Georgia Emerging Infections Program
Georgia Department 
Selected Northwest Georgia (NWGA)
Data Sets
Note: These data sets were updated as of July 2008
using the most current and sound data available at that time
Health Data and Information
Georgia Division of Public Health - Health Data and Information Portals: health.state.ga.us/healthdata/index.asp
Online Analytical Statistical Information System OASIS
OASIS is a suite of tools used to interactively access and map data in the Division of Public Health's standardized data repository (currently populated with vital statistics, cancer registry, and population data).
Behavioral Health
Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) health.state.ga.us/healthdata/behavioral.asp
Chronic Disease
Includes data on cancer, cardiovascular disease, and strokes: health.state.ga.us/epi/cdiee/index.asp
Natality (Birth) Data
Selected prenatal indicators include multiple years: Late or No Prenatal Care, Tobacco Use During Pregnancy.
Infant Mortality and Low Birth Weight
Births and Low Birth Weight
Selected general natality indicators include multiple years: Low Birth Weight, All Births.
Low Birth Weight -
All Births
Teen Pregnancy and Teen Births
Selected teen natality indicators include multiple: Number of Births (mothers 15-17 yrs), Birth Rate (mothers 15-17 yrs), Number of Pregnancies (mothers 15-17 yrs), Pregnancy Rate with Trend (mothers 15-17 yrs.) .
Teen Pregnancy and Teen Births
Mortality, (Deaths)
Selected mortality indicators include multiple years: Age Adjusted Death Rates for Major Cardiovascular Diseases, Lung Cancer, All Cancers, Diabetes:
Infectious Diseases
Georgia Division of Public Health Notifiable Disease Query Portal - www.ph.dhr.state.ga.us:8090/ehi/owa/user_menu.main
Population, NWGA
Selected population indicators include (as extracted from the U.S. Census Bureau www.uscensus.gov ): 2006 population estimate, Persons 65 and Older 2006 estimate, U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts by county.
2009
Population Update
Education
The Governor’s Office of Student Achievement
K-12 Public School Report Cards
www.gaosa.org/FindASchool.aspx?PageReq=106&StateId=ALL
Labor, NWGA
Selected labor indicators downloaded from Georgia Department of Labor, by county, 2006.
Labor