges on:

• Housing: Cost-burdened, substandard, affordability, mortgage lending.
• Schools: Graduation, reading proficiency, Head Start enrollment, etc.
• Transportation: Commute times, car-less households, crash mortality.
• Food: Food deserts, food access, food insecurity, fast food, grocery, SNAP.
• Environment: Population density, tree canopy, air toxin exposure, etc.
• Socioeconomic status: Income, poverty, no high-school diploma, violent crime.
• Health care: Uninsured, access to primary, prenatal, mental health, and dental care.
• Physical and mental health: Diabetes, heart disease, obesity, asthma, cancer, premature death, Alzheimer’s, depression, social-emotional support.
• Other issues: Poverty, obesity, median household income, high-school diplomas, lack of health insurance, teen birth rates, asthma, infant mortality, cancer mortality, and motor vehicle crash deaths.

For example, the Health Report Card for Bexar County, Texas, shows a greater percentage of Bexar County residents are severely housing cost-burdened, face substandard housing conditions, and would have to work 49 hours a week to afford the average-priced two-bedroom home.

Fortunately, each Health Report Card also contains links to research and emerging ways local communities are addressing health issues.

“People can use these report cards to identify gaps in health, spur ideas for healthy change, push policymakers for action, and get data for research and proposals,” Ramirez said.

Get your Health Report Card!